Weekend Event Guide

Here are the top 7 things to do in San Antonio this weekend

Kick off the last weekend of February by choosing your own San Antonio adventure. Get design tips from HGTV stars Leslie Davis and Lyndsay Lamb at the Home + Garden Show, or slam dance to a set from punk legends Descendents. Check out the top seven things to do this weekend, February 26-March 1. For a complete list of events, click over to our calendar.

Thursday, February 26

San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo
The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo saddles up for its final days at Frost Bank Center. Highlights include classic competitions like barrel racing and bull riding, a junior livestock show, live music, and tons of fair foods. Last weekend concerts include sets by Sheryl Crow, Ludacris, Dierks Bentley, and Shane Smith & The Saints. Programming is scheduled through March 1.

Broadway in San Antonio presents A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical
The story of an award-winning American icon’s rise to fame comes to the Majestic Theatre. A Beautiful Noise is a musical memoir, created in collaboration with Neil Diamond, featuring classic songs such as “Sweet Caroline” and “Forever in Blue Jeans.” Shows are scheduled through March 1. Get more details at ATG Tickets.

Photo courtesy of the San Antonio Home + Garden Show

Leslie Davis & Lyndsay Lamb appear at the San Antonio Home + Garden Show this weekend.

Friday, February 27

San Antonio Home + Garden Show
The San Antonio Spring Home & Garden Show is back at the Alamodome. Attendees to the three-day show will get to hear from sister act Leslie Davis and Lyndsay Lamb, stars of HGTV’s Unsellable Houses. Additional highlights include presentations from renowned local and national home professionals, vendors, opportunities to connect with industry experts, and more. Tickets are available now.

Aztec Theatre presents Yacht Rock Revue in concert
Tribute group Yacht Rock Revue performs live at Aztec Theatre. The Atlanta band is best known for its catalog of cover songs and its unique sound in the yacht rock genre. The band comes to San Antonio in support of their 2024 album, Escape Artist. Get more details on Ticketmaster.

Saturday, February 28

Descendents & Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls in concert
Rock groups Descendents & Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls come together to perform live at Aztec Theatre as part of their co-headlining tour. Fans can expect top songs from the Descendents catalog like “Rotten to the Core” and “If Only” as well as music from Frank Turner, such as “The Next Storm.” Find out more on Ticketmaster.

Sunday, March 1

Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club presents David Nihill
Author and comedian David Nahill comes to the Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club to share his cultural observations. Nahill is best known for his world travels, is the founder of FunnyBizz Conference, and is the winner of the annual San Francisco Comedy Competition. Tickets are on sale now.

YOSA presents "America at 250"
The 250th anniversary of the United States is celebrated through song, poetry, and live performance at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. The “America at 250” program will feature original poetry from San Antonio poet laureate Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson in collaboration with Youth Orchestra of San Antonio's Philharmonic. William Schuman’s New England Triptych and Adolphus Hailstork’s Fanfare on “Amazing Grace” will also be incorporated to pay tribute to some of the nation’s most universally loved hymns. Tickets are available now.

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REALITY CHECK

Former San Antonio reporter returns for all-star 'Survivor' season

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Savannah Louie only had 10 days to recover between Survivor seasons.

After winning the 49th season of Survivor in December, Savannah Louie is once again sunning on the beach. But it isn’t a vacation — the former KENS 5 personality is returning to Fiji for the all-star 50th season, kicking off Wednesday, February 25.

Louie didn’t have much time to recover after her $1 million victory lap. According to an Entertainment Weekly interview, she was back on a plane 10 days after arriving home, squeezing in three massages and all the fried food she could eat.

“You cannot recover from Survivor in two weeks mentally and emotionally,” she told the magazine. “You probably need two years to recover from that, but at the same time, that's kind of to my advantage. I'm already suspicious of the average, everyday person.”

The 32-year-old California native was once a fixture of Alamo City airwaves, wearing multiple hats as a correspondent, traffic anchor, and occasional morning show co-host. She left San Antonio for St. Louis, Missouri, and later Atlanta, Georgia, but has since left the media business altogether.

Louie follows in the footsteps of another former KENS 5 personality, Kim Spradlin-Wolfe, who was the sole survivor of the 24th season of the series, adding an extra $100,000 to her haul as the fan favorite. While Spradlin-Wolfe isn’t one of the 24 players this round, Louie will be vying for the “last survivor” title against some of the series’ all-time heavyweights.

The landmark 50th season of the CBS reality competition pits players from the show’s earlier seasons against castaways from the “new era,” which shortened gameplay and made participants earn tools like flints that were once provided from the get-go.

Giants like Cirie Fields, Ozzy Lusth, and Benjamin “Coach” Wade will join recent standouts, including Dee Valladares, Q Burdette, Charlie Davis, and White Lotus creator Mike White. Louie will also face off against another notable Texan, Austinite Colby Donaldson.

Viewers can tune in for the premier three-hour broadcast on February 24 at 7 pm on CBS or on the streaming service Paramount Plus.

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