Events This Weekend
Hatebreed
Fri., May 24, 5:30-11:30 p.m.Live Music
Alongside acts like Throwdown, Bury Your Dead, Terror and Sworn Enemy, Hatebreed paved the way for metal-inspired hardcore in the late-’90s, called metalcore by those… (read more)
$25-$29
Peter Brötzmann and Heather Leigh
Fri., May 24, 7 p.m.Live Music
Experimental percussionist Claire Rousay’s Contemporary Whatever series has brought plenty of boundary-shedding musicians to San Antonio, but none with the heroic stature of Peter Brötzmann.… (read more)
$10
The Music of John Williams
Fri., May 24, 8 p.m. and Sat., May 25, 8 p.m.Classical Music
Whether it be the fearsome “Imperial March,” the iconic alien communique from Close Encounters of the Third Kind or the magical celeste melody that set… (read more)
$10-$96
Blue Water Highway
Fri., May 24, 9 p.m.Live Music
Hailing from Lake Jackson, Texas, but based out of ATX, Blue Water Highway is a fiery young five-piece that blends indie rock elements into its… (read more)
$12-$15
Texas Tacos, Tequila, and Music Festival
Sat., May 25, 12 p.m.-12 a.m.Special Events, Dining, Live Music
I guess it’s just the year of tacos and music — and festivals celebrating the love for both. (Surely you remember Taco Fest back in… (read more)
$20-$85
The Emerald Ball
Sat., May 25, 7-11 p.m.Special Events, LGBT, Benefits
If you keep up with the slideshows we post on sacurrent.com, you’ve undoubtedly come across the work of Julián P. Ledezma, a tireless photographer who… (read more)
$15-$650
Nekromantix
Sat., May 25, 7 p.m.Live Music
Psychobilly, with its fevered fusion of rock ’n’ roots stylings with punk energy, might seem like a uniquely American genre. But few have done it… (read more)
$18
Sacred Reich & Sworn Enemy
Sat., May 25, 7 p.m.Live Music
Two thrash metal stalwarts, both newly active for the first time in years, descend on the Alamo City as one combined and freakish force of… (read more)
$21
Whitney Shay
Sat., May 25, 9:30 p.m.Live Music
Blessed with a powerful voice and overflowing charisma, Whitney Shay make soulful pop music that blends elements of jazz, swing, R&B, blues and soul. This… (read more)
$10
Jim Cullum Jazz Band
Sun., May 26, 6 p.m.Live Music
Jim Cullum, his cornet and his “classic jazz” band have been stalwarts on the SA music scene for longer than a lot of fans have… (read more)
$10
How Rednecks Saved Hollywood with Joe Bob Briggs
Sun., May 26, 7 p.m.Special Events, Film
Joe Bob Briggs is here to school us on the importance of the redneck to the cinematic canon in an evening event he’s dubbed “How… (read more)
$25
Citizen & Knuckle Puck
Sun., May 26, 7 p.m.Live Music
Get lulled into Citizen’s hypnotic trance of soothing melodies at your own risk. It’s only going to result in jolts back to riffage reality. Members… (read more)
$22-$26
San Antonio Nerd Night
Fourth Sunday of every month, 2-10 p.m.
(214) 641-9352steph@sanerdnight.org
Special Events
Gamers converge the fourth Sunday of every month for a meetup benefiting area nonprofits.… (read more)
Free
Daniel Rios Rodriguez & Raul Gonzalez
Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays, 12-5 p.m. Continues through Aug. 18Art
With a powerful trio of exhibitions already on view, Artpace gives us two more reasons to visit this spring with the unveiling of new projects… (read more)
Free
"Transcendental Tricentennial: Love Letters to San Anto, the (he)Art of David Zamora Casas"
Mondays-Saturdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays, 12-5 p.m. Continues through July 28Art, LGBT, Special Events
Over the last four decades, self-described “artivist” David Zamora Casas has delighted, shocked and intrigued San Antonio audiences with paintings, installations, altars and performance works… (read more)
$8-$10 (opening reception free)
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