Fiesta Oyster Bake ★ 4.2
Fiesta Oyster Bake has shucked Gulf oysters on the St Mary's University campus for over a century, a two-day Fiesta music-and-food festival run by the alumni.
Focus: Gulf oysters and Fiesta food booths
Food festivals in San Antonio worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Fiesta San Antonio ★ 4.3
Fiesta San Antonio is the city's eleven-day spring celebration of more than a hundred events, where food booths across town serve anticuchos.
Focus: Tex-Mex food booths and anticuchos citywide
Barbacoa & Big Red Festival ★ 4.1
The Barbacoa & Big Red Festival celebrates San Antonio's signature weekend combo at the Freeman Coliseum grounds, a two-day October gathering of barbacoa.
Focus: Barbacoa and Big Red soda, the SA combo
San Antonio Tamales Festival ★ 4.0
The San Antonio Tamales Festival gathers local tamaleros each December for the holiday masa-and-pork tradition that defines a San Antonio Christmas.
Focus: Tamales from local tamaleros
The San Antonio Margarita Festival ★ 3.9
The San Antonio Margarita Festival pits local bars and restaurants against each other for the best margarita in town, with each ticket including ten samples.
Focus: Margaritas from local bars and restaurants
Sazón Latin Food Festival ★ 3.8
The Sazón Latin Food Festival is a family-friendly celebration of Latin American food and music, with vendors representing Caribbean, Central.
Focus: Latin American food and music
Culinaria Tasting Texas Wine + Food Festival ★ 4.2
Culinaria's Tasting Texas Wine + Food Festival is the city's flagship culinary event, a four-day late-October run of chef dinners, wine tastings.
Focus: Texas wine, chefs, and tastings
Seven Seas Food Festival ★ 3.7
The Seven Seas Food Festival runs across spring at SeaWorld San Antonio, with food stalls themed to the world's coasts serving global street food and seafood.
Focus: Global street food and coastal dishes
San Antonio Flavor ★ 3.8
San Antonio Flavor, the Current's tasting event, gathers thirty of the city's favourite restaurants for one evening of bites and Texas drink pairings.
Focus: Bites from 30+ local restaurants
Diez y Seis at Market Square ★ 3.9
Diez y Seis de Septiembre fills Historic Market Square each September with Mexican independence parties, food vendors, mariachis and pan dulce stands.
Focus: Mexican food and pan dulce at El Mercado