
Southwest School of Art & Craft artists, staff, students and friends are invited to bring personal offerings to honor the memory of an ancestor. Southwest School of Art & Craft – Día de los Muertos: La Ofrenda San Antonio Zoo – ZooBooĪn exciting, safe and non-scary event with trick-or-treating, face painting and a costume contest. Held in the city’s enchanting Botanical Garden, BOOtanica delights visitors with arts and crafts, pumpkin carving and a costume contest. Market Square – Los Altares Del MercadoĬolorful altares decorated with flowers, photographs of loved ones, and traditional pan de muerto can be found at Market Square, the nation’s largest Mexican market. The park will transform into a Halloween playground with hair-raising shows, electrifying entertainment, children’s trick-or-tricking, and special activities just for kids. It’s thrilled by day and chills by night at Six Flags Fiesta Texas’ Fright Fest. See Six Flags Fiesta Texas’ Fall Schedule. The fun begins in October when San Antonio’s fun-filled attractions, including family favorites like SeaWorld San Antonio, morph into haunting lands of costumed characters with haunted houses and trick-or-treating. See SeaWorld San Antonio’s Fall Schedule. Just a Few San Antonio Halloween Events SeaWorld San Antonio – Howl-o-Scream Processions to cemeteries are organized, all-night vigils are held and satirical poems, called calaveras (skulls), are read. Special delicacies such as traditional Mexican mole sauce, tamales, the ritual pan de muerto (bread of the dead) and lustrous sugar skulls are prepared for the offering.

Candles, brilliant flowers, and photos of loved ones are arranged among incense and ofrendas (offerings) like toys, drinks, and favorite foods. Family and friends of the deceased create these altares, dedicating them to the spirits of their loved ones.

Age-old customs are evident in colorful displays and altares (altars) set up throughout the city. This holiday is great for lovers of culture and history as well as the family’s looking for an authentic and themed Halloween celebration. Día de Los Muertos is a special observance when the souls of the deceased are said to join the living in a festival to eat, drink and rejoice as they did when they were living. Following the haunting, San Antonio revels in the traditions of Mexico’s pre-Hispanic cultures through November 2, with traditional and contemporary Día de Los Muertos festivities. The spirits of the dead are alive and well in San Antonio, the site of some of the nation’s most thrilling Halloween observances and culturally infused Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations.ĭuring the month of October, San Antonio’s fun-filled attractions, including family favorites SeaWorld San Antonio and Six Flags Fiesta Texas offer ghoulish fun and death-defying rides for all ages.
