San Antonio’s Independence Day traditions are bigger, bolder and more spectacular — and Stars & Stripes on Houston Street is leading the charge, returning in 2026 as part of the city’s celebration of America’s 250th birthday.
Texas Hill Country wine traces its roots back more than 350 years, shaped by missionaries, immigrant farmers, visionary horticulturists and modern pioneers who turned the region into an important American Viticultural Area and one of the most dynamic wine regions in the country.
At the southern edge of Brackenridge Park, just off Broadway, sits a low limestone building you might not notice at first. Golf carts trundle past, and people come and go from the Brackenridge Golf Course Clubhouse nearby. The venerable golf course, which opened in 1916, was the site of the first Texas Open golf tournament (now the Valero Texas Open), and the Texas Golf Hall of Fame and Museum is part of the clubhouse.
For most people in San Antonio, Fiesta® has ended for the year. But for one of the top Fiesta royals, the real work is just getting started.
Today, most people think of the Alamo as a single structure: the limestone church rising from Alamo Plaza, solemn and self-contained. But that familiar image is the product of survival, accident and later choices — not historical reality.
San Antonio’s rise as a cultural hub didn’t come solely from major institutions or multi-million-dollar venues. Much of the city’s artistic identity was forged at the neighborhood level — in converted warehouses, community theatres, repurposed breweries and grassroots festivals that grew into cultural landmarks.
