BEYOND THE TASTING ROOM: A DIFFERENT SIDE OF FREDERICKSBURG UNFOLDS THROUGH WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS, DESIGN, WINE, LOCAL MAKERS, AND UNFORGETTABLE HILL COUNTRY EXPERIENCES.
ARTS + CULTURE
CONJUNTO CARRIES ON: INSIDE THE 44TH ANNUAL TEJANO CONJUNTO FESTIVAL AND THE CULTURAL TRADITION THAT CONTINUES CONNECTING GENERATIONS THROUGH MUSIC AND ART.
EDUCATION
MORE THAN BOOKS: LAUREN CORTEZ OF @LAURENSLIBRARYCARD IS REDEFINING THE MODERN LIBRARY AS A VIBRANT COMMUNITY SPACE BUILT AROUND CURIOSITY, CONNECTION, AND ACCESS FOR ALL.
JULY 2026
Explore Where You Are
For a long time, I thought exploration meant going somewhere far away. A plane ticket. A packed itinerary. A dramatic “finding yourself” moment while eating pastries in another country and pretending you’re the kind of person who journals consistently.
But the older I get, the more I realize exploration often happens much closer to home.
Sometimes it looks like wandering into a library branch you’ve never visited before. Sometimes it sounds like accordion music echoing through the West Side during the Tejano Conjunto Festival, a San Antonio tradition that has connected generations for more than four decades. Sometimes it’s noticing a trail tucked behind a neighborhood library, discovering a new hobby, or simply giving yourself permission to be curious again.
This issue reminded me how much there still is to discover when we slow down enough to pay attention.
In this month’s feature, Lauren Cortez of @laurenslibrarycard shares her love for libraries and the community they create. What I loved most about her story wasn’t just the books. It was the reminder that there are still places designed for connection, learning, imagination, and belonging. Places where people can simply exist without being pressured to buy something, upgrade something, or become something else entirely.
That same sense of connection runs through the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s celebration of the 44th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio. For 44 years, the festival has preserved and celebrated a musical tradition deeply rooted in culture, history, and community. It’s proof that exploration is not only about discovering something new, but also honoring the stories and traditions that shape a city.
Elsewhere in this issue, we explore simple ways to reconnect with the world around us, whether through travel, nature, creativity, or small moments of curiosity woven into everyday life.
Because maybe exploration doesn’t always have to mean reinventing yourself somewhere far away.
Maybe sometimes it just means looking closer at the life, the people, and the places already surrounding you.
And honestly? I think that kind of discovery might matter the most.
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July 2026
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LOVE Your LIBRARY
Lauren is convincing people to rediscover their local library.
Some people think of the library as a room full of books, with librarians hushing every noise above a whisper. But Lauren Cortez is telling a different story with her popular Instagram account @laurenslibrarycard . She wants everyone to know that libraries are vibrant community hubs that welcome everyone with resources to enrich their lives and save them money.
Born and raised in San Antonio, Lauren was the kind of kid who snuck books out to the playground during recess. She remembers her parents taking her to the library as a child, including San Antonio Public Library (SAPL) summer programs. She credits them for nurturing her love of books from a young age. “Reading means a lot of different things to me, in different seasons of my life. When I was a kid, it was all about imagination and comfort.”
Now that she’s married to her high school sweetheart and raising a family, reading with her three kids has become a daily ritual. When they’re picking out books at the library, Lauren loves seeing their curiosity and joy. Reading her own books “helps me reset, slow down, and sometimes get out of my comfort zone.”
As a pediatric speech language pathologist, Lauren often refers families to the library as a resource because she knows it will provide them with the best access to information. “Access to books is important to me because they open the door to education, to imagination, to opportunities.”
