Raw States
El Grito San Antonio (Fiestas Patrias)
San Antonio, TX · Holiday
- When
- September 12–13, 2026
- Where
- Historic Market Square, 514 W Commerce St · San Antonio · TX
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
San Antonio's official Mexican Independence Day commemoration at Historic Market Square, hosted by the city's Diez y Seis de Septiembre Commission with the Mexican Consulate. The weekend includes live mariachi and ballet folklorico, closing with the official El Grito ceremony on the evening of September 12.
The history within reach
San Antonio's official Mexican Independence Day commemoration at Historic Market Square, hosted by the city's Diez y Seis de Septiembre Commission with the Mexican Consulate.
The largest theatre ever built in the United States for Spanish-language film and live variety, seating 2,500 under a tiled facade and a six-storey mural in glass.
A teenager playing a twelve-string for coins in the open-air market became the first star of Tejano music and recorded for fifty years.
Not a palace and not the governor's, it was the presidio captain's house, with the Habsburg arms over the door.
- Los Posadas (River Walk)0.2 mi
A candlelit procession along the San Antonio River Walk reenacting Mary and Joseph's search for shelter before Christmas, ending at the Cathedral of San Fernando.