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Photos: NIOSA expands into Hemisfair

April 7, 2022 By Heron Staff 44 Comments

Eric cracks a cascarón on his wife’s head, Kat, during the second night of A Night in Old San Antonio, or NIOSA, during Fiesta on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at La Villita in downtown San Antonio, Texas.

A year after a truncated version of A Night in Old San Antonio, or NIOSA, was held, the popular four-day event returned to La Villita, let’s say, wider than ever.

Filed Under: Events, Fiesta, La Villita, Photos, Slideshows Tagged With: A Night in Old San Antonio, Fiesta, Hemisfair, La Villita, Maverick Plaza, NIOSA, The Conservation Society of San Antonio

Photos: The irreverent Fiesta Cornyation returns to Empire Theatre

April 6, 2022 By Heron Staff 46 Comments

Fiesta Cornyation returned to the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre on Tuesday night, April 5, 2022, in downtown San Antonio, Texas, after a two-year hiatus.

Fiesta Cornyation made a triumphant return Tuesday night to the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre, and to Fiesta in general, after a two-year hiatus due to Covid.

Filed Under: Events, Fiesta, Photos, Slideshows Tagged With: BEAT AIDS, Charline McCombs Empire Theatre, Fiesta Cornyation, Jesse Mata, King Anchovy LV, San Antonio AIDS Foundation, Thrive Youth Center

Photos: Thousands return to River Walk for annual Texas Cavaliers River Parade

April 4, 2022 By Heron Staff 62 Comments

More than 50 floats paraded through the River Walk during the Texas Cavaliers River Parade on Monday, April 4, 2022, in downtown San Antonio, Texas.

Tens of thousands of people descended on the River Walk for Fiesta’s annual Texas Cavaliers River Parade on Monday night.

Filed Under: Events, Fiesta, Photos, River Walk, Slideshows Tagged With: Fiesta, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, River Walk, Shops at Rivercenter, Texas Cavaliers, Texas Cavaliers River Parade, Torch of Friendship

ICYMI: Native American traditions celebrated at Fiesta’s annual pow wow

April 4, 2022 By Heron Staff 52 Comments

Robby Soto dances to the drums at a Native American Fiesta Pow Wow at Mission County Park #2, San Antonio, Texas.

United San Antonio Pow Wow held its annual Celebrations of Traditions Pow Wow, an official Fiesta event, Saturday afternoon at Mission County Park #2 on the South Side.

Filed Under: Events, Fiesta, Photos, Slideshows Tagged With: Celebrations of Traditions Pow Wow, Fiesta, Mission County Park #2, United San Antonio Pow Wow

Photos: A Taste of New Orleans celebrates 35 years at San Antonio’s Sunken Garden Theater

April 3, 2022 By Heron Staff Leave a Comment

Velma Giles (from left), Taufao Davis and Rhonda Sims dance while listening to a jazz band perform during A Taste of New Orleans, the 35th edition of the Fiesta event, on Saturday evening, April 2, 2022, at Sunken Garden Theater in San Antonio, Texas.

Thousands flocked to the Sunken Garden Theater over the weekend for the 35th edition of A Taste of New Orleans.

Filed Under: Events, Fiesta, Photos, Slideshows Tagged With: A Taste of New Orleans, Billy Ray Sheppard, Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & the Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band, Dirty River Jazz Band, Europa, Fiesta, New Orleans, San Antonio Zulu Association, Sunken Garden Theater, The Original Pinettes Brass Band

Photos: WEBB Party returns after two-year Covid hiatus

April 2, 2022 By Heron Staff 51 Comments

Alejo Peña Soto models one of Agosto Cuellar’s designs during a fashion show at the WEBB Party on Friday night, April 1, 2022, at the Aztec Theater in downtown San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Kaylee Greenlee Beal | Heron contributor

A few hundred packed the Aztec Theater on Friday night for the San Antonio AIDS Foundation’s (SAAF) annual fundraiser.

Filed Under: Aztec Theatre, Events, Fiesta, Photos, Slideshows Tagged With: Aztec Theater, SAAF, San Antonio AIDS Foundation, WEBB Party

Photos: Fiesta is back!

April 2, 2022 By Heron Staff 61 Comments

John-Paul Calvo and Uriel Diaz pose for a photo during Fiesta Fiesta at Hemisfair, San Antonio, TX, on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Photo by Chris Stokes | Heron contributor

Thousands of people gathered for Fiesta Fiesta, the official start of San Antonio’s 11-day party with a purpose at Hemisfair on Thursday night.

Filed Under: Events, Fiesta, Hemisfair, Photos, Slideshows Tagged With: Fiesta, Fiesta Fiesta, Hemisfair

Photos: Cesar E. Chavez march returns to downtown San Antonio after two-year hiatus

March 26, 2022 By Heron Staff 59 Comments

Thousands of people march in the 26th annual Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice through downtown San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday, March 26, 2022.

The 26th Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice returned to the streets of San Antonio this morning following a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic.

Filed Under: Events, Photos, West Downtown, West Side Tagged With: Cesar Chavez Foundation, Cesar E. Chavez Educational & Legacy Foundation, Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice, Erika Prosper, Ernest Martinez, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Hemisfair, Paul Chavez, Ron Nirenberg, United Farm Workers of America

Photos: St. Patrick’s Day revelry consumes River Walk, downtown San Antonio

March 18, 2022 By Heron Staff Leave a Comment

Several decorated floats parade through the River Walk in San Antonio, Texas, during a St. Patrick's Day-themed river parade sponsored by Visit San Antonio River Walk and the Harp & Shamrock Society of Texas on Saturday afternoon, March 19, 2022.

St. Patrick’s Day in downtown San Antonio? “Hold my beer,” the city said on Thursday.

Filed Under: Events, Photos, River Walk Tagged With: Durty Nelly's Pub, Mad Dogs British Pub, Maddy McMurphy's Irish Sports Bar, Pat O'Brien's, River Walk, San Antonio River, St. Patrick's Day, St. Patrick's Day Festival and River Parade, Waxy O'Connors

Photos: Life at the rodeo

February 20, 2022 By Heron Staff 56 Comments

A boy enjoys corn at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo carnival on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022.

Contributing photographer Kaylee Greenlee Beal roamed the grounds of the stock show and rodeo and captured these shots of life at the rodeo.

Filed Under: Events, General News, Photos Tagged With: AT&T Center, Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo

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