Whether you/your family are in town just on Turkey Day or are here all week, you’ll likely want to get out of the house. No matter how your relationship with your family is, sometimes you need a break or two or three from them during the holiday season. To help you escape the drunken arguments and unresolved generational resentments, here’s 15 things you can do to get the fuck out the house.

Feed the hungry San Antonio Food Bank, 5200 Enrique M. Barrera Pkwy, (210) 337-3663, safoodbank.org The San Antonio Food bank is always looking for volunteers, so peep the website and see how you can go help. You’ll be helping others while avoiding your annoying tia who always has some shit to say about your clothes. Photo via Instagram / safoodbank
Friends of Sound has been in the same location for 8 years. Credit: Instagram / Friends of Sound
El Luchador Bar 622 Roosevelt Ave, (210) 272-0016, facebook.com/luchadorbarsa Puro San Antonians love lucha libre, so much that this themed bar is always poppin’ Complete with a wall of lucha libre masks behind the bar and various decorations throughout the space, this Lone Star neighborhood bar keeps it going with playful cocktails too. And you’ll have plenty to do here too, as the bar offers lots of cool events, from trivia nights and live DJs to loteria and even live lucha libre matches on special occasions. Photo via Instagram / luchadorbarsa
Make your mom uncomfortable and take her to Rocky Horror Picture Show Thursday, November 28, 10pm, Fitzgeralds, 437 McCarty Road #101, (210) 607-7007, fitzrockssa.com It might actually be hilarious to take your family to this just so they can feel awkward as hell. Sexy, weird and hilarious, Rocky Horror Picture Show is a cult movie classic that’s been adapted for an interactive stage show. This will definitely create some lasting holiday memories. Courtesy photo Credit: Courtesy
Start your own band 517 E Woodlawn Ave, (210) 320-1710 Start a band with your siblings! Sorry mom and dad I’ve got uhh, band practice? Hit up places like Robot Monster Guitars and get the necessary equipment to start your new project. Photo via Instagram / robotmonsterguitars
Get a tattoo Element Tattoo, 4741 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 979-9877, elementtattoo.com Seeing siblings or old friends can bring back that old youthful excitement. Why not celebrate that joy with a matching tattoo? Added bonus, you can shock your family with your new ink at Thanksgiving dinner! You’re the black sheep after all right? Photo via Instagram / elementtattoo
Sip on some margaritas and watch Ruben V Free, Wednesday, November 27, Sanchos, 6:30pm, 628 Jackson St, San (210) 320-1840, sanchosmx.com Screw the eggnog! Order a round of margaritas for you and the homies while listening to SA-based Ruben V’s electric blues at Sanchos. Photo via Instagram / sacurrent
Get lost at Elf Acres November 20-December 29, 1475 Grosenbacher Road, (210) 643-8662, elfacres.com Get stoned (or not, whatever) and walk around and look at all the pretty lights with your friends at Elf Acres. It’s the holidays after all. Photo via Instagram / elfacresvenue
Check out nu-metal outfit Hed P.E. Wednesday, November 27, $14, 8pm, The Rock Box, 1223 E Houston St, therockboxsa.com Nothing says Thanksgiving like nu-metal. Well, maybe not exactly, but hey, if you need to take out the aggression pent up from visiting family, start that mosphit at HED P.E.’s show. Photo courtesy of Hed P.E.
Suit up in your Christmas pajamas for a special HEAT Nightclub party Sat Dec. 22, 9pm-3am, 1500 N Main Ave, (210) 227-2600, heatsa.com With no cover before 11pm and various drink specials, this is the place that you would least expect to hang out with your sweetie in your jammies. And yet, here we are. Can you say YAS QUEEN to going clubbing in your PJs? Because we can. Photo via HEAT Nightclub / Facebook
See Mexican indie folk singer Ed Maverick Sunday, December 1, 8pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com While the weekend may already be over, relatives might not be leaving back to their homes until Monday morning. Escape the drawn out living room conversations and head to Paper Tiger to peep indie folk singer Ed Maverick. Photo via Instagram / edmaverickmusic
Diversions Game Room 9900 San Pedro Ave, (210) 341-2561, facebook.com/diversionsgameroom What fans of the joint call a “real arcade,” Diversions Game Room has about 75 games, such as air hockey, Tetris, and other classics. Open until 2 a.m. daily, you’ll be sure to have a good time – especially since $20 can buy you 100 tokens. Photo via Instagram / cellothegreat
Check out an open mic Wednesday, November 27, Ventura, 1011 Avenue B, venturasatx.com Show your old friends some new tunes you’ve been concocting this year free of judgement at Ventura’s open mic night. Photo via Instagram / ventura_satx
Check out the Grammy-nominated Black Pumas Saturday, November 30, $20-$22, 9pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com The now-Grammy nominated duo from Austin are headed to San Antonio and girl, you know you need to get to this show. Mixing soul with blues and R&B, Black Pumas have a vintage sound yet retain a current edge. Photo by Gus Philippas via Instagram / theblackpumas
Support local music Free, Wednesday, November 27, 8pm, Ocho at Hotel Havana, 1015 Navarro Street, havanasanantonio.com Playing in bands like Femina-X and Pop Pistol, Alex Scheel is an amazing songwriter and multi-instrumentalist and his show will probably be more fun than making tamales all afternoon with your mom. Photo via Instagram / poppistol