But it’s not just books that Lauren is getting from the library. She also loves to check out CDs and DVDs. Lauren has made it a habit to take her kids to pick out DVDs for the weekend, giving them that
“Friday night Blockbuster feeling.” They also enjoy the games and coloring pages that are often available in the children’s areas. Lauren told me she feels really lucky to live in San Antonio, where there are so many library branches around the city. These days, she goes to the library 3-4 times a week, and each trip is different depending on which branch they’re visiting. She heads to Parman at Stone Oak when she’s on the hunt for a recently released book because she feels like their new book display is always wellstocked. There’s also a scenic hiking trail behind Parman for people wanting more exercise after strolling through the library. Lauren’s family has a special routine when they visit Landa for its historic charm and scenery. They pack up a picnic and eat on the beautiful grounds surrounding the library. When they’re finished eating, the kids play on the playground before heading inside to pick out some books. They like to save their trips to Landa for the weekends so they can spend as much time there as possible. When they are downtown, they love to visit the Central Library. Its modern architecture and bright red color are iconic, setting it apart from other libraries. “You can get lost in the downtown branch, exploring all the different levels for hours.” Lately, she’s been heading to Westfall for a cozier, more community-centered experience. Lauren likes to take her kids there for story time and the come-and-go art activities.
Lauren recognizes that it’s the library staff who create the welcoming environment that she and her family love so much. She has observed that the librarians are very in touch with the
“Access to books is important to me because they open the door to education, to imagination, to opportunities.”
community around the library. She especially admires the inclusiveness she sees at story time, where much of the program is presented in both English and Spanish. Lauren has seen how the children’s librarians learn people’s names and remember them when they return. She said it creates a sense of community for the kids and their caregivers when the librarians care about them and are happy to see them week after week. Lauren also finds that the other patrons are very kind to her and her kids when they’re walking around the library choosing their books. Many times, people have gone out of their way to compliment her on making the effort to bring three young children to the library. Lauren feels like people aren’t annoyed by their noise, just happy to see her and her kids there, which she finds very uplifting.
Lauren told me she hasn’t bought a book in at least 7 years, so she’s never connected with the bookstore hauls and color-coded shelves on “Bookstagram,” the nickname for book content on Instagram. For three years, Lauren posted about what she was reading on her personal account, but she never saw anyone else exclusively reading library books like her. In July 2022, she decided to get more creative with her content and try to increase engagement. That’s when she created @laurenslibrarycard, highlighting her love for the library and the benefits it brings to her life. “I want to show that you really can still be a part of this community and not feel like you have to own a single book.” Lauren shares visits to the library, story time with her kids, and funny book displays. She wants to normalize the library by showing how it’s incorporated into her real life.
Lauren realizes that some people grew up feeling like the library was outdated, too quiet, and quick to fine you for late library books. “In reality, libraries are this vibrant community resource, and they have a huge impact on children and families. As a mom and someone passionate about literacy and child development, I’ve seen how meaningful books in these community spaces can be for children’s growth and for family connections.” She also wants San Antonio families to know that SAPL no longer charges late fines and that, in her experience, the libraries are very welcoming. “It’s just one of those few places that is truly for everyone. The library provides access to information and education, technology, and resources, but they do so regardless of someone’s age, their background, or their income.”
“In a world so driven by consumerism, the library is a place where I do not feel pressure to pull out my wallet.”
Lauren loves horror books and gives honest reviews of everything she reads @laurenslibrarycard . A fun feature on her account is the DNF (Did Not Finish) Graveyards, where she tells her followers about the books that she chose to stop reading, including a “cause of death.” Lauren feels there are enough online spaces pressuring people to finish every book, and she wants to normalize the idea that it’s okay to stop reading something you’re not enjoying. And it’s easier to do when it’s a library book because you didn’t pay for it. She gets a lot of engagement on these posts, and she hopes people’s takeaways from the DNF Graveyards are that reading should feel enjoyable, personal, and pressure-free.
One of Lauren’s favorite things to share is the savings available to people who utilize libraries. Her monthly Wrap Up and Savings posts list the books she read and how much she saved by borrowing them from the library. She always does an end-of-year Wrap Up and Savings post, and people are always shocked to see how much she saved and that her total money spent is always $0. Lauren also appreciates that, “In a world so driven by consumerism, the library is a place where I do not feel pressure to pull out my wallet. I can leave with 10 books, I can leave empty-handed, but it’s such a relaxed feeling. No one’s pressuring me to buy anything.”
She hopes these posts, along with the DNF Graveyard, help her followers remember they should “Read what you want, and don’t pay for what you don’t have to.”
