{"id":466222,"date":"2026-10-14T23:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T23:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/466222\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T23:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T23:36:07","slug":"planet-k-gifts-cancels-dia-de-los-muertos-celebration-amid-ice-presence-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/466222\/","title":{"rendered":"Planet K Gifts cancels D\u00eda De Los Muertos celebration amid ICE presence concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO &#8211; A long-running D\u00eda de los Muertos celebration has been called off this year amid concerns surrounding immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Planet K announced it is canceling its D\u00eda de los Muertos Festival, which had been scheduled for Nov. 2, 2026. The cancellation notice was posted to Facebook by Woodlawn Lake Park.<\/p>\n<p>Planet K said it started the festival in San Antonio 20 years ago and that \u201cfor two decades we have remained dedicated to bringing our community together each year to celebrate, honor, and remember those who came before us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company said it has only canceled the festival twice in those 20 years \u2014 \u201conce due to COVID-19, and now due to current political and economic challenges that immigration enforcement that caused ongoing conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/planet-k-gifts-hosts-free-fireworks-shows-across-texas-local-news-near-me-crime-law-public-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Planet K Gifts hosting free fireworks show for Dia De Los Muertos!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decision was not made lightly,\u201d Planet K said. \u201cWe refuse to bring people together under ICE TERRORISM &amp; political war, and the immigration enforcement that caused ongoing conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Planet K apologized to \u201cthe many charities that have benefited throughout the years, including local youth programs, community organizations, and families in need,\u201d as well as \u201cour vendors, artists, families, supporters, and everyone who looks forward to celebrating D\u00eda de los Muertos with us each year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough we are taking a pause this year, we have faith we can return in 2027,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO &#8211; A long-running D\u00eda de los Muertos celebration has been called off this year amid concerns&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-466222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466222","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=466222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}