FIESTA FLAMBEAU

The Fiesta Flambeau Parade Association announced Shelly Lares as the grand marshal for the 2023 illuminated night parade.

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.

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.

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

The route for the Battle of Flowers and Fiesta Flambeau parades begins on North Main Street and concludes at Commerce and St. Mary’s streets.

Find details for all the major Fiesta parades and events that will be broadcast or streamed on KSAT 12 and KSAT.com.

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 and Fiesta Flambeau parades have been canceled in 2021 due to concerns over COVID-19, parade officials announced Monday. The cancellations come on the same day that Fiesta San Antonio officials announced that other Fiesta 2021 events are being postponed until June. You may request a refund of the ticket price to the Fiesta Flambeau® Parade online beginning Feb. 15. This year would have been the 73rd year that the Fiesta Flambeau Parade would have lighted up the streets of the Alamo city. Fiesta Flambeau Parade officials said they are looking forward to the 2022 parade, which is scheduled for April 9.

2 1 of 2 Edward A. Ornelas /San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 2 of 2 Kody Melton for MySA.com Show More Show LessThough Fiesta as whole is postponed until June, the Battle of Flowers and Fiesta Flambeau parades are canceled for the second consecutive year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement of the cancellations was made just after the Fiesta Commission revealed the 10-day schedule was pushed back to June 17-27. The commission said some events would not move forward with the postponement. Officials for both events said that includes both parades. Associations for the day and night parades issued a joint press release for information on ticket refunds.

The official 2020 poster selection contest for the Fiesta Flambeau parade wrapped up in the King William District. All artists participating in the contest were given 90 minutes to finish their hand-painted poster, which had to utilize the 2020 Flambeau theme: "celebrating literary classics."