WATCH: Fiesta Pooch Parade 2025 Watch the parade on KSAT Plus or in this article
SAN ANTONIO – The Fiesta Pooch Parade, a 2.4-mile walk with dogs and their owners, returned Saturday for Fiesta 2025.
The parade celebrated 26 years of cuteness strolling through the streets of Alamo Heights.
The official Fiesta event took place from 8 a.m. to noon, starting at the Alamo Heights Swimming Pool, 250 Viesca St. KSAT provided live coverage of the parade, which can be seen in the video player above.
The event featured a costume contest that included the following categories:
Best in Show
Top Dog
Most Creative
Most Patriotic
Best Fiesta Flair
Best Matched Human and Animal
The Fiesta Pooch Parade helped raise money for Therapy Animals of San Antonio, which supports therapy animal teams that provide services to many vulnerable populations in San Antonio.
If you’re planning to head to Fiesta, submit your photos and videos on KSAT Connect !
Watch Fiesta coverage live on KSAT KSAT will provide live coverage of Fiesta 2025’s major events.
Here’s when you can watch some of the biggest events on KSAT 12, KSAT Plus (our free streaming app), YouTube and KSAT.com .
Tuesday, April 29: NIOSA KSAT.com Saturday, May 3 : Texas Eats Fiesta Edition, 6 p.m. — On KSAT 12, KSAT.com You can get more information about how to stream KSAT 12 for free here
Here are the links to the complete list of day-of events for Fiesta 2025: Find more news on KSAT’s Fiesta page . You can also sign up for our free Things To Do and Fiesta newsletters .
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Andrea K. Moreno is a Digital Journalist at KSAT. She graduated from Texas State University with an electronic media degree and a minor in psychology. She also attended San Antonio College, where she held several positions at The Ranger, now known as The Sundial, for three years.
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