Chicago Music Store

Name: Chicago Music Store
Address: 45 S. 6th Avenue, Tucson, AZ, 85701, US
Telephone: +15206223341
Price range: $

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Historic Chicago Music Store, 100 years running! Still family owned and operated. Now, two locations Historic Chicago Music Store, since 1919!

Still family-owned and operated. With two locations to serve you!

03/03/2026

The Tucson Roadrunners stopped in to say hi and wanted us to let you know about their Emo Night on Wednesday, March 11th! Go Roadrunners! 🤘🎸

10/27/2025

♬⋆ Grab a copy of this year's "Best of Tucson" issue, yet?
• Inside, you'll find us awarded the "Best Music Store" title, once again, for the 20th time in a row (Yes that many ! )

☆~☆~☆~☆~☆
A special thanks once again to , its readers, and anyone who voted for our store. ♬⋆

10/11/2025

10/06/2025

◇ THROWBACK : Tucson 1974 // Did you know an Oscar winning Scorsese flick featured our old Downtown location on 130 E Congress ? It's true !
"Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" notably features the store's interior and exterior in a scene where Jodie Foster fakes an injury in the store.

☆ In/around the 70s, Chicago Music & Music Land advertised in local Arizona magazines and papers. Slide Three : There's a chance you caught one like archived from 1976 issue(s) of Arizona Music News.
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Advertisement courtesy of Arizona Memory Project and Arizona State Library Archives

07/28/2025

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚ Start off the school year on a ~harmonious note // Pick up a new instrument for yourself over at Chicago Music 𝄞♬ ♪܀⊹

♫ We have thousands of instruments available for students starting as low as $14.95 a month
⌑ [ with two Free Lessons (at East Location) included ! ]

♬ Stop on by and get your next music journey started ♬

07/24/2025

𝄞 BACK-TO-SCHOOL Instrument Rentals at Chicago Music Store ⌑~♬♪܀⊹
w/ Two Free Lessons (at East Location)

♫⋆｡♪ ₊˚ As summer vacation inches towards an end and the monsoon season begins, ⊹˚♬₊⋆ consider starting off the school year with a bang by picking up a new instrument !

♫ Chicago Music has thousands of instruments available for students starting as low as $14.95 a month
Stop on by !

06/03/2025

Join the worldwide movement of World String Change Day on June 6th, and swap out those old strings for a fresh set. Come in and check out all our D'Addario string winders and fresh string sets!

Address

45 S. 6th Avenue
Tucson, AZ
85701

Telephone

+15206223341

Website

http://www.chicagomusicstore.com/

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Our Story

Back in 1919, Clara Levkowitz moved with her family from Chicago, Illinois to Tucson, Arizona, and started the Chicago Store, named in her home city’s honor. It was a “Tienda Barata,” as you can see, and it still is today!

The Chicago Store bought and sold everything under the sun, from pocket watches to guns to clothing to sundries — if it was worth something, she’d handle it.

The store thrived at the corner of Mesilla and Meyer, just the first of four downtown locations Chicago Store would eventually inhabit. It wasn’t long before someone crashed a car into the building (and it wouldn’t be the last time, either!).

In 1947, after 28 years at the corner of Mesilla and Meyer, Chicago Store needed room to grow, and moved into its new home at 105 West Congress Street.

Clara Levkowitz’s sons Phil and Joe took over the business, and they continued to buy and sell anything and everything of value, inculding musical instruments!

In 1967, when Pima County needed the 100 West Congress block for its new courthouse, Chicago Store had to move again! This would be our third location, and it’s probably the one you all remember.

This beautiful old building, previously the home of a J.C. Penney store, would be our third downtown home, and easily the most famous. It was a prominently-featured location in Martin Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and over time became legendary for the acres of old musical treasure to be found up on the third floor, if you didn’t mind getting dirty.

You’ve been here, you parents have been here, your grandparents have been here. We stayed for 49 years, and we even opened up a new store to serve our friends on the east side of Tucson as well. And then …

In February of 2016, we moved into our fourth and current downtown location in our 97-year history, and the store has been handed down to Clara Levkowitz’s grandson, Mark. You remember Clara, she started the store back in 1919! This is a third-generation family business!

It’s at 45 South 6th Avenue. Have you seen it? It’s nice, right around the corner from our old home, right down on 6th and Broadway. There’s still plenty of free parking in the old lot across the street!