San Antonio Travel and Leisure Guide 2008 - (Page 25) CELEBRATIONS FOR ALL SEASONS SPRING: LUMINARIA – a showcase for the arts throughout San Antonio (March), luminariasa.com FIESTA SAN ANTONIO – 10 days celebrating San Antonio’s cultural cornucopia (April), fiesta-sa.org TEJANO CONJUNT TIVAL – three days of border-based music (May), guadalupeculturalarts.org SOUL FOOD FESTIVAL & GOSPEL COMPETITION – a celebration of music, food and more (May), lavillita.com/soulfest CINCO DE MAYO – annual celebration of Mexico’s victory at the Battle of Puebla (May 5) TEXAS FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL – a totally Texas shindig at the Institute of Texan Cultures (June), texasfolklifefestival.org HOUSTON STREET FAIR & MARKET – a monthly, last-Saturday-of-the-month family fair, houstonstreetfairandmarket.com CONTEMPORARY ARTS MONTH – a monthlong celebration across town (July), camsanantonio.org FALL: FOTOSEPTIEMBRE – a monthlong show of all things photographic (September), safotofestival.com DOS EQUIS PACHANGA DEL RIO – a waterside bash featuring River Walk restaurants (September), thesanantonioriverwalk.com/events DIES Y SEIS – celebrating Mexico’s independence from Spain with parades and more (Sept. 16), marketsquaresa.com JAZZ’SALIVE – top jazz performances in Travis Park (September), saparksfoundation.org OKTOBERFEST SAN ANTONIO – go German at the Beethoven Halle und Garten (October), beethovenmaennerchor.com INTERNATIONAL ACCORDION FESTIVAL – battling squeeze boxes in La Villita (October), internationalaccordionfestival.org DIA DE LOS MUERTOS – a joyful (seriously!) date with death (November), sacalavera.com THE NEW WORLD WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL – five days of foods and wines from Mexico, Texas and beyond (November), nwwff.org SUMMER: FIESTA NOCHE DEL RIO – songs and dances of Mexico, Texas, Spain and Argentina at the Arneson River Theatre (weekends, May-August), alamo-kiwanis.org/fiestanoche.html WINTER: FORD HOLIDAY RIVER PARADE & LIGHTING CEREMONY – a fantasy of lights and floats (November), thesanantonioriverwalk.com MARIACHI VARGAS EXTRAVAGANZA – pay homage to Mexico’s bangled balladeers (November-December), mariachimusic.com FORD FIESTA DE LAS LUMINARIAS – more than 2,500 candles line the River Walk (December), thesanantonioriverwalk.com SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW & RODEO – a cavalcade of cowboys and country songs (February), sarodeo.com REMEMBER THE ALAMO WEEKEND – a dramatization of the Alamo’s fall (March), sanantoniolivinghistory.org S A N A N T O N I O T h e O f f i c i a l T r ave l & L e i s u r e G u i d e 25 http://luminariasa.com http://texasfolklifefestival.org http://fiesta-sa.org http://houstonstreetfairandmarket.com http://camsanantonio.org http://guadalupeculturalarts.org http://lavillita.com/soulfoodfest http://nwwff.org http://safotofestival.com http://thesanantonioriverwalk.com/events http://thesanantonioriverwalk.com http://alamo-kiwanis.org/fiestanoche.html http://marketsquaresa.com http://mariachimusic.com http://saparksfoundation.org http://thesanantonioriverwalk.com http://beethovenmaennerchor.com http://sarodeo.com http://internationalaccordionfestival.org http://sacalavera.com http://sanantoniolivinghistory.org
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