The rhythm and virtuosity of the Spanish Classical Guitar heard through the sounds of contem-porary and 20th Century Spanish and South American styles. ricardodavidprieto.bandcamp.com

A Blues Rock band based out of San Antonio, TX, lead by Elijah Zane Echeveste. His band con-sists of sax player Alfonso Nunez, drummer Zack Adamson, bass player and professional photog-rapher Mark Greenberg, and electrician Ruben Alvarado. The band’s originals have a sound with influences including Stevie Ray Vaughn, Delbert McClinton and the Black Crowes.

A child prodigy, Eva Araiza Ybarra began playing accordion at the age of 4 years old. Ybarra’s dynamic Progressive Conjunto has landed her in The Conjunto Hall of Fame, Tejano Roots Hall of Fame and she’s received mulitple awards including Premio A La Musica Latina from Univision.

Often compared to “crossover darlings” such as Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks and Janis Joplin, the Melissa Ludwig Band’s songs feel at home across genres, from radio-friendly pop to alternative country without the twang. Listen at melissaludwig.com.

Noah weaves a web of magical, musical mystery. Using electronic effects, this on-the-fly, observ-able orchestration is a musical experience that must be seen to be believed. Funky grooves, tropical tunes and New Orleans blues are all on the menu. It is a foot-stomping, hand-clapping, soulful good time of music and stories. Visit noahpeterson.com.

Based out of Schertz/New Braunfels, TX, with a sound that leans toward a mixture of Blues Rock and Southern Rock. Their talent, tight chemistry, and unpre-dictability make for a dynamic and diverse sound for all audiences. Visit anthonywrightband.comto learn more.

A Hill Country-Indie-Folk-Rock outfit from San Antonio, TX. Founder, S.Brady Dietert, is an architect living and working in San Antonio. He has been writing songs since 1995. Raised on an old family ranch in a small town near Kerrville, TX, he gained a peculiar point-of-view that is reflected in his songwriting and lyrics. He aspires to continue the strong storytelling tradition of Texas songwriting, while blending elements of avant garde and indie rock styles.

SeaWorld San Antonio’s very own Animal Ambassadors will do two presentations at 1:30pm and 2:00pm of native Texas animals. Stop by to catch a glimpse of a Roseatte Spoonbill, Alligator, Screech Owl, Barred Owl, and Possum.

Join Pinot’s Palette for a day of painting in the park! Paint your very own self-guided Texas-themed masterpiece. Select from either a Texas Bluebonnet, a fun Fiesta themed painting, or paint your very own Mockingbird. All art supplies are provided for $10, including your 10x10 canvas for a one-of-a-kind experience. Come enjoy art in the park!

Come learn how to care for plants in Texas weather. Also on display, native edible plants such as prickly pear cactus, turk’s cap, pecans and chile pequin. To learn more visit gardopiagardens.org

Deepen your knowledge of Natural History, Science and South Texas Heritage through interactive programs and exhib-its! Create and take home a personalized Witte keepsake. In addition, join the Witte’s InterActors at 3:30pm and 4:30pm (at our Story Time stage) to learn all about what cowboys wear when working with cattle and horses, and why!

Books about Texas, or by Texas authors, every 30 minutes begin-ning at 10am. Meet Jennifer Mendiola, author of I Only Just Love You A Lot at 12:00pm and 12:30pm. Jennifer holds two degrees from UTSA and currently teaches first grade at Ira Ogden Elementary for SAISD. Jennifer will be available for book sign-ings immediately following the readings of her book.

In celebration of the Lone Star State, the Briscoe Western Art Museum celebrates Texas with family-friendly art making. Learn about true Texas icons—Selena, “Bulldogger” Bill Picket, Chicano Printmaker Sam Coronado, and Susanna Dickinson. Create your own paper puppet in their honor.

Come build your very own Monarch Butterfly kite! The Monarch Butterfly was adopted as the official state insect by the Texas Legislature in 1995. Kite kits available while supplies last.

Culture is who we are. Come discover who you are through objects, games, dress-up play and other interactive activities.

Eclectic, vibrant, freestyle paint-ings by San Antonio Artist Tracey Ashenfelter. Learn more about Tracey’s art by visitingtaf-art.blogspot.com.

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EVAYBARRA

MELISSALUDWIG

NOAHPETERSON

ANTHONY WRIGHT BAND

RANCH /HOUSE

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PINOT’SPALETTE

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TEXASSTORY TIME

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MONARCH BUTTERFLY KITES

INSTITUTE OF TEXANCULTURES

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Here’s your handy guideto enjoying art, crafts,music, and more!

WELCOME TOMOCKINGBIRD FEST!

The flavors of Con Safos Cocina Y Bar are San Antonio born and bred. Con Safos will feature its Pan Dulce Burger, Smoked Brisket Chili, Fruit Cups and fresh Texas Grapefruit soda.

Enjoy vegan tamales, pineap-ple tamales (prepared w/fresh ground corn masa and organic unrefined coconut oil), red sauce pork and green sauce chicken tamales, veracruz tamales and aguas frescas.

Fourteen hand-made flavors to choose from and some Texas favorites including: Strawberries-n-Cream, Pecan, and Cucumber with Lucas. Paletaria San Antonio will soon be housed in one of Hemisfair’s historic homes! Look for updates on Paletaria San Antonio’s Facebook page.

