Photos: Thousands attend Celebrate San Antonio to ring in 2022

January 1, 2022 By Heron Staff 71 Comments

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Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Dozens of fireworks exploded around the Tower of the America’s to ring in 2022 in San Antonio,Texas, on Jan. 1, 2022. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Dozens of fireworks exploded around the Tower of the America’s to ring in 2022 in San Antonio,Texas, on Jan. 1, 2022. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Dozens of fireworks exploded around the Tower of the America’s to ring in 2022 in San Antonio,Texas, on Jan. 1, 2022. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Thousands of people attended the Celebrate SA — the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in downtown on Dec. 31, 2021. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic fair games. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

Dozens of fireworks exploded around the Tower of the America’s to ring in 2022 in San Antonio,Texas, on Jan. 1, 2022. (Kaylee Greenlee / San Antonio Heron)

📸 by Kaylee Greenlee Beal | @kgreenleephoto | Heron contributor

Thousands of people attended Celebrate San Antonio, the city’s official New Year’s Eve gathering in front of Hemisfair on Friday night. Dozens of food vendors were set up between a couple of music stages and classic carnival games. At midnight, the attendees rang in 2022 as fireworks exploded around the Tower of the Americas.

The fireworks display was taken from the fifth floor of the Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk.

Kaylee Greenlee Beal is a freelance photojournalist based in San Antonio. She graduated from Baylor University in May 2020 with a major in journalism and minor in political science. Follow her on Twitter at @kayleegreenlee or on Instagram at @kgreenleephoto.

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