 Fall Art Festivals
San Antonio, Texas
By CHARLIE JARRELL
Welcome to Fall Art Festivals®
2007, a plentitude of stimulation
for all five of the senses. It happens only in
San Antonio!
FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA®
Sept. 12-30 | Citywide
This international photography festival is
a unique,eclectic,month-long celebration
of the photographic arts.Dozens of exhibits
showing traditional photographs, digital
images, photography-based works, photographic
installations, funky camera and
alternative photographic processes are
presented in galleries, museums, art centers
and other exhibition spaces throughout
San Antonio, the Texas Hill Country and
the festival’s Web galleries. All exhibits are
free and open to the public.
EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL
Sept. 17-20 | Santikos Palladium Imax
The fourth edition of the European Film
Festival presents 20 recently selected
European films at the Palladium Imax
Complex, on IH-10 and 1604, Sept. 17-20.
Admission is free. The festival is organized
by the Consulate of France in Houston
and the French Consular Agency in San
Antonio in conjunction with the
Consulates of Germany, Italy, Spain and
Switzerland, as well as the Santikos
Organization, UTSA College of Liberal and
Fine Arts and the City of San Antonio.
JAZZ’SALIVE
Sept. 22 and 23 | Travis Park
Jazz’SAlive presents the best local,
regional, national and international jazz
musicians in a two-day outdoor festival in
San Antonio’s beautiful Travis Park. Local
acts perform in the afternoon, and
national artists are showcased in the
evening. Jazz’SAlive also hosts the
Starlight Salute Gala and the Jazz’SAlive
Champagne Brunch, both at the historic
St. Anthony Hotel by the park. Jazz’SAlive
is organized by the City of San Antonio
and the San Antonio Parks Foundation.All
concerts are free and open to the public.
 INTERNATIONAL ACCORDION FESTIVAL
Oct. 12-14 | La Villita
Celebrate the local sounds, regional
rhythms and global grooves of accordion
music from around the planet. Come on
out and zydeco, polka, tango and twostep!
Enjoy performances, workshops,
open mics and jam sessions on multiple
stages with the finest accordionists from
across the planet. The festival kicks off on
Friday night with a moonlight concert at
Arneson River Theatre. The festival is open
to the public, and admission is free all day
Saturday and Sunday.
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
Nov. 2-3 | Citywide
Altares, ofrendas, calaveras, flores,
pan de muerto, chocolate, visual arts,
poetry and music. Día de los Muertos is a
colorful flurry of traditional and contemporary
festivities that celebrate ancestral
remembrance and harvest season rituals
from Central Mexico’s indigenous cultures.
Organized by Centro Cultural
Aztlán, with altars and exhibits on display
all over the city, Día de los Muertos is a
mainstay of San Antonio’s folklore and a
vivid expression of its cultural heritage.
NEW WORLD WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL
Nov. 7-11 | Citywide
Explore the finer things in life at the San
Antonio New World Wine & Food Festival,
Nov. 7 – 11, as we examine Old World and
New World influences with a special
emphasis on Argentina. Savor the best of
food and wine through the chefs and
winemakers who produce them at an
array of events, including seminars, winemaker
lunches and dinners, walk-around
tastings and much more. Join us and celebrate
the uniquely diverse culinary experiences
that San Antonio has to offer.
 MARIACHI VARGAS EXTRAVAGANZA
Nov. 25 – Dec. 2 | Citywide
Celebrate the music of Mexico in the
Alamo City with a tradition that spans
more than five generations and over 100
years during a concert featuring the
Mexico City-based Mariachi Vargas de
Tecalitán. One thousand mariachi students
gather during Ford Motor
Company’s annual Mariachi Vargas
Extravagana to participate in the largest
mariachi group and vocal competitions
in the United States. Serenata En El Rio,
mariachi workshops, a mariachi mass
and community workshops are a part of
the celebration.
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