Community Calendar

Escape the ordinary at our Adult D8 Night! Spend an evening sipping on refreshing cannabis mocktails, listening to live music & playing lawn games in a laid-back setting.
There will be food & craft vendors onsite, plus heaters to keep you warm when the temps dip down.
12/9 event - enjoy a mix of 80s, 90s and 2000s tunes from acoustic duo Whole Step Down.
Grab a sparkling kava, THC or CBD beverage, enjoy the music & challenge your friends to one of our lawn games.
-Free drink samples
-Games, food, vendors
-Pet-friendly
Onsite retail store will be open with a full selection of CBD/D8/D9 products (these may be consumed onsite).
21+only

Shop small & save big on Saturday, December 10th when you join us for family Holiday fun in beautiful Olmos Park! Photos with Santa, free sips/snacks, live music + more will be available at storefronts stretching along McCullough Ave and E/W Olmos from the Yard Shopping Center to Hildebrand. Plus enjoy discounts on unique holiday gifts and enter to win huge prizes in a major raffle at select Olmos Park locations! Head to shopolmospark.com for a full list of events and participating small businesses.

Celebration Circle is an inclusive, multi-faith community with a creative approach to spirituality. We gather to honor and nurture the Sacred in ourselves, each other and all of Creation. Everyone is welcome at our events. We believe there is a powerful New Story being born in the midst of our dominant culture. It’s an amazing story of love, peace, sustainability and inter-connection. We choose to nurture this Story by incorporating our personal insights with those offered by the major faiths and wisdom traditions: Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Native American, Taoist, and Pagan, as well as contemporary science, psychology, and the Recovery Movement. We gather to experience our deep connections to ourselves, each other and the Web of Life through creative and co-creative expressions of spirituality. Our gatherings take a variety of forms, but share a common goal: to foster the process of conscious evolution through the sacred arts. All of us – including you - have something valuable to contribute to the co-creation and narration of this exciting New Story! Service consists of songs, poetry, a presentation/talk, and community.

URBAN-15 is preparing for an exciting season of stage, festival, and special event productions in 2022-23. Performances offer a range of percussion styles from Afro-Latin, Brazilian, Caribbean and African traditions and instruments. OPEN CALL sessions are scheduled for 2 p.m. on May 8th, June 12th, July 10th and August 14th. Drummers are asked to bring their own pair of drumsticks and parade mallets while instruments will be provided.

“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” Free Concert Set for Sunday, Dec. 11
--Donations Welcomed for the VA Fisher House, Center for American Military Music Opportunities--

Mezzo soprano Caroline Melcher, soprano Gail Wettstein, tenor John Hyland, bass David Uminski and pianist Bob Shoaf gather for “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” a free concert featuring holiday music and beloved standards, with freewill donations accepted for the VA Fisher House and the Center for American Military Music Opportunities (CAMMO), a music therapy organization serving veterans and active service members. The event will be presented on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m. at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 6914 Wurzbach Road, San Antonio, 78240.

Melcher, a board-certified music therapist, has been organizing concerts supporting veterans since her days as a student at Pepperdine University, where she founded the “Friends of Veterans” organization. The daughter and sister of Air Force officers, Melcher is a member of CAMMO’s advisory board and has received recognition from former President George W. Bush for her efforts.

WHERE: Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 6914 Wurzbach Road (between Evers & Babcock)

WHEN: Sunday, December 11, 2022 6pm

WHO: The public is invited to this free concert.

ALSO: The concert is free, with freewill donations accepted for the VA Fisher House and CAMMO.

World music ensemble Viatorum brings new, original music and a traditional Mediterranean influenced-sound to San Antonio on December 12 at UTSA Southwest Campus's Coates Chapel. The quintet features UTSA faculty artists on flute, guitar, oud (Turkish/Arabic lute), bass, and percussion, with the addition of a cello for this concert.

Friends of Hospice's first annual Poinsettias and Prosecco Party, which raises funds to make sure that uninsured and underinsured patients can access end-of-life hospice care. Come join us for hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and live music at San Antonio Country Club as we celebrate the holidays and make sure that everyone in our community has access to quality hospice care when they need it most. This year we are honoring long-time Friends of Hospice members Olive Anne and Tres Kleberg, we hope you will join us!

‘Midday Noels Concert Series – A Seasonal Celebration of Merry Melodies and Holiday Harmonies’; FREE CONCERTS on Thursday, December 1, 8, 15, 2022; 12:00-12:45 pm; In-person in our sanctuary with live-streamed video of the full concert at fpcsanantonio.org/noels.

Once again, FPC offers its holiday ‘gift to the city’ with a variety of creative musical offerings. In addition to in-person seating, all three concerts will be streamed live at fpcsanantonio.org/noels and will be available for viewing on our YouTube.com channel after the concert. Following the concert, we will be offering a hot lunch ($15) in Westminster Hall or ‘Grab and Go’ lunches ($5), available on the sidewalk just outside our sanctuary doors. For more details about this free concert series, please visit fpcsanantonio.org/noels.

Thursday, December 1 - ‘Merry Organ Pipes Celebrate the Season! ’
Our highly skilled organist, Dr. Jae Ha, and trumpeter Brandon Pauley provide musical and seasonal inspiration from the choir loft of First Presbyterian Church. Jae will conclude the concert with excerpts from “The Planets” by Gustav Holst, a highlight you will not want to miss!

Thursday, December 8 –‘Shimmering Songs and Sparkling Singing’
Our FPC Chamber Singers present four beautiful choral pieces of the season, interspersed with captivating vocal solos that span diverse genres including opera and popular song.

Thursday, December 15 – ‘Christmas with the Monte Vista Strings”
We are pleased to welcome the Monte Vista Strings, a string quartet featuring some of the finest professional musicians in the San Antonio area. Founded in 2003 by violinist Andrew Small and a trio of colleagues from the San Antonio area, Monte Vista Strings and Jazz has evolved into one of the Austin – San Antonio – Texas Hill Country region’s most respected musical performance and entertainment companies.

The Wind Symphony will be performing holiday music written for Concert Band featuring many favorites with a twist. Music will include traditional tunes such as Jingle Bells and Adeste Fideles along with a narrated version of the Twas the Night Before Christmas. Concluding the program will be How the Grinch Stole Christmas. We invite you to celebrate the holidays with us.