Overview
- Fiesta San Antonio Commission Executive Director Steve Rosenauer confirmed on March 10 that the April 17 event will not be held this year.
- The Alamo Heights Rotary Club reported sustained drops in turnout and revenue, saying last year’s results failed to finance a 2026 edition.
- Organizers said the event had recently been barely breaking even, constraining the club’s charitable contributions.
- Club president Rick Thorp said the group believed it notified Fiesta months ago, but the message was not effectively conveyed, and the event website now labels 2026 as paused.
- The celebration began in 1987, shifted to the University of the Incarnate Word in 2010, became an official Fiesta event in 2014, raised more than $2.4 million over its history, and saw pandemic cancellations in 2020 and 2021.