SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Get ready San Antonio, the city\u2019s biggest party of the year officially kicks off on Thursday, April 16. <\/p>\n
Fiesta 2026<\/a> will carry the theme \u201cFiesta Together\u201d as San Antonio marks the festival\u2019s 135th anniversary.<\/p>\n KSAT will be live from Fiesta Fiesta at Travis Park from 8-10 p.m. You can catch the official kickoff party, Fiesta Fiesta, on KSAT 12, KSAT Plus<\/a> (our free streaming app), and KSAT.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wondering what\u2019s happening each day of the 11-day celebration? Make sure to keep up with KSAT on air and online!<\/p>\n Fiesta<\/p>\n More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a list of events for the first day of Fiesta 2026 on April 16: Fiesta Carnival<\/a>: Take the family to enjoy thrilling rides and a variety of food and snacks. The carnival is scheduled from 5-11 p.m. at the Alamodome Parking Lot C, 100 Montana St. The event runs daily throughout Fiesta. Fiesta Fiesta<\/a>: The free event, presented by Toyota, is the official opening ceremony for Fiesta. Fiesta fans can wear their shiny Fiesta medals, enjoy live entertainment and food from 4-10 p.m. at Travis Park, 301 E. Travis. The festival will also feature a military salute spotlighting the Fiesta Military Commander from the U.S. Air Force. First Tee Invitational Golf Tournament<\/a>: The golf tournament, hosted by the Canyon Springs Senior Men\u2019s Golf Association, enters its ninth year as an official Fiesta event. The event will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 24405 Wilderness Oak. Team registration starts at $800 for a four-person team. For more details, click here<\/a>.Pin Pandemonium<\/a>: Located at Fiesta Fiesta, guests can stop by the Pin Pandemonium to purchase or trade Fiesta medals from 4-10 p.m. at Travis Park. The pandemonium, presented by Monarch Trophy Studio, also helps support the Fiesta nonprofit organizations. Taste of the Republic<\/a>: Since 2017, Taste of the Republic has helped kick off Fiesta. Attendees can enjoy and stroll through six culinary regions of Texas from 5-9 p.m. at the Jack Guenther Pavilion at the Briscoe Art Museum, 210 W. Market St. Tickets<\/a> are $150 per person. This event is only for guests 21 and over. <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to see more events scheduled for Fiesta 2026.<\/p>\n Before you head out to Fiesta, check out the forecast from KSAT\u2019s Weather Authority team<\/a> to help plan your Fiesta adventure. <\/p>\n Watch Fiesta coverage on KSAT<\/p>\n KSAT will offer live coverage of Fiesta 2026\u2019s biggest events.<\/p>\n Take a look at when you can catch some of the biggest events on KSAT 12, KSAT Plus<\/a> (our free streaming app), YouTube<\/a> and KSAT.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n To get more information about how to stream KSAT 12 for free, click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n Thursday, April 16: Fiesta Fiesta, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Travis Park \u2014 On KSAT 12, KSAT.com<\/a> and KSAT Plus.Monday, April 20: Texas Cavaliers River Parade and River Parade en Espa\u00f1ol, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. followed by the SA Live Fiesta After Party, 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. \u2014 On KSAT 12, KSAT.com<\/a> and KSAT Plus.Thursday, April 23: Battle of Flowers Band Festival, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. \u2014 On KSAT.com<\/a> and KSAT Plus.Friday, April 24: SA Live Battle of Flowers Pre-Party, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. \u2014 On KSAT 12, KSAT.com<\/a> and KSAT Plus.Friday, April 24: Battle of Flowers Parade and Battle of Flowers en Espa\u00f1ol, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. \u2014 On KSAT 12, KSAT.com<\/a> and KSAT Plus.Saturday, April 25: Pooch Parade, coverage starts at 7:30 a.m. \u2014 On KSAT.com<\/a> and KSAT Plus.Saturday, April 25: King William Parade, coverage starts at 9 a.m. \u2014 On KSAT.com<\/a> and KSAT Plus.Saturday, April 25: Battle of Flowers Band Festival, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (rebroadcast) \u2014 On KSAT 12, KSAT.com<\/a> and KSAT Plus.Saturday, April 25: KSAT Flambeau Pre-Party, 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. \u2014 On KSAT 12, KSAT.com<\/a> and KSAT Plus.Saturday, April 25: Fiesta Flambeau Parade and Flambeau en Espa\u00f1ol, 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. \u2014 On KSAT 12, KSAT.com<\/a> and KSAT Plus.<\/p>\n This is just a partial list. As Fiesta gets closer, we will update our plans, which may include covering even more events live.<\/p>\n Stay tuned and viva Fiesta!<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by KSAT – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Get ready San Antonio, the city\u2019s biggest party of the year officially kicks off on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[993,7185,74290,82,84,83,69],"class_list":["post-245515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-downtown","tag-fiesta","tag-fiesta-fiesta","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}