This week's live music offerings in San Antonio run the gamut from instrumental masters — jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington and pioneering rock guitarist Uli Jon Roth — to crowd pleasers such as timeless singer-songwriter Chris Isaak and classic country band The Texases. Let's check out the options and get ready to treat our ears. Wednesday, May 15
This week, San Antonio music fans can savor some slow-cooked midweek blues courtesy of the Reverend Shawn Amos then go crazy later in the week as punk pioneer Handsome Dick Manitoba and riff wranglers Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol push the meters into the red. Let's run it down.
For the second season, Denver Fashion Week (DFW) announced a competition looking for local entertainers to perform and is
The San Antonio Zoo is celebrating National Nurses Week and Teacher Appreciation Week by offering people in both professions free standard admission Monday through Sunday. Beyond that perk, teachers and nurses can purchase up to four additional tickets at half price, according to zoo officials. Teachers working in public, private, parochial and home schools are eligible for the discount if they provide a driver’s license and either a copy of a teaching certificate or a valid badge from...
The Current's San Antonio Music Showcase will return this summer after a five-year hiatus. Scheduled for Saturday, June 22, the 2024 San Antonio Music Showcase will feature performances by more than 50 local acts and DJs across an array of genres, from hip-hop and rock to Latin and Americana. The shows will take place on 10 stages spread between two of the city's nightlife meccas, St. Paul Square and the St. Mary's Strip.
San Antonio transplant Bill Malone is not only the world’s leading scholar of country music, he was among its first. “In academia, when I started, country music was outside the pale,” said Malone, who relocated to the Alamo City in 2020. “Not something you could work on or take seriously.
North-of-downtown food and nightlife complex The Creamery will host a latte-art throwdown Thursday, May 23, pitting 32 baristas against each other for cash prizes and bragging rights. The event will take place at the entertainment site's outdoor pavilion. Admission will begin at 6 p.m., and the first pour will go down at 7 p.m.
Junior H, one of key architects of the corrido tumbado sound, will bring his $ad Boyz Mania U.S. Tour to Frost Bank Center on Friday, Aug. 2. For his latest tour tour, Junior H will visit 20 U.S. cities and perform tracks from his album, $ad Boyz 4 Life II, which has racked up 1.4 billion streams since its release five months ago. The LA-based performer has dominated the urban Mexican music genre with a style that blends hip-hop with traditional corrido instruments such as tuba and...
The £365 million venue was forced to postpone its launch for a third time last week when part of an air-conditioning unit fell off the ceiling.
Government Hill sweet spot Alebrije Panaderia will close from May 15 until June 18 to facilitate a facelift, according to social media posts from its owners. Alebrije partners Cris Mendez and Claudio Navarro on Monday alerted fans to the temporary closure. However, they said the business will still take custom orders and catering gigs while the storefront is shuttered for renovations.
San Antonio moved in more than 22,000 people last year, and that brings the total population to
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