Must-see acts during the 11-day celebration include Collective Soul, Silverada, Dale Watson, Siggno and Pieces of a Dream.
What’s a parade without marching bands? Or A Night in Old San Antonio without the Chicken Dance in Sauerkraut Bend ? Music is vital to many Fiesta events. Here’s a sampling of where you can go to rock out, two-step or just enjoy the bands while munching on chicken on a stick.
Fiesta De Los Reyes: This Market Square blowout features top Tejano acts, including Latin Breed and Elida y Avante, on the Gateway Stage, plus a wide variety of other acts on four more stages over its 10-day run. Tuesday is a throwback night with Spazmatics and the Journey tribute band Eclipse. 10 a.m.-midnight Friday through April 28, Market Square, 514 W. Commerce St. Free, fiestadelosreyes.com. Fiesta Oyster Bake: Collective Soul, the Georgia rock band known for ’90s hits such as “Shine” and “The World I Know,” is one of the big names at Fiesta’s biggest music bash. Other headliners include Ratt singer Stephen Pearcy, Texas music star Kevin Fowler and Tejano singer Gary Hobbs. More than 30 bands will play on four stages during the two-day event. 5-11 p.m. Friday, noon-11 p.m. Saturday, St. Mary’s University, 1 Camino Santa Maria. Single day passes $25, oysterbake.com. RELATED: The best Fiesta ever A Taste of New Orleans: The smooth jazz of Pieces of a Dream and zydeco act Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band will be among the performers when A Taste of New Orleans brings a little bit of Mardi Gras to Fiesta. 5-11 p.m. Friday, noon-11 p.m. Saturday, noon-10 p.m. Sunday, Sunken Garden Theater, 3875 N. St. Mary’s St. $25 Friday, $17 Saturday and Sunday, saza.org. Alamo Heights Night: This party in the ’09 will feature the cover bands Finding Friday and Hotcakes, and Latin fusion from Austin’s Stereomonde. 5:30-11:30 p.m. Friday, University of the Incarnate Word, 4301 Broadway. $20 , alamoheightsnight.org. Fiesta Arts Fair: Honky-tonk singer Dale Watson, classical guitarist George Gayton, and San Antonio standouts Mitch Webb and the Swindles, and Miss Neesie & the Tin Can Trio will be among the acts soundtracking this long-running arts festival. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, UTSA Southwest Campus, 300 Augusta St. $20 , utsa.edu. Chaparral Music & Heritage Festival: In addition to headliner Silverada, Fiesta’s country music fest will feature Grady Spencer & the Work and Rosie Flores. Noon-midnight Saturday, Civic Park at Hemisfair, 210 S. Alamo St. Free, hemisfair.org. Chanclas y Cervezas: Toss a chancla or toss back a beer while listening to headliner A.B. Quintanilla. 5-11 p.m. Saturday, The Greenline, 2532 Sidney Brooks. $15 in advance, $20 at the gate, livebrooks.com. A Night in Old San Antonio: NIOSA’s neighborhoods are as identifiable by the music playing in the area as by the food being served. Listen for Celsius in Froggy Bottom, Eurofest in Sauerkraut Bend and the Dukes of Cool in Villa España. Or take a nostalgic trip to the French Quarter to hear new wave band Passing Strangers. 5:30-10:30 p.m. Tuesday-April 26, La Villita, 227 S. Presa St. $20, niosa.org. MORE MUSIC: La Semana Alegre returns Ford Mariachi Festival: Mariachis and folklorico dancers from area schools perform on barges on the San Antonio River. 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesday-April 25, River Walk downtown. Free, thesanantonioriverwalk.com. Fiesta in Blue: The U.S. Air Force Band of the West presents its annual Fiesta concert. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Boeing Center at Tech Port, 3331 General Hudnell Drive. Free with reservation, eventbrite.com. Fiesta Gartenfest: The Beethoven Maennerchor’s concert and dance bands present music to raise a stein to, from oompah tuba tunes to the Chicken Dance. 4 p.m.-midnight April 24-26, Beethoven Maennerchor, 422 Pereida St. $8 in advance, $10 at the door, eventbrite.com. Pacfest: Palo Alto College’s Fiesta bash has a hot Tejano and norteño lineup with Bobby Pulido, Erick Y Su Grupo Massore and Grupo Control. Noon-11 p.m. April 25, Palo Alto College, 1400 W. Villaret Blvd. $10 , alamo.edu/pac. 10th Street River Festival: Conjunto, cumbia and cover bands will take the stage at this free festival presented by VFW Post 76, the oldest VFW post in Texas, at its historic home on the San Antonio River. 3 p.m.