Access to books is so important to Lauren that her family gave her a Little Free Library for her birthday last year. Little Free Libraries is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to increase access to books through public bookcases, usually located in neighborhoods. Lauren told me that she keeps her Little Free Library stocked with book donations made by family, friends, and neighbors. Sometimes people also leave stickers and bookmarks to share, making the experience even more fun. The Little Free Library features a guest book for people to sign, and Lauren loves to see who has visited, including the FedEx delivery driver grabbing a book for her son. “It feels like a natural extension of my love for the library. It’s a small version of a bigger mission to make books accessible and part of people’s daily lives in a welcoming way. I can keep the same spirit of access and discovery going outside the library walls, right in front of my very own front door.”
While her Instagram account @laurens librarycard is very entertaining and unique, it serves a larger goal. Lauren Cortez uses her platform to spread the message that the library is “welcoming and relevant to modern life,” and she hopes it has reconnected people with a resource that can enrich their lives and allow them to enjoy books without spending any money. “The library is so special to me, and I value being a part of it.”
WITH AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUTE TO FLACO JIMÉNEZ, THE FESTIVAL EXPLORES CONJUNTO AS A LIVING TRADITION SHAPED ACROSS GENERATIONS
CONJUNTO CARRIES ON
Every year, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center’s Tejano Conjunto Festival gives audiences a way to explore the culture of this region through sound. The music carries the bright pull of the button accordion, the depth of the bajo sexto and rhythms shaped by polka, waltz, huapango, bolero and cumbia. Created by Tejanos and carried forward across generations, conjunto welcomes listeners into a historical tradition that is both deeply local and far-reaching.
This year, the festival included an international tribute to Flaco Jiménez, the legendary San Antonio accordionist who became one of conjunto music’s most recognizable ambassadors. For Juan Tejeda, one of the founders of the festival and longtime Chicano Music Program Director at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, the tribute was part of a much larger story: the story of a people, a sound and cultural identity that refuses to disappear.
Tejada is a retired professor of Mexican American Studies and Music, a writer, publisher, activist and conjunto musician. He worked at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center from 1981 to 1998, during the beginning years of the organization. In that time, the center grew into one of the most important Mexican American cultural arts organizations in the country, with programming in music, literature, dance, drama, film and video.
For Tejeda, conjunto music was always about more than performance. It was history, language, family and memory. He learned button accordion as a child from Santiago Jiménez Jr., part of one of San Antonio’s most important conjunto musical families. Though he stepped away from the instrument for a time, he returned to it in college, eventually forming his own band and dedicating much of his life to preserving and promoting the genre.
“THE MUSIC IS GROUNDED IN TEXAS, BUT CONNECTED TO THE WORLD.”
The Conjunto Festival began in 1981. The next year, Tejeda added the word “Tejano” to the name, grounding the festival clearly in the Texas Mexican people who created the music. He describes conjunto as “a unique American original ensemble and style of music” born from cultural fusion.
Its roots reach back more than a century, when German and other European settlers brought the button accordion into Texas and northern Mexico. Tejanos adopted the instrument and began playing polkas, waltzes and schottisches, eventually pairing the accordion with the Spanish Mexican bajo sexto. Over time, the music absorbed indigenous rhythms, Afro-Caribbean influences, Mexican song forms, Colombian cumbia and American sounds including country, blues, jazz and rock. To hear conjunto is to hear movement across borders, communities and generations. The music is local with a wide historical berth. It is grounded in Texas, but connected to the world.
Tejeda calls it “world music”; it reveals how cultures meet, borrow, transform and create something new. The accordion itself becomes a symbol of that diaspora: a European instrument adopted by Texas Mexicans and reshaped into the voice of an original American sound.
Still, the music’s path into public celebration was not always easy. Tejeda remembers growing up in a time when using Spanish language was punished in schools and Mexican American children were often made to feel ashamed of their own culture. He recalls the stigma attached to conjunto music, which some dismissed as low-class or cantina music. That shame, he says, was not accidental. It reflected a broader history of cultural erasure. The festival was created, in part, to answer that narrative. “One of the reasons that I started the Tejano Conjunto Festival was to counter these negative, stereotypical narratives,” Tejeda said. The goal of the festival was not just to put bands on the stage. It was to present conjunto music in a positive light, educate the public and affirm the cultural contributions of the people who created it.
