Dove Mountain on a Saturday
Next to the foothills in Marana, with great visibility off Tangerine Road. Small enough to walk in an hour.
Dove Mountain sits up where Marana turns into foothills. I use the shops at 12050 N Dove Mountain Blvd, the northeast corner where Tangerine meets Dove Mountain Boulevard. Great visibility from Tangerine Road. On a clear morning you can see why people live up there.
I keep this fair small on purpose. You can walk it without losing anybody, which matters if you came with family or a dog. The booths are handmade. You can pick something up, talk to the person who made it, and carry it back to the car. Come in for free. The Dove Mountain page has the next weekend I've posted, and the hours follow that listing.
It's an easy one to pair with the rest of a northwest-side day. Oro Valley and Green Valley are the other Tucson stops, and they're all on the Tucson page when they're coming up.