The way Dom grills is authentic! The heat, the mesquite charcoal, and fresh ingredients all merge perfectly to create a deliciously rich smoky flavor.

Get ready to be blown away with unlimited flavors of wings from mild to wildly hot. If your pallet can imagine it they can make it. Homemade fresh curly fries, steak fries and potato chips can accompany your wing order.revolutionarywings.net

Stop by HEB’s tent to taste a Texas treat!

Plenty of delicious creamy fudge in a variety of flavors, including a Texas favorite, Pecan. Crowd-pleasers are peanut butter and salted caramel, served parfait style, and for the kiddos there is original and mint!

Clever, fresh, flavorful, quick, and portable snacks that are locally sourced and influenced.

Experience the most tender, mouthwatering chicken and beef fajitas, grilled and seasoned to perfection. Customers rave they are the best fajitas South Texas has to offer! Visit Fajita Rita’s on Facebook.

Serving up Mexican-style corn in a cup along with other festival favorites such as funnel cakes, shaved ice, ice cream, and corn dogs. drakesfunfoods.com

Serving creamy avocado topped with tender braised pulled pork, and tangy chipotle bbq sauce. If you need a bite of something sweet, try the delicious warm fruit cobbler.

Texas breweries will be on-site serving free samples (while sup-plies last) of tantalizing Texas brews: Goliad Brewing Company, Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling, Independence Brewing Company, and Pedernales Brewing Company.

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PALETARIA SAN ANTONIO

DOM’SSALSA

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“For all its enormous range of space, climate, and physical appearance, and for all the internal squabbles, contentions, and strivings, Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America. Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study and the passionate possession of all Texans.”

—John Steinbeck, 1962.

At 268,601 square miles, Texas is the largest state in the contigu-ous United States!

Downtown Fort Worth todowntown Dallas is longer than the Gaza Strip!

In 1969, Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong called Houston, Texas, from the moon. Th e fi rst word spoken on the moon in 1969 was “Houston.”

Armadillos are one of the few animals that eat fi re ants as part of their diet. Th anks so much!

Austin is home to the larg-est urban bat colony in North America. Over 1.5 million bats roost beneath the Congress Avenue Bridge over Lady Bird Lake and eat between 10,000- 30,000 lbs. of insects a night.

Amarillo has the world’s largest helium well.

A coastal live oak located near Fulton is the oldest tree in the state. Th e tree has an estimated age of more than 1,500 years.

Th ere are stalactites and stalag-mites in the breezeway at the University of Texas Law School.

425 feet above the surrounding Texas Hill Country, Enchanted Rock is the largest pink granite monadnock in the United States. Just north of Fredericksburg, it was revered by Native Americans as a sacred spot.

Tyler Municipal Rose Garden is the world’s largest rose garden with 38,000 rose bushes of 500 varieties in a 22-acre garden.

Th e Texas Rangers are the old-est law enforcement agency in North America with statewide jurisdiction.

In 1996, a Texas man bitten by a coral snake killed the reptile by biting off its head, then used its skin as a tourniquet! Tough!

Famous musicians from Texas include Janis Joplin, Buddy Holly, and Beyonce.

Sam Houston, one of the most famous Texans, was actually born in Virginia! Houston served as governor of Tennessee before coming to Texas.

6 diff erent nations have at some point fl own their fl ags over our state: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States.

Texas is the only state to enter the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation.

Th e skeleton of “Midland Man,”—actually a woman, was found by welder while working on a ranch in Midland in 1953. Th e remains are at least 9,500 years old (some estimates say much older), making them some of the oldest to ever be uncov-ered in the Americas.

Mark Twain said, “Th ere are only four unique cities in the United States. New Orleans, San Antonio, Boston, and San Francisco.” Not a bad list!

Charles Lindbergh, famous for making the world’s fi rst nonstop solo fl ight across the Atlantic in 1927, received training at Brooks and Kelly fi elds in San Antonio.

Dr. Robert Cade, born and raised in San Antonio, developed a spe-cial drink called Cade’s Cola for the University of Florida. You’ve come to know the now famous drink as Gatorade.

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird were married in St. Mark’s Episcopal Church.

Th eodore Roosevelt recruited the Rough Riders in the Menger Hotel, right near the Alamo.

Amazon named San Antonio the “Most Romantic City in the U.S.”

Th e United States’ fi rst suspen-sion bridge was the Waco Bridge, built in 1870.

Th e world’s fi rst multi-pur-posed domed stadium was the Astrodome, built in Houston and opened in April 1965.

Spindletop oil fi eld, near Beaumont, was the fi rst gusher in North America. In 1901, it sprayed more than 800,000 bar-rels of oil into the air before it was brought under control.

Laredo is the world’s largest inland port.

Th e fi rst-ever frozen margarita machine was invented by a Dallas restaurateur.

Fritos were invented in the 1930s in San Antonio, and are today produced by the Plano-based Frito-Lay Company.

Corpus Christi is closer to Cuba than it is to Denver, Colorado!

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In 1728, Th e King of England, George II, was given an arma-dillo as a present. He called it an “Indian Monster” and gave it hard boiled eggs to eat, which it happily accepted.

Th e name Texas is derived from a Caddo Indian word that means “friends” or “allies,” which was incorporated into the state motto: Friendship.

Human artifacts, possibly up to 15,500 years old, have been found in an archaeological site near Buttermilk Creek outside Salado, Texas.

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