The educational component has remained at the forefront of the mission. Over the years, the festival has included poster contests, program magazines with scholarly articles, interviews with musicians, student recitals, food, dance and recognition for conjunto pioneers through its Hall of Fame. The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center also began offering formal button accordion and bajo sexto classes in the early 1980s, helping move a largely oral tradition into more structured teaching spaces.
Today, Tejeda sees signs of continuation everywhere. More young people are leaning into conjunto music than ever before, including students in elementary, middle, high school and college programs. More young women are entering a genre that has historically been male-dominated. Community arts organizations and school programs are helping preserve the tradition while simultaneously allowing it to evolve.
For Tejeda, the tribute demonstrates how far conjunto music has traveled while remaining closely tied to the community that shaped it. Tejeda described this year’s festival lineup
as one of the most diverse in the festival’s history, with groups from across Texas, California, Michigan, Mexico and beyond. It has become a space where music, dance, language, scholarship and memory come together as cultural affirmation. Exploration often suggests departure but the Tejano Conjunto Festival allows audiences to explore what has been here all along. Listeners encounter conjunto not as background music but living tradition, one that carries the tones of cultural survival, creativity and pride.
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Beyond the Tasting Room
Exploring a different side of Fredericksburg through wildlife, wine, design and local makers.
ARTICLE BY CAROLINE HEIBERG | PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANIELLE LOCHTE
It’s easy to think a Fredericksburg weekend follows a familiar pattern with wine tastings, shopping and a walk down Main Street. Over the course of a few days, exploring reveals something less predictable. The weekend begins in a house, a cozy space with wine and chocolate passed between guests. By the next morning, it shifts to a warehouse filled with antiques and oddities sourced from across the globe. Not long after, the setting turns pink, closer to Las Vegas than the Hill Country. When the yellow brick road leads to elephants, it stops feeling like Texas altogether. By late afternoon, the landscape softens into the vineyards of the Hill Country. The town has attracted business owners, chefs, sommeliers, animal conservationists, each dedicated to their craft. In turn, each offers their own atmosphere and experience to those who wander the roads of the Texas Hill Country.
NIGHT ONE
Small plates of chocolates arranged across the table, wine glasses set out; the first evening begins inside Maple Haus, a Gastehaus Schmidt property where owners Jessica and Travis Mittel opened their home for the stay. The experience brings together Turtle Creek Vineyard, Hill Country Chocolate and sommelier Andre Boada of Vino Cadre. The pairings start deeper, a dark chocolate and red wine pairing that leans rich and structured. A peach-infused chocolate paired with a bright white wine was described as tasting like “being in Hawaii.” Wines from Turtle Creek Vineyard in Kerrville are poured alongside each chocolate course, with Carl Schulse offering brief notes that keep the focus on how they interact rather than stand alone.
Fredericksburg reveals itself slowly through wine, wildlife, craftsmanship and conversation, where every stop feels distinct and every road leaves something still undiscovered.
Hill Country Chocolate owner Dan McCoy speaks to both sides of the process: the technical precision behind the chocolate and the curiosity that drives it. His path into the craft wasn’t linear, leaving a previous career to learn from chocolatiers across the country before building something of his own. That willingness and passion to create something unique and decadent is a theme among local business owners. Whether chocolate, wine or something else entirely, Fredericksburg attracts craftsmen–individuals passionate about creating something top-of-the-line, one-of-a-kind, that must be experienced to be understood. The local craftsman culture is woven into the fabric of the town and lies at the root of what makes exploration an immersive endeavor.
RETAIL
The next morning begins with shopping just off Main Street along Warehouse Row, where repurposed industrial buildings allow for scale that the historic storefronts can’t. Larger pieces, diverse inventory and slower browsing take shape outside the tighter footprint of downtown.
