Now that Fiesta is over, the USAF Band of the West wants you to start thinking about the Christmas holidays! The band is holding a contest for artwork to grace the cover of its Holiday In Blue concerts in December. Deadline for entries is July 1. The band is asking artists to send JPEG images [...]
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Band of West hosts 1st contest for holiday concert program cover
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012Vaccinate before you graduate
Monday, May 7th, 2012The Cherice Cochrane Mentoring Foundation is encouraging all graduating high school seniors to get a meningitis vaccination or booster shot before they turn the tassels on their mortarboards. The nonprofit organization produces the Mr. Teen San Antonio Scholarship and Mentoring Awards Banquet in April, an official Fiesta event. The group’s namesake, Cherice Cochrane, died in [...]
Got medals? Get ‘em weighed for prizes
Saturday, April 21st, 2012All those 2012 Fiesta® medals weighing you down? Stop by The Fiesta® Store, 2611 Broadway, from 5 to 7 p.m. April 30 for the 2nd annual Pounds of Pins Weigh-In. Fiesta® San Antonio Commission staff will weigh 2012 Fiesta pins and medals between 5 and 7 p.m. All items must be off their sashes or [...]
Win free 2 Gold Carnival Access passes–deadline is midnight tomorrow!
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012The Fiesta Carnival is giving away two Gold Access Passes–but you have to enter by midnight tomorrow, Thursday. Details are at the Wade Shows Facebook page.
The party starts April 19 with Fiesta Fiesta at the Alamo!
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012It’s Fiesta® time! Join 20,000 other Fiesta® fans April 19 at Alamo Plaza to kick off San Antonio’s biggest, best festival. The fun starts at 5:30 p.m. with the popular Pin Pandemonium and music by the Court Jesters in the Gazebo. The free event will be filled with great music and Fiesta® fun. Collect your [...]
First-ever downtown Fiesta Store to open April 13
Friday, April 6th, 2012For the first time ever, San Antonio residents and visitors who crave an official Fiesta® souvenir can shop at a store right downtown. The Fiesta® San Antonio Commission is opening a Fiesta® Store April 13 in the Sheraton Gunter Hotel at 205 East Houston St. (at St. Mary’s Street). The Gunter, the Fiesta® headquarters hotel, [...]
Help Fiesta win a national TV commercial package!
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012Check out this great video about Fiesta San Antonio–be sure to “like” it–then tell your friends about it. Fiesta is competing with other local businesses and organizations to get the most viewers for our video. Whichever piece gets the most views over a 30-day period starting April 3 wins a commercial package declaring it The [...]
Save gas, parking fees with VIA Park & Ride
Monday, April 2nd, 2012Once again VIA is offering Park & Ride services to major Fiesta events. The Park & Ride schedule was inadvertently left out of the 2012 Fiesta Schedule, but the buses will be running for these events: Fiesta Oyster Bake, April 20 & 21. Texas Cavaliers River Parade, April 23. A Night in Old San Antonio, [...]
USAF Band of the West spices up Fiesta® in Blue
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012The United States Air Force Band of the West presents its annual Fiesta® in Blue concert April 21 and 22 at 2 p.m. at the Edgewood Independent School District’s Theatre of Performing Arts, 607 S.W. 34th St. This event has been a San Antonio Fiesta® favorite for several years. This year’s performance of Fiesta® in [...]
High schoolers can apply to vie in NAACP’s ACT-SO competition
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012The San Antonio branch of the NAACP is inviting high school students to submit applications for its ACT-SO competition March 20-22. The event is to take place from 6 to 8 p.m. each day at St. Philip’s College, 1801 Martin Luther King Drive. ACT-SO categories include: Performing arts. Humanities. Visual arts. The sciences. Business. For [...]
