Día del Niño, which will be held Sunday at the UTSA Downtown Campus, will feature activities for kids such as arts and crafts.
JUNE 7, 2024 — UTSA will host the annual Día del Niño festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 9 at its Downtown Campus. The campus’ Bill Miller Plaza will be open to revelers celebrating the children in their lives, and perhaps their inner child, with live performances, kids activities and hands-on, family friendly fun, courtesy of presenters La Familia Cortez, SOMOS Cultura y Más and Centro San Antonio.
The event is free and open to the public.
The 2024 celebration marks the first time in the festival’s nearly 30-year history that UTSA has been chosen to host the event, which has previously taken place at Hemisfair Park, Plaza Guadalupe, the San Antonio Missions and area schools and libraries.
This year’s festival is a chance for the city’s largest university to highlight its commitment to the city and those who call San Antonio home.
“As San Antonio’s largest university, UTSA is dedicated to preserving and sharing our community’s rich cultural history,” said Teresa Niño, UTSA vice president for university relations. “We’re thrilled to welcome our partners and the community for Día del Niño, a vibrant celebration of culture and familia. We’re equally as excited that this special event will give many kids in attendance their first look at a college campus.”
Dia del Niño features many family-friendly festivities, including a children's parade.
Discovery and learning are the heart of the annual festival, added Rebeca Barrera, executive director of SOMOS Cultura y Más, a nonprofit organization dedicated to commemorating and celebrating the traditions, history and heritage of the city’s Latino community.
“Día del Niño has become one of the most important family celebrations of our city, as every activity is designed for cultural learning,” Barrera said. “While the crafts and games target children two to 13 years old, every parent and grandparent will find that they too want to make a paper hat, play lotería or embroider a design to take home. The Cultura Cards we give to families at each booth ensure that cultural arts and traditions continue in every home. It is a joy to expand the festival to this unique cultural area of downtown.”
San Antonio held its first Children’s Day celebration in 1998. And over the past 26 years, the festival has been held on April 30, reinforcing the city’s cultural ties with Mexico, which also dedicates April 30 to the event.
Concerns about the weather this past April prompted organizers to postpone the event — until June 9, 2024, the date for Children’s Day celebrations around the world.
In San Antonio, Children’s Day will be a celebration of the city’s heritage, and instilling knowledge and pride of that heritage to a vital segment of the community, said Trish DeBerry, president and CEO of Centro San Antonio.
“Centro is excited to collaborate with La Familia Cortez and SOMOS Cultural y Mas to host this event downtown, focusing on a vital segment of our community: our children,” she said. “We aim for the activities at this event to inspire and nurture the creativity of our young community members. Our goal is to illuminate and enliven overlooked areas of our community, creating more meaningful and impactful events for the community we cherish and serve together.”
UTSA Downtown’s Bill Miller Plaza is wheelchair accessible and in proximity to several offers public and private parking options.
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