{"id":625398,"date":"2026-03-01T21:25:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T21:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/625398\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T21:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T21:25:21","slug":"la-semana-alegre-returns-to-hemisfair-for-its-first-year-as-official-fiesta-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/625398\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018La Semana Alegre\u2019 returns to Hemisfair for its first year as official Fiesta event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 La Semana Alegre is set to return to Hemisfair, marking its first year as an official Fiesta event, according to a news release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The two-night, ticketed festival will take place on Thursday, April 23, and Friday, April 24, the release stated. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The festival is set to transform Hemisfair into a music-and-food destination with two stages, a curated market, art and immersive activations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Organizers said proceeds will support stewardship of the downtown public space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The first night features Men Without Hats, Bow Wow Wow, Tommy Tutone and Animotion alongside hometown acts including Girl in a Coma, Surfbort and original La Semana Alegre performer Joe King Carrasco. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The second night will mix indie, electronic and Latin-influenced acts, with Ghostland Observatory headlining. Other performers include 54 Ultra, Los Retros, La Santa Cecilia, Son Rompe Pera, Chavela and Pop Pistol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Food options range from Fiesta classics such as chicken-on-a-stick and gorditas to sweets and local favorites. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Modelo is listed as the festival\u2019s official beer; aguas frescas, cocktails and nonalcoholic drinks will also be available. The La Semana Alegre Market features local artisans, vintage goods and music-focused vendors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Tickets are now on sale at <a href=\"https:\/\/lasemanaalegre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/lasemanaalegre.com\/\">the festival\u2019s website.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>More Fiesta coverage on KSAT<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 La Semana Alegre is set to return to Hemisfair, marking its first year as an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":625399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,134406,25970,7202,7203,358,1072,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-625398","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fiesta","10":"tag-hemisfair","11":"tag-san-antonio","12":"tag-sanantonio","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-things-to-do","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116156034433432933","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625398","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=625398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}