The sense of community and the conservation efforts the four-day event helps fund keep...
Mr. Chicken prepared and sold thousands of chicken on a stick during the first night of NIOSA.For the first time since the start of the pandemic, A Night in Old San Antonio is making its full-throttled return.
Last year “was a lot different. There were a lot more precautions last year than this year. It was a lot hotter,” Andrew Lopez said. The 22-year-old San Antonio native has been attending NIOSA for most of his life. June’s celebration “was still fun. And it wasn’t as packed,” he added.
NIOSA is sponsored by and benefits The Conservation Society of San Antonio, which works to preserve historic structures and sites around the city. The festival typically generates $1.5 million each year, which funds grants, educational tours, advocacy programs, and more. Many volunteers got started working the booths because a friend of theirs asked them to help one year, and they liked it so much they kept coming back.