At Carol Hicks Bolton Antiques, the former mohair warehouse has become a distinct space filled with European antiques, iron beds and custom linens. Nothing feels mass produced. Rather, she curated her signature style through decades of global travel. The grand dame of Fredericksburg retail, Carol is a defining presence in the town’s design scene, with a following that extends well beyond Texas. Across her spaces, including Dish and Neighbor, the mix carries a European sensibility that would feel at home in a Parisian or Italian antique market. CONTINUED
Across the street in Warehouse Row, owner Jill Elliot works from a building with a different past–a former laundromat. Remnants remain, giving Blackchalk Home and Laundry a storied feel before even stepping inside. Jill was initially inspired by the lack of variety in home furnishings. When she entered the business 25 years ago, the local market leaned heavily Western with bulky leather furniture dominating the landscape. At Blackchalk and its sister clothing boutique, The Haberdashery, pieces are sourced for how they feel and how they wear, not how they fit into a trend. The result is a shift away from uniformity and toward individuality. The Fredericksburg design scene has increasingly become a place where shoppers can opt for style choices that reflect their own personality.
MIDDAY
After a morning spent moving through showrooms, Brooke’s Bubble Bus pulls the day in a different direction. Inside, it’s difficult to believe it’s located in Texas. Pink epoxy floors, bubble-esque tile, disco balls and sequins detail everything that feels closer to Miami or Las Vegas than the Hill Country. The pink buses and limousines, immediately recognizable anywhere in town, carry that same atmosphere and turn the drive itself into part of the day. Owner Brooke Rogan started with a single bus and built an empire from there. “I love bringing people together and making people happy,” she says.
By midday, lunch awaits at Covington Cellars, where the tasting room opens to the vineyard and the focus returns to the table. Owners Cindy and David Lawson bring a long background in winemaking to the pairings, building each course alongside the wine, keeping the two tied together. Labels carry their own stories. A wine called Josie Rose was named for a young visitor whose artwork now appears on the bottle. As chef Briana Fuchs walks visitors through each course, the thoughtful touches and airy atmosphere reflect something closer to a shared meal than a formal tasting.
From lunch, the group moves to The Preserve Fredericksburg, an animal sanctuary established in the Hill Country 2018. Owners Kari and Gary Johnson each bring more than fifty years of experience working with elephants. The elephants are already visible on arrival. As the group approaches, three Asian elephants raise their trunks in unison, welcoming guests with a wave in response to voice commands rather than leads. The reaction is audible. Hands to faces, a collective intake of breath; up close their size becomes real in a way that is hard to anticipate. The Preserve is also home to giraffes, kangaroos, laughing kookaburra and other special animals, but the focus stays with the elephants. When they turn to leave, the three fall into a line, each holding the next’s tail with its trunk.
WINE TIME
By late afternoon, the day returns to wine. At Adega Vinho, owner Andrew Bilger speaks on everything from tasting to growing wine in Texas. After years in commercial real estate, he followed through on a dream he had been talking about for years and built the vineyard himself. Inside the tasting room, the wines range from estategrown selections to an award-winning Chardonnay that has earned multiple gold medals, including recognition at the Houston Rodeo. As Bilger puts it, they have an “old school” methodology–they take what the grapes give them and work from there.
Although it’s just down the road, Slate Theory Winery could be a universe apart. The modern structure opens to wide views of the Hill Country through floor-to-ceiling windows, while the interiors lean stark with concrete, steel and themed artwork that draws as much attention as the wine itself. Below, the cellar is a cold and dim zone lined with barrels and living plant walls, reinforcing the other-worldly atmosphere of wine making. Production is happening on site. Large fermentation tanks line the back and the process is visible throughout the tour. Moving from the open views above to the chilly enclosed cellar below, the design folds neatly into the concept the winery was built upon. Blank slate theory, associated with philosopher John Locke, suggests the mind begins as an empty page shaped by experience. And this winery is exactly that.
FINAL DAY
Preparing for a drive home, day three of a Fredericksburg adventure is best spent in relaxation. A late lunch at Calivence stretches easily over glasses of wine and French-inspired plates inside a historic building, tucked away from the pace of Main Street. From there, Six Twists Sparkling gives the weekend its celebratory toast, with champagne flights and caviar replacing the usual Hill Country tasting room routine. Before heading home, one last winery stop at Michael Ros Winery offers a peaceful retreat with Texas-grown wines and open views that let the weekend linger a little longer. Every Fredericksburg trip ends with the same feeling: a sense that there is still more to discover, and a reason to return.
