North San Antonio Edition | June 2023

TODO LIST

June & July events

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JUNE 26 SEE A COCKTAIL COMPETITION Dashi Sichuan Kitchen + Bar will host its Daq-O Cocktail Competition, featuring teams of mixologists creating daiquiris for judging by a panel of celebrity judges. Some proceeds go to benet the local Third Coast Cocktail Summit. 6-9 p.m. $25-$75. 2895 Thousand Oaks Drive, San Antonio. https://tinyurl.com/p7mdn6jx 30 APPRECIATE NATURE Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy will have a program where young families can take a nature walk, learn about local wildlife, enjoy a story time session and complete a craft to take home. 9-10 a.m. Free (admission); registration is required. Urban Ecology Center classroom, 8400 NW Military Hwy., San Antonio. www.philhardbergerpark.org/ starting-out-wild 30 GIVE BACK Eva’s Heroes will present a fashion show and luncheon fundraiser. Clients of Eva’s Heroes, a local nonprot that supports individuals with intellectual challenges, will display their newfound fashion show skills in the culmination of a weeklong event where participants build up their condence and individual style.

of July parade, which begins at City Hall, 2 Mecca Drive, and ends at Voigt Park, 701 El Portal Drive, Hollywood Park, where residents may enjoy a family- friendly picnic and swimming. The parade starts at 10 a.m. Free (admission). www.hpcatx.com 15 TAKE YOUR PUP TO THE PARK Dog Guide San Antonio will present Fido Film Fest, a family-friendly summer evening for pet owners at Legacy Park. A dog-themed movie will be screened while vendors oer various pet products. There will also be free drinks, dog toys and other giveaways. 7-10 p.m. Free (admission). 103 W. Houston St., San Antonio. www.facebook.com/dogfriendlySA 15 CELEBRATE BASTILLE DAY A Bastille Day French Festival will feature more than 20 teams from around Texas in a bocci, or bocci ball, tournament. Refreshments from several vendors, including local French restaurants and cafes, will be available, as well as French classic cars on display, children’s entertainment and French Gypsy jazz music. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Free (admission); team registration required for bocci tournament. The Shops at La Cantera, 15900 La Cantera Parkway, San Antonio. www.frenchfestivalofsanantonio.com

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tickets start at $75. St. Matthew Catholic Church McDonald Family Center, 10703 Wurzbach Road, San Antonio. 210-694-9090. www.facebook.com/events/ 1676941986088279 JULY 01 PARTICIPATE IN A PATRIOTIC PICNIC AND MINIPARADE The city of Shavano Park will have its annual Independence Day picnic at the City Hall campus, complete with food, a mini-parade, music and children’s activities. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free (admission). 900 Saddletree Court, Shavano Park. www.shavanopark.org/residents/ independenceday.php 02 SALUTE AMERICA San Antonio’s Armed Forces River Parade will feature patriotically decorated oats carrying members of all U.S. Armed Forces branches as well as businesses and nonprots that support active and retired military members. 6 p.m. Free (admission). River Walk, 203 S. St. Mary’s St. www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com/ events/armed-forces-river-parade 04 PARTY IN HOLLYWOOD PARK The Hollywood Park Community Association will put on the annual Fourth

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The San Antonio Parks Foundation will present San Antonio’s annual Fourth of July bash with live performances by the U.S. Air Force Band of the West and DJ Plata, food trucks, children’s activities, and more. The event ends with a reworks show. 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Free (admission). Woodlawn Lake Park, 1103 Cincinnati Ave., San Antonio. 210-212-8423. www.saparksfoundation.org/event/ fourth-of-july-celebration (Courtesy San Antonio Parks Foundation)

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