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Jazz’SAlive returns to downtown San Antonio amid much-praised weather

September 25, 2021 By Heron Staff 3 Comments

Mike Sailors & The Higher Calling Orchestra performing on the Main Stage at the 38th Annual Jazz’SAlive Festival, Friday, Sept. 24, 2001, at Travis Park.

The 38th annual Jazz’SAlive returned to downtown on Friday in near-perfect weather after a pandemic-induced hiatus.

Filed Under: Events, Music, Travis Park

Echo Bridge concerts under Roosevelt Avenue are now legal; and that’s just fine with its organizers

September 18, 2021 By Josh Feola 3 Comments

People gather under the Roosevelt Avenue Bridge on June 21, 2021, for a concert organized by the Echo Bridge Appreciation Society.

“They made a (concert) permit for us where there was none,” Jeff Wheeler, one of the Echo Bridge Music Society’s co-organizers, said of the San Antonio River Authority. “They understood that it was community-driven and that people love it already.”

Filed Under: Music, South Side Tagged With: Austin Leonard Jones, Bill Baird, Blue Star Arts Complex, Bob Livingston, Buttercup, claire rousay, Echo Bridge Appreciation Society, Erik Sanden, Fl!ght Gallery, Garrett T. Capps, Grupo Tan Tan, James Lifshutz, Jeff Wheeler, Justin Parr, Lindsey Verill, Lost Gonzo Band, Mrs. Frank W Sorrell Bridge, Piñata Protest, Roosevelt Avenue Bridge, Sam Gendel, San Antonio River, South Side Living & Maker Spaces, Tandem

Artistic memorial to Taco Land owner Ram Ayala goes up at San Antonio’s Velvet Taco

May 22, 2021 By San Antonio Current 2 Comments

Matt Simpson spreads thin-set onto the wall of Velvet Taco while Mig Kokinda figures out which hand-stenciled tiles go on next.

Ram Ayala, the late owner of Taco Land, received a fitting tribute last Saturday with the installation of a memorial mosaic at the site of the storied underground rock club.

Filed Under: Art, Food & Drink, Music, Nightlife, Tobin Hill Tagged With: "Gypsy Doug" Morgan, Jeff Smith, Matt Simpson, Mig Kokinda, Pearl, Ram Ayala, SausTex Records, Taco Land, Tacoland, Velvet Taco

Pabst expands its downtown San Antonio footprint with immersive art pop-up at the Aztec Theatre

April 6, 2021 By Josh Feola 3 Comments

Entitled “In Living Pixels,” the immersive show will feature work by seven San Antonio-based artists and begins this Friday.

Filed Under: Art, Aztec Theatre, Museums, Music, Nightlife Tagged With: Aztec Theatre, Canopy By Hilton, Charlie Kitchen, Chris Sauter, Domeinic Jimenez, Live Nation, Midnight Swim, Natalia Rocafuerte, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Paloma Cortez, Pamela Rachél, Seamus Gallagher, Travis Park Church, Wide Awake

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