Fiesta San Antonio Commission Archives - San Antonio Report

Miss Fiesta San Antonio holds up her hands in a "rock on" gesture at the Battle of Flowers Parade.

Fiesta’s origin story: What parades and queens have to do with Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie

by Jennifer Norris March 30, 2022April 19, 2023

The birth of Fiesta San Antonio, the spring event that has come to define San Antonio, can be traced to 1891 and a horse-drawn parade.

People pose for a photo during a Night in Old San Antonio on Tuesday.

‘A big change’: reflecting on a far-from-normal Fiesta 2021

by Nicholas Frank July 1, 2021July 2, 2021

Broadway Street is filled with parade-goers during Fiesta in April 2019.

Here’s why the Fiesta Commission took the ‘extraordinary step’ of hiring its own COVID-19 expert

by Nicholas Frank January 12, 2021January 12, 2021

A man wears a sash with many fiesta medals during Fiesta Fiesta at Hemisfair.

How to buy 2020 Fiesta medals before they’re gone

by Jackie Wang November 12, 2020November 11, 2020

Vendors line up along 12th Street to sell food and Fiesta gear to parade-goers.

Business & Tech

Fiesta Carnival and Concession Contract Worth Millions of Dollars Up for Bid

by Shari Biediger March 21, 2019

(From left) Rey Feo LXX Ken Flores; Irma Flores, Fiesta Commission President in 2003; El Rey Feo LXVIII Antonio Flores Jr.; Lorrie Tijerina, Reina de la Feria de las Flores in 1996; and Reina de la Feria de las Flores Ariana Flores.

El Rey Feo y La Reina: Flores Family’s Fiesta Royalty Spans Generations

by Ken Rodriguez April 27, 2018April 27, 2018

Students jump for confetti as it rains down upon them. Photo by Scott Ball.

All For a Good Cause: Fiesta Makes ‘Enormous’ Difference in San Antonio

by Shari Biediger April 25, 2018February 20, 2019

After a Fiesta parade in 2012, two young San Antonians help pick up trash. Photo courtesy of Keep San Antonio Beautiful.

Arts & Culture, Gov & Politics

The Fiesta Commission Responds to ‘Littertown’

by John R. Melleky May 2, 2014April 28, 2018