{"id":518402,"date":"2026-01-15T17:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/518402\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:23:10","slug":"heres-what-is-open-closed-for-martin-luther-king-jr-day-2026-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/518402\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what is open, closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2026 in San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 19, and while thousands are expected to gather for San Antonio\u2019s MLK March<\/a>, there will be some city closures to know about.<\/p>\n

Police officers and firefighters will be on duty, but certain city-operated facilities, such as City Hall, libraries and community centers, will be closed.<\/p>\n

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    Police will be on duty\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel will be on duty<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    3-1-1 Call Center will be operational from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. and from 5 – 11 p.m. for urgent animal concerns and traffic signal malfunctions\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Animal Care Officers will be on duty\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Code Enforcement Officers will be available for inspections and emergency coverage\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Downtown parking visitors will enjoy an on-street parking meter holiday (this does not apply to off-street City-operated garages and lots)\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    City parks and trails will be open<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    There will be no collections and all facilities will be closed on Monday, Jan. 19.<\/p>\n

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      Regular Monday garbage, recycling, and organics collections move to Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Regular Tuesday collections move to Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Regular Wednesday collections move to Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Regular Thursday collections move to Friday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Regular Friday collections move to Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n

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      Bitters Brush site at 1800 Wurzbach Pkwy., all Bulky Waste drop-off centers, and the Household Hazardous Waste drop-off center (Bitters, Frio City Rd., Rigsby, and Culebra) will resume regular business schedules on Tuesday, Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Municipal Court magistration services and SAPD\u2019s detention center\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      La Villita and Market Square shops\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Central Library and all San Antonio Public Library locations\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      The Darner Headquarters and Park Reservations Office\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Fitness in the Park classes will not be held, and will resume Tuesday, Jan. 20<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Head Start administrative offices and school district site\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      City of San Antonio Community Centers, Adult and Senior Centers, the Natatorium, Fairchild and McFarlin Tennis Centers, the Barrera Community Fitness Center and Wheatley Heights Sports Complex<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      All Metro Health clinics and offices\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      San Antonio Municipal Court\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      The Animal Care Services Lobby and Adoption Center<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      SAPD Administration and Records Section\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      SAFD Administrative Offices\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      All Senior\/Adult Comprehensive Centers\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Senior Nutrition Sites\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Willie Velasquez, Claude Black and Frank Garrett community centers\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Child Care Services administrative offices\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Homeless Connections Hotline and Veteran Services\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      City of San Antonio Street Outreach\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      City of San Antonio Homeless Encampment Team\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Our City Cares<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Carver Community Cultural Center\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Alamodome Offices and Box Office\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      La Villita and Market Square administrative offices\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Solid Waste Management administrative offices\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Development Services Department\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Economic Development Department\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Office of Historic Preservation\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Office of Innovation\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Planning Department\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Neighborhood and Housing Services\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Office of the City Clerk, including Vital Records\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Culture Commons Gallery at Plaza de Armas\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Centro de Artes Gallery at Market Square\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Pre-K 4 SA Education Centers and Corporate Office<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Spanish Governor\u2019s Palace\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      World Heritage Center<\/p>\n<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 19, and while thousands are expected to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":518403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,21075,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-518402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-martin-luther-king-jr","10":"tag-san-antonio","11":"tag-sanantonio","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115900278910179451","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}