{"id":259372,"date":"2026-04-21T11:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/259372\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:23:14","slug":"palo-alto-college-celebrates-40-years-with-annual-pacfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/259372\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto College celebrates 40 years with annual PACfest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Palo Alto College is gearing up to host PACfest, the largest official Fiesta celebration south of Highway 90, with its biggest event lineup yet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamo.edu\/pac\/experience-pac\/campus-life\/arts-and-culture\/pacfest\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.alamo.edu\/pac\/experience-pac\/campus-life\/arts-and-culture\/pacfest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PACfest 2026<\/a> will be held from noon to 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, at the Palo Alto College campus located at 1400 W. Villaret Blvd. <\/p>\n<p>The family-friendly festival began in the early 1990s and became an official Fiesta San Antonio celebration in 2003. This year it will also serve as a community celebration of the community college\u2019s 40th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPACfest continues to be a celebration of the culture, and music of the Southside community that\u00a0Palo\u00a0Alto\u00a0College has called home for 40 years,\u201d said Robert Garza,\u00a0Palo\u00a0Alto\u00a0College president in a statement. \u201cThis year\u2019s lineup is a tribute to the heart of the Fiesta Cultura, and a commitment to ensuring that our campus is a place that brings our community of all ages together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/040626pacfestswag9a5a9427.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5438170\"  \/>Palo Alto College hosts PACfest, its huge family-friendly Fiesta event on Thursday. Credit: Courtesy\/ Palo Alto College<\/p>\n<p>Palo Alto College is one of five colleges under the Alamo Colleges District umbrella, which also includes San Antonio College, St. Philip\u2019s College, Northwest Vista College and Northeast Lakeview College.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is $10, but children ages 12 and under can enter for free. The college is also offering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamo.edu\/pac\/experience-pac\/campus-life\/arts-and-culture\/pacfest\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.alamo.edu\/pac\/experience-pac\/campus-life\/arts-and-culture\/pacfest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">family admission PACfest packages with platinum reserved parking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s musical lineup includes a mix of regional and international artists including La Tropa Estrella, Los Palominos, Grupo Control and Los Tigrillos.<\/p>\n<p>The event will also feature raffles, vendors, children\u2019s activities, and merchandise for sale, including the college\u2019s Fiesta medal, all intended to support student scholarships and community initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPACfest is the largest fundrasing opportunity for PAC student organizations and clubs,\u201d the event\u2019s website states. \u201cOf all the food and novelty vendors at PACfest offering Fiesta favorites like chicken on a stick, turkey legs, and corn in a cup, most are student organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The San Antonio Report partners with Open Campus on higher education coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Palo Alto College is gearing up to host PACfest, the largest official Fiesta celebration south of Highway 90,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[59031,47549,97270,97271,97272,97273,62602,16491,82,84,83,3028],"class_list":{"0":"post-259372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-fiesta-2026","9":"tag-fiesta-san-antonio","10":"tag-grupo-control","11":"tag-la-tropa-estrella","12":"tag-los-palominos","13":"tag-los-tigrillos","14":"tag-pacfest","15":"tag-palo-alto-college","16":"tag-san-antonio","17":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","18":"tag-san-antonio-news","19":"tag-typedaily"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259372","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=259372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}