What's on in San Antonio, United States through the year

Peak crowds — River Walk holiday season, Winter / Christmas break in United States

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: River Walk holiday season (26 Nov – 6 Jan (usually))

Busy — Stock Show and Rodeo

• Festival

  Stock Show and Rodeo

  8 Feb – 1 Mar · usuallyMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  Eighteen days of rodeo, livestock judging and a country concert every night out at the Frost Bank Center in February. It is the biggest thing on the city's calendar that is not Fiesta. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Stock Show and Rodeo, Spring break in United States

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Stock Show and Rodeo (8 Feb – 1 Mar (usually))

Busy — Fiesta San Antonio

• Festival

  Fiesta San Antonio

  14–27 Apr · usuallyMajor festivalCrowdedBook earlyClosures

  Eleven days in mid-April built around three parades, one of them on the river itself, and several hundred smaller events. Downtown streets close in rotation and hotel rates roughly double. Source ↗

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Hazard

  Flash flood season

  1 May – 15 Jun · usually

  The Hill Country upstream turns rain into wall-of-water floods faster than almost anywhere in the country, and late spring is the worst of it. Low crossings close; the city's tunnels handle the rest. Source ↗

Busy — Summer break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Hazard

  Summer heat

  15 Jun – 15 Sep · usuallyExtreme heat

  Long runs of triple-digit afternoons with the humidity of the Gulf behind them, and nights that stay warm. The River Walk sits a level below the street and in the shade, which is the point of it. Source ↗

Still on: Flash flood season (1 May – 15 Jun (usually))

Busy — Summer break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Summer heat (15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually))

Busy — Summer break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Summer heat (15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually))

Busy — Summer break in United States

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Summer heat (15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually))

Busy — Day of the Dead

• Festival

  Day of the Dead

  28 Oct – 2 Nov · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  Altars and a free two-day festival at Hemisfair around the start of November, in a city that has kept the tradition since long before it was a border it sat behind. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Day of the Dead, River Walk holiday season

• Festival

  River Walk holiday season

  26 Nov – 6 Jan · usuallyChristmas & New YearCrowded

  A lit barge parade the Friday after Thanksgiving switches on a hundred thousand lights strung over the water, and they stay until Epiphany. Restaurant tables on the bend book weeks out. Source ↗

Still on: Day of the Dead (28 Oct – 2 Nov (usually))

Peak crowds — River Walk holiday season, Winter / Christmas break in United States

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: River Walk holiday season (26 Nov – 6 Jan (usually))