HemisFeria WeFlamenco Fest

A spectacular annual festival featuring multicultural flamenco performances by local and touring groups from the US & Spain. WeFlamenco Fest presents Hemisferia "The Roads That Lead To Us" at Hemisfair. This annual event showcases & celebrates the cultural fabric of flamenco. It is an afternoon of dance, music and cultural exchange exploring the traditions and communities that helped shape flamenco. General admission is totally free but please consider choosing the free+10 donation ticket to help cover event costs, inspire our youth, support the community and keep this event accessible to everyone. There is plenty of food and drinks nearby to enhance your WeFlamenco Fest experience. Attend ALL or some of the shows. Youth & Adult Student showcase begins at 2 PM Karilagán Philippine Cultural Group 3:30PM San Antonio Month Of Flamenco Proclamation reading by Poet Laureate Emeritus Andrea 'Vocