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The Honorable Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has proclaimed November 16 2025 “International Day of Flamenco” in San Antonio. The proclamation ceremony and performance, “The Silk Road,” will take place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, November 16 2025, at the Main Plaza “Plaza De Las Islas Canarias,” 115 N. Main Avenue, San Antonio, Texas. The ceremony will be kicked off with a reading of the proclamation by Poet Laureate Emeritus Andrea Vocab Sanderson. The ceremony will close with a performance by Arte y Pasión, with Genevieve Obregón, Jose Manuel Tejeda - Guitarist, Celia Corrales, and Roberto Paolo Riggio, with special guest Dr. Tamanna Shams O'Dea, artistic director of Rhythmics Kathak School. Following the performance, dancers throughout the community are invited to dance with us. WeFlamenco Fest San Antonio is a month-long celebration in San Antonio that showcases, celebrates, educates and invigorates the art of flamenco, centering around International Day of Flamenco on November 16, 2025. With over three million tourists expected to attend this festival and beyond, We Flamenco Fest remains an enduring source of cultural enrichment, diversity and vitality for the Alamo City.
Flamenco artists have played a distinct role in building our city’s cultural fabric for almost a century, and we are honored to continue to contribute to the artistic infrastructure and trajectory of San Antonio. For more information on We Flamenco Fest, please visit https://www.facebook.com/WeFlamencoFest. For more information on Arte y Pasion, please visit https://www.arte-y-pasion.com. For more information about Rhythmics School of Kathak Dance, please visit https://rhythmicskathak.com. For more information on Main Plaza Conservancy, please visit https://www.mainplaza.org.
The ceremony and performance is a We Flamenco Fest event and is made possible in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts, City of San Antonio, Main Plaza Conservancy, and Arte y Pasión. This event is free to the public.
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