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2021 San Antonio events that have been canceled, postponed due to COVID-19
This list will be updated as more events get axed, rescheduled
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Fiesta Flambeau Parade 2019
SAN ANTONIO – Nearly a year after the coronavirus pandemic began to upend the lives of people everywhere, event organizers are grappling with the choice to cancel or postpone events for the second year in a row.
Recently, Fiesta San Antonio officials decided to push the two-week party from April to June due to ongoing COVID-19 safety concerns. This is after Fiesta was scrapped altogether in 2020.
Some of the biggest Fiesta traditions, like the Battle of Flowers Parade, Fiesta Flambeau Parade and Oyster Bake, however, will not return at all this year.
Fiesta isn t Fiesta without music - High school band festival canceled
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South San Antonio High School band performs, Believer, during the Battle of Flowers Band Festival at Alamo Stadium in San Antonio on April 25, 2019. The band festival was canceled for the second year in a row due to the city’s growing coronavirus numbers.Matthew Busch / Contributor /For The San Antonio Express-News
The popular marching band festival and competition held during Fiesta each year has been canceled.
The next time marching band students will be showcased among the Fiesta festivities could be as late as April 2022.
After the Battle of Flowers Association decided Monday to cancel its annual parade, the association announced Tuesday the band festival, which hosts more than 5,000 area high school students in a marching band competition and performance, would also be canceled this year.
Battle of Flowers Band Festival is the latest canceled 2021 Fiesta event
Several major Fiesta events have been canceled despite 2021 postponement
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SAN ANTONIO – The Battle of Flowers Band Festival is the latest Fiesta event to get the ax for 2021 thanks to the coronavirus pandemic which has also caused the cancellation of other beloved events like the Battle of Flowers and Fiesta Flambeau parades.
The Battle of Flowers Association announced Wednesday that the decision was made to cancel the band festival after the Fiesta Commission rescheduled the party with a purpose from April to June 17-27, 2021.
“Working with every school district in the city to successfully produce the Battle of Flowers Band Festival, we are so lucky to have this partnership,” said Battle of Flowers Band Festival Vice President Cameron Armstrong. “But we feel strongly that it is unlikely to continue at the level in which our participants and spectators expect after the school year has ended i