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The 10% Target Mindset
Jen Cohen ON THE PRACTICE OF ASKING FOR WHAT YOU WANT
Winnipeg in the winter, and a 17-year-old waits 45 minutes in the cold for Keanu Reeves. Her fingers are numb. She is not there for an autograph. She is there to ask him to appear in her audition tape for MuchMusic, Canada’s MTV. When he finally agrees, she writes her number on a gum wrapper with a borrowed lip liner.
He calls days later.
That 17-year-old was Jen Cohen — fitness expert, host of the Habits & Hustle podcast, and best-selling author. She has built a career on the premise her frostbitten afternoon proved. She calls the practice the 10% Target: 10 attempts at whatever you want most in life.
The premise is simple. Most people never make one attempt. Almost nobody makes two. The math works in favor of the person who keeps going.
The top-rated Habits & Hustle podcast has logged hundreds of conversations with high performers and the people who study what the body does to the mind. Her TEDx talk, The Secret to Getting Anything You Want in Life, has traveled widely inside Fortune 500 sales-training rooms. On the Share the Lifestyle podcast, Cohen sits down to share the working rules that are the foundation of her latest book, Bigger, Better, Bolder.
“You have to be the CEO of your own life.”
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The door opens, or another door does. The unmade attempt and the refused one leave you in the same place — except one of them teaches you something.
STACK THE DECK
Cohen frames her habits as a wager: How do I stack the deck so I win more than I lose? The workout happens first, and the food decisions follow. The email follow-up gets sent, and the answer arrives. The choices compound in a single direction.
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DISCIPLINE IS A PRACTICED SKILL, NOT AN INHERITANCE
No one is born with it. The people who look disciplined are running a routine they have rehearsed long enough that it no longer feels like effort. The reps are the skill. Miss them, and the skill fades, the same as any other.
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SELF-TALK ONLY WORKS WHEN THE BODY BACKS IT UP
Confidence does not arrive by repeating the word. It arrives after the body has done the thing — the workout finished, the cold walk endured, the email sent. The mind takes its cues from what the body proves it can do. Talk follows action, not the other way around.
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NEVER MISS A MONDAY
The first decision sets the slope of the rest. Skip the Monday workout, and the rest of the week tends to follow. Hold the line on Monday, and the slope tilts the other way.
LACE UP FOR FUN!
JULY 3RD
River Walk 4th of July Artisan Show
San Antonio River Walk, Downtown San Antonio | 9:00 AM
Shop handmade jewelry, artwork, textiles, woodwork, and more as the downtown River Walk transforms into a bustling artisan marketplace. Free to attend and running through July 6th.
JULY 3RD
Fiesta Noche del Rio at Arneson River Theatre
Arneson River Theatre, 418 Villita St, San Antonio, TX | 8:30 PM
San Antonio’s most vibrant cultural extravaganza lights up the historic Arneson River Theatre with dazzling dancers in colorful costumes and soulful music celebrating the heart and heritage of this beloved city.
JULY 4TH
H-E-B Fourth of July Celebration at Woodlawn Lake Park
Woodlawn Lake Park, 1103 Cincinnati Ave, San Antonio, TX | 11:00 AM
San Antonio’s official free Independence Day celebration features carnival games, food trucks, live entertainment, and vendor booths all day, capping off with a spectacular fireworks show at 9:00 PM.
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Alamodome, 100 Montana St, San Antonio, TX | 7:00 PM
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Lord Huron Live at the Majestic Theatre
Majestic Theatre, 226 E Houston St, San Antonio, TX | 8:00 PM
Indie folk favorites Lord Huron bring their evocative, cinematic sound to the stunning historic Majestic Theatre for an evening of dreamy melodies, introspective lyrics, and atmospheric storytelling.
JULY 25TH
Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Glow-N-Fire
Frost Bank Center, 1 AT&T Center Pkwy, San Antonio, TX | 11:30 AM
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