Events
BY EDMOND ORTIZ
Shavano Park holiday event Shavano Park residents are invited to the city’s winter holiday festival, which will include snow, refreshments, face painting, balloon art, caricatures, shopping opportunities, a cookie contest, photos with Santa Claus, crafts, and performances by Blattman Elementary School cheerleaders and choir. A tree-lighting ceremony will wrap up the day.
Winterfest Baptist Health System will present a community festival with 50,000 pounds of snow, performances by area schools and troupes, photos with Santa Claus, a carnival, kids’ activities, refreshments and holiday shopping opportunities. Some proceeds will benet Brighton
‘Las Nuevas Tamaleras’ A local comedy, “Las Nuevas Tamaleras” is about three women who try to make tamales for the rst time while the spirits of two experienced “tamaleras” appear to compete with the trio to see who makes the perfect tamales. • Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 2, 5 and 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 3, 2:30 and 5 p.m. • Tickets: $23-$28 Center, a nonprot that serves children with disabilities and developmental delays, and their families. • Dec. 2, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. • Admission: $5-$10 • North Central Baptist Hospital, 520 Madison Oak Drive, San Antonio • www.winterfestivalsa.com
• Dec. 2, 3-6 p.m. • Free admission
• City Hall, 900 Saddletree Court, Shavano Park • www.shavanopark.org/residents/events.php
San Antonio holiday season kicko The annual San Antonio holiday river parade and river lighting ceremony brings festivities to the San Antonio River in downtown. The parade will o§er nearly 30 illuminated ¨oats, and the lighting ceremony will feature more than 100,000 Christmas lights, which will light up the River Walk from sundown to sunrise daily through New Year’s Day. • Nov. 24, 6 p.m. (parade starts) • Admission: $15-$40 for reserved parade seating, free in other parade route areas • Begins at Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, San Antonio • www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com/events/ ford-holiday-river-parade Peace Market/Mercado de Paz Esperanza Center for Peace and Justice will host the annual Peace Market/Mercado de Paz, featuring dozens of artisans o§ering various handcrafted goods with themes of peace, social justice, cultural diversity and ecological concerns. There will also be music and refreshments. • Nov. 24-25, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. • Free admission • 922 San Pedro Ave., San Antonio • www.esperanzacenter.org/esperanza-projects/ peace-market-mercado-de-paz La Cantera holiday tree lighting La Cantera Resort & Spa will hold its annual holiday tree lighting ceremony, welcoming Santa Claus, the Grinch and friends. The event includes a Vegas-style revue, live jazz music, kids’ activities and photos with Santa. Proceeds will benet the Children’s Bereavement Center of South Texas. • Nov. 30, 7-10:30 p.m.
November
Hill Country Christmas JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa is hosting various holiday season activities for resort guests and the public. Ticketed experiences include a tubing hill made of real snow, an interactive snowball make and toss game, a visit from Mrs. Claus, refreshments, a gingerbread decorating corner, a holiday pop-up shop and a secret Santa scavenger hunt. • Times vary daily now through Dec. 31 • Tickets: $12.99-$39.99 Drive-thru light show McGimsey Scout Park is hosting a holiday drive-thru light show, featuring characters, symbols and other seasonal displays across the scout camp. • Thu. and Sun., 6-10 p.m.; Fri. and Sat., 6-11 p.m. through Dec. 30 • Tickets: $40 per vehicle • 10810 Wedgewood Drive, Castle Hills • www.campirelights.org • 23808 Resort Pkwy., San Antonio • www.jwhillcountrychristmas.com San Antonio tree lighting The city of San Antonio will present its 39th annual H-E-B Christmas Tree Lighting, including holiday crafts, giveaways, letters to Santa, refreshments, music, ice skating and a screening of “The Grinch.” • Nov. 24, 4-9 p.m. (lighting at 6:20 p.m.) • Free admission • Travis Park, 301 E. Travis St., San Antonio • www.sanantonio.gov
• Carver Community Cultural Center, 226 N. Hackberry St., San Antonio • https://tinyurl.com/4bh6xn8s
December
Mingle and Jingle The Alley on Bitters retail center will host Mingle and Jingle, a holiday event with activities such as refreshments, kids writing letters to Santa Claus and
cookie decorating. • Dec. 7, 6-9 p.m. • Admission: $20
• 555 W. Bitters Road, Hill Country Village • www.squadup.com/events/mingle-jingle
Santa in Stone Oak Santa Claus will arrive at the Village at Stone Oak shopping center to lead a mini-parade, followed by entertainment, kids’ activities and free photos with Santa. Toys for Tots will accept new toys to benet local children in need. • Dec. 9, noon-3 p.m. • Free admission • 22502 N. U.S. 281, San Antonio (between Carranza Jewelers and Francesca’s) • www.villageatstoneoak.com
• Admission: $10 adults, $5 children • 16641 La Cantera Pkwy., San Antonio • www.lacanteraresort.com
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