Event Calendar

Aki Matsuri is a Japanese fall festival presented by the Japan-America Society of San Antonio. The event features ikebana and bonsai displays, cultural performances, community organizations, and vendors offering food and merchandise. Admission and parking are free, while food and merchandise are available for purchase from vendors. The festival offers a chance to explore Japanese cultural displays and performances in a community setting. Visit the organizer’s website for current admission and event information.

The purpose of Child Health Day is to help raise an awareness and a commitment to teaching children and parents the benefits of good health. This event is annually celebrated on the first Monday of October. The day was proclaimed in 1928 by Calvin Coolidge to increase awareness of health issues facing the children in the U.S. including health issues, healthy eating, fitness, child's development, immunizations, preventing injuries, and more.

Experience iLaCatrina’s Día de los Muertos cultural runway, an evening centered on live music, performance, and visual storytelling. The program brings these elements together in a public cultural presentation, with designated seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission is free, and no tickets are required. Visitors interested in a runway-format event with music and performance can find current information through the event’s official page. Visit the official event website for current schedule and admission information.

Join an all-levels, all-ages community dance class focused on learning and performing the choreography from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” No prior dance experience is required, making the session accessible to participants with a range of dance backgrounds. Admission is free, and advance registration is required. The class provides a structured setting to learn the choreography and take part in a community performance experience. Check the official event page for registration details and the latest updates.

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses" and carving jack-o-lanterns. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several parts of the Western world, most commonly in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom and occasionally in parts of Australia and New Zealand.