BATTLE OF FLOWERS

Here’s the City of San Antonio’s operation schedule on Friday, April 28.

It’s almost time for Fiesta 2023 and you can kick it with the KSAT talent at the Battle of Flowers and Fiesta Flambeau parades.

Fiesta fans can get pre-loved paper flowers that previously adorned Battle of Flowers Parade floats during a giveaway on Saturday morning.

East Central Independent School District is joining several other San Antonio-area school districts in making Election Day a holiday.

The city of San Antonio's Public Works Department stepped in immediately after the Fiesta parades to clean up the party left in the streets.

Fiesta’s two centerpiece parades, the Battle of Flowers and Fiesta Flambeau, are taking a different route this year, down Main Street. That has brought a flood of parade-goers into the surrounding neighborhoods, whose streets are clogged with cars.

The Battle of Flowers Parade returned to San Antonio on Friday to full effect and adoring fans.

Today on SA Live, it’s a Fiesta Fido Parade! The show is going to the dogs, literally, with a special parade supporting animal charities in San Antonio.

It takes hundreds of hours and crepe paper to make the flowers on board the Battle of Flowers floats. Meet the head flower maker, Rose García, who will be celebrated with her own float this year.

Some of the biggest events of the year in San Antonio, the Battle of Flowers and Fiesta Flambeau parades, are about to take place after a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.

While this year’s new route disrupted long-standing traditions for many families in San Antonio, business owners and employees on Main Avenue said they are excited about the change.

To honor the Fiesta of San Jacinto Holiday on Friday, several offices in the City of San Antonio will be closed.

The famous Fiesta parades are back this year and now’s your chance to get tickets to exclusive viewing parties, courtesy of KSAT 12.

View the list of events for San Antonio's Fiesta on April 6, 2022.

Fiesta Commission officials on Wednesday will announce a location move for the 2022 Battle of Flowers Parade and the Fiesta Flambeau Parade to an alternate route from previous years.

Some of the major parades like Battle of Flowers and Fiesta Flambeau may have been canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic but the Texas Cavaliers River Parade is still on.

SAN ANTONIO – The Battle of Flowers Band Festival is the latest Fiesta event to get the ax for 2021 thanks to the coronavirus pandemic which has also caused the cancellation of other beloved events like the Battle of Flowers and Fiesta Flambeau parades. The Battle of Flowers Association announced Wednesday that the decision was made to cancel the band festival after the Fiesta Commission rescheduled the party with a purpose from April to June 17-27, 2021. “Working with every school district in the city to successfully produce the Battle of Flowers Band Festival, we are so lucky to have this partnership,” said Battle of Flowers Band Festival Vice President Cameron Armstrong. The Battle of Flowers Band Festival hosts more than 5,000 area high school students in a marching band competition and performance that draws roughly 20,000 spectators to Alamo Stadium each spring, according to a press release. School-age participants make up a major portion of the Battle of Flowers parade, with approximately 70% of the roughly 12,000 participants representing San Antonio area high schools and colleges.

SAN ANTONIO – The Battle of Flowers Association Oratorical Contest is open for applicants. For the first time in the 95-year history of the Battle of Flowers Oratorical Contest for college students, the contestants will not deliver their speeches in person. Due to COVID-19 restrictions placed on students' travel and with the organization’s protocol for safely gathering established, the 2021 Oratorical Contest will take place on Friday, February 26 at the Witte Museum. The top five (5) student finalists receive the following monetary scholarship awards:First place: $5,000Second place: $2,500Third place: $1,500Fourth place: $1,000Fifth place: $750There is also a prize for the department of the academic advisor of the first, second and third place winners also receive substantial awards of $2,500, $1,500 and $1,000 respectively. The contest seeks to encourage young people’s interest in the history and traditions of Texas.