SAN ANTONIO – The World Heritage Festival, celebrating the anniversary of the San Antonio Missions designation as a World Heritage Site, begins on Wednesday.
The five-day festival begins with a press conference at 10 a.m.
As part of the Festival celebration, on Thursday, Sept. 8, at 6:30 p.m., the San Antonio River Authority and Bexar County will host an event celebrating the San Pedro Creek Project followed by the performance of an opera at 7:45 p.m. Additionally, the County is extending the closing date for the exhibit "Nuestra Historia - Our History: Spain in Bexar County" from Sept. 4 to Sept. 11.
Friday, Sept. 9 will feature the Office of Historic Preservation's Restored by Light illuminating Mission San José beginning at 6:30 p.m. This family-friendly event will have children's activities, tours, and performances by the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department's Take Note Youth Band and Fandango dance troupe.
"It's an extraordinary honor for our Spanish colonial missions to have been designated as a World Heritage site," said San Antonio Mayor Ivy R. Taylor. "With a vision of making San Antonio a globally competitive city, our Missions help put everything we do into historical and cultural context. I am excited that the festival will help celebrate our heritage, our Missions and the one-year anniversary of their global designation."
The City of San Antonio in coordination with Bexar County, San Antonio River Authority (SARA), National Park Service, The Alamo, National Parks Conservation Association, Los Compadres, Las Misiones and the Rivard Report, is organizing the festival.
For a full list of events click here.