Arts Alive San Antonio

NEWS ROUNDUP, October 16, 2025

The San Antonio Philharmonic is inviting music lovers to its second Classics concert of the 2025-26 season: “Beyond Borders,” conducted by music director Jeffrey Kahane. The person who will take you across those borders is Cuban-American cellist, Tommy Mesa, who will play a composition by Cuban composer Tania Leon and the world premiere of “Mirage” by Spanish composer-cellist Andrea Casarrubio. The intense Brahms: Symphony No. 1 closes this powerful program. (Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m.; Scottish Rite Hall, 308 Ave E, 78205; tickets are $25-$105; for more info call 210-201-6006; https://saphil.org)

The Orchestra San Antonio – TOSA – collaborates with local organizations such as Opera San Antonio and Ballet San Antonio, and 100A productions (theater) to create performances that are artistically accomplished and accessible to broader audiences. See the Orchestra San Antonio in “Dancing Through Time.” (Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m.; Tobin Center; (www.dancingthroughtime)

The Tobin Center’s Benefit Concert 2025 will feature the legendary Mile Rodgers & Chic. (Nov. 1, 2025) All proceeds from the benefit concert support the Tobin’s educational initiatives.

The SOLI Chamber Ensemble presents the third showcase of its 30x30x30 series (Saturday and Sunday Ruth Taylor Recital Hall, Trinity University; free but register at www.solichamberensemble.com)

The Chamber ensemble, Agarita and clarinetist Stanislav Chernyshev will play a special arrangement of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and other pieces. (Oct. 19 at 3 p.m.; Betty Kelso Center, San Antonio Botanical Garden)

Jonas Brothers – “the All-American Rejects,” will be at The Frost Bank Center- Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m.; tickets are $42-$225+; at www.ticketmaster.com

Saxophonist and recording artist, Boney James, 4-time GRAMMY Award nominee and Soul Train
Award Winner will be at The Charline McCombs Empire Theater, Oct.19 at 7:30 p.m.; tickets are
$60 – $146 at www.majesticempire.

Greek Funstival is back! Greek food, and the wonderful Greek music will welcome you. (Oct. 17, 6-10 p.m. and Oct. 18, noon to 6 p.m.; St Sophia Greek Orthodox Church, 2504 N. St. Mary’s St.$5; www.sagreekfunstival.org)

Alamo City Symphony Viva kicks off the 2025-26 season with New B-ginnings, a concert
that will include works of a range of composers. (Oct. 19, 4-6 p.m.; Travis Park Church, 230 E. Travis St.; 210-226-8341)

Judy Collins, who hardly needs an introduction, will be at the Brauntex Theater in New Braunfels (Oct. 17 at 7:30; $57-$75 www.beauntex.org)

You’ll have a chance to see the famed Soweto Gospel Choir. (Oct. 23 at the Tobin, at 8 p.m.;
tickets from $48)

Jazz Fest in Johnson City is the time when the city comes alive for a free outdoor concert with a Hill Country sunset “and a sky full of stars.” (Oct 18, 5-10 p.m. in Memorial Park. For more info call the City at 830-868-7684)

Let’s share some non-music developments: The Dock Space Gallery is presenting a new exhibition, “Animalia” Into the Welded and Wild by Emiliano Rebon. He is a metal artist and sculptor from Argentina, and now based here in San Antonio. Rebon uses reclaimed scrap metal
collected from across the city to create striking, life-size animal sculptures. (Opening reception is set for Nov. 8, from 6-9 p.m. as part of the Second Saturday Artwalk in the Lone Star Art District; 107 Lone Star Blvd., The exhibition is up through November, and the gallery is open by appointment. Call owner Bill FitzGibbons at 210-723-3048 to view outside of reception times.)

The McNay Art Museum is opening “Houses to Homes,” an exhibit about architecture and how artists can transform spaces. (McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels; www.mcnayart.org)

The new Museo del Westside’s Grand Opening is this Saturday Oct.18 at 10 a.m. The new museum is the realization of a dream sparked by the community’s fight to preserve its
neighborhoods. There will be musical performances, community workshops and more.

Luminaria, The Contemporary Arts Festival is taking place Oct. 18, from 6 p.m. to midnight;
at St. Paul Square. More than 200 artists will gather to showcase their finest creations at this free evening event. The event is outdoors around St. Paul Square, making it easy to experience everything, from painting and digital art to dance, poetry and film. (1174 E. Commerce St. For info call 210-236-0607).