-midnight April 25, noon-midnight April 26-27, 10 10th St. Free, vfwpost76.org. Battle of the Flowers Band Festival: If halftime is your favorite part of high school football games, this is the Fiesta event for you. More than 30 area high school bands, including UIL contest winners, will take part; the finale features about 4,000 musicians performing. Gates open 5 p.m. April 25, Alamo Stadium, 110 Tuleta Drive. $7-$19.50, battleofflowers.org. Fiesta Jazz Festival: The Alyssa Allgood Quartet is the featured performer at this year’s jazz fest. Fronted by vocalist and educator Allgood, the group has a new album, “From Here,” out this month. Festival begins at 11 a.m.; headliner goes on at 7:30 p.m. April 26, University of the Incarnate Word, 1 Camino Santa Maria. Free, stmarytx.edu. Fredstock: San Antonio College’s Fiesta music festival will feature Fea, Terasco Tropical, Retro Cowgirl and more. 2:30-10 p.m. April 26, San Antonio College, 1819 N. Main Ave. Free, fredstockmusicfest.org. King William Fair: The family festival in the King William Historic District may have the widest array of entertainment of any Fiesta event, from magic and marionettes to jazz and rock. Multiple stages will feature live music by such San Antonio mainstays as Henry Brun, Azul Barrientos, Buttercup and the Krayolas. Gates open at 8 a.m. April 27 in the historic neighborhood bounded by South Alamo Street, South St. Mary’s Street, East Guenther Street and the San Antonio River. $15 in advance, $20 day of , kwfair.org. Missionfest: Enjoy a day of music at Mission San José, including performances by Ricky Naranjo y Los Gamblers, Marcos Orozco y Grupo Rebelde and Los Garcia Brothers. 9 a.m.-midnight April 28, 701 E. Pyron. Free before 1 p.m., $5 before 4 p.m. and $10 after 4 p.m., Facebook: @SanJoseMissionFest. Fiesta Concert: The San Antonio Symphonic Band performs. 2 p.m. April 28, the Navarro House, 228 S. Laredo St. Free, sanantoniosymphonicband.com. Festival de Cascarones: Siggno, one of the most successful bands of Tejano's current era, is the main attraction at this free event on Fiesta’s final day. The Latin Grammy-winning band recently released a single, 'Casate Conmigo,' with Jennifer Peña. 1-8 p.m. April 28, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, One University Way. Free, tamusa.edu.
Elida Y Avante Spazmatics Eclipse. 10 University Of The Incarnate Word Camino Santa Maria St. Mary's University Palo Alto College Shine Ratt Chubby Carrier And The Bayou Swamp Band Tin Can Trio San Antonio College Chaparral Music &Amp The Beethoven Maennerchor Dukes Of Cool Stereomonde. 5 M University Fea Grupo Rebelde Texas A&Amp UIL Dale Watson Tejano Gary Hobbs Stephen Pearcy Kevin Fowler Silverada George Gayton Gates Allgood Rosie Flores Grady Spencer A.B. Quintanilla. Sidney Brooks Celsius La Semana Alegre Mitch Webb Bobby Pulido Erick Y Su Grupo Massore Henry Brun Azul Barrientos Los Gamblers Ricky Naranjo Marcos Orozco Los Garcia Brothers 701 E. Pyron Casate Conmigo Jennifer Peña. $7-$19.50 Fiesta De Los Reyes: This Market Square Sauerkraut Bend Fiesta. San Antonio Texas 514 W. Commerce St. New Orleans San Antonio River 210 S. Alamo St. Old San Antonio 227 S. Presa St. St. Mary's St. 300 Augusta St. Georgia 422 Pereida St. La Villita French Quarter Hudnell Drive Beethoven Maennerchor Civic Park Hemisfair Froggy Bottom Villa España Sunken Garden Theater Alamo Heights Austin Broadway UTSA Southwest Campus South St. Mary's Street South Alamo Street East Guenther Street River Walk West Blue Boeing Center Tech Port 1400 W. Villaret Blvd 228 S. Laredo St. Main Ave King William Historic District Mission San Jose Navarro House VFW Post 110 Tuleta Drive Alamo Stadium A Night In Old San Antonio 10Th Street River Festival: Conjunto Heritage Festival Mardi Gras Eurofest Missionfest Fiesta Jazz Festival: The Alyssa Allgood Quartet Flowers Band Festival Fiesta Concert: The San Antonio Symphonic Band Fiesta Oyster Bake: Collective Soul Passing Strangers. 5 Gateway Stage Siggno Collective Soul Chanclas Y Eventbrite.Com Chicken Dance Festival De Cascarones Latin Breed Fiestadelosreyes.Com Oysterbake.Com Alamoheightsnight.Org Neesie &Amp Grupo Control Hemisfair.Org The Greenline Livebrooks.Com Saza.Org Hotcakes Pacfest King William Fair Retro Cowgirl Terasco Tropical Fredstock Krayolas Buttercup Facebook @Sanjosemissionfest Sanantoniosymphonicband.Com One University Way Latin Grammy Vfwpost76.Org Battleofflowers.Org Fiesta Fiesta 2024 Journey Pieces Of A Dream Fiesta Gartenfest The World I Know Ford Mariachi Festival: Mariachis Work Fiesta Arts Fair: Honky-Tonk
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