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DiwaliSA

San Antonio, TX · Holiday

When

November 7, 2026

Where

Hemisfair & Arneson River Theatre · San Antonio · TX

Cost

Not confirmed

Status

Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

A festival of lights hosted by Anuja SA and the City of San Antonio at Hemisfair and the Arneson River Theatre, marking San Antonio's sister-city relationship with Chennai, India. It has run since around 2009 and includes dance, food, and a floating candle ceremony on the river.

The history within reach

• DiwaliSAsame spot

  A festival of lights hosted by Anuja SA and the City of San Antonio at Hemisfair and the Arneson River Theatre, marking San Antonio's sister-city relationship with Chennai, India.

• St. Patrick's Day River Dyeing & Parade0.1 mi

  Each March the San Antonio River is dyed green along its downtown reach, a tradition the Harp & Shamrock Society of Texas has kept since the late 1960s.

• The Menger and the Rough Riders0.2 mi

  A German brewer built a hotel beside the Alamo with a bar copied from the House of Lords taproom.

• Fiesta San Antonio0.2 mi

  Eleven days and more than a hundred separate events, originating in an 1891 parade honouring the dead of the Alamo and San Jacinto.

• The Tower Life Building, San Antonio's gothic skyscraper0.2 mi

  An octagonal neo-Gothic tower in green tile with gargoyles at the setbacks, built for a department store that went under before it opened.