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Free downtown festival Luminaria puts art and performance in the limelight Saturday
The annual event showcases visual art installations as well as live music, dance and theater performances.
Hemisfair
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San Antonio staple Bombay Bicycle Club opens new Hemisfair location
The spot inside Hemisfair’s historic Espinoza House is now welcoming guests.
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Grammy-winning group Ozomatli to headline San Antonio’s Muertos Fest
This year’s free event, scheduled for Oct. 28-29, includes a total of 40 musical acts.
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Jazz’SAlive headliner Big Sam’s Funky Nation comes with a packet of New Orleans’ special sauce
Sammie ‘Big Sam’ Williams launched Funky Nation in 2000 after a stint with his city’s revered and long-running Dirty Dozen Brass band.
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Inside Project Y: The mind-expanding history of Hemisfair’s Youth Pavilion
While Hemisfair was viewed as a win for the city’s business establishment, a now-forgotten pavilion operating under the World’s Fair banner that was anything but establishment — especially for the time.
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El Chapparal, Chuck Blount: San Antonio’s biggest food stories of the week
New near-downtown watering hole Chiflada’s and Künstler Brewing’s new Hemisfair outpost were also among this week’s top food news.
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San Antonio commission approves plans for Port Royal, another new Hemisfair restaurant
The new eatery from the Jerk Shack’s owner will feature two levels with balcony seating plus a patio set in a garden.
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San Antonio’s Künstler Brewing to open long-awaited Hemisfair taproom this weekend
Künstler owners Vera and Brent Deckard have been working with Hemisfair since 2021 to repurpose the historic tap room site, which dates to the mid-1880s.
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San Antonio’s Alamo Beer signs production deal with Wyoming-based THC beverage maker
The San Antonio craft brewer will dedicate roughly a third of its production line to Wyoming-based HighBridge’s THC drinks.
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San Antonio’s Box St. All Day opening second location near La Cantera
The new spot will serve the same brunch favorites featured at Box St.’s flagship brick-and-mortar restaurant at Hemisfair.
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San Antonio commission approves Sichuan House owner’s changes to historic Hemisfair building
Restauranteur Kristina Zhao’s Kusch Faire is the latest culinary venture to go into a historic property in the downtown complex.
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The Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival will return to downtown San Antonio in October
The festival is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year.
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CityScrapes: San Antonio’s public giveaways haven’t lived up to their promise of a thriving downtown
The reality of downtown San Antonio is that we succeeded in creating a place for tourists to wander that holds little appeal to San Antonians beyond the twinkling lights of the River Walk.
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Downtown San Antonio’s Hemisfair lands new restaurant from owners of Dashi Sichuan Kitchen + Bar
New restaurant Kusch Faire will occupy a restored 19th century home within the complex.
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San Antonio’s New Year’s Eve party Celebrate SA brings fireworks and fun to downtown Saturday
Food, adult beverages and art vendors will provide needed refreshments — and culture — before fireworks begin to pop off above Hemisfair.
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Early Riser’s Special: San Antonio’s brunch boom offers an elevated take on the casual meal
‘It’s playful, casual and it’s fun,’ Full Belly chef-owner James Moore said. ‘Maybe a little whimsy is just what people are looking for.’
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DiwaliSA returns to downtown San Antonio for celebration of annual festival of lights
While Diwali is technically a five-day festival of lights, this event will condense the revelry into a single night.
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Four ways to celebrate Día de los Muertos in San Antonio this year
Here’s a sample of the special events taking place throughout the city leading up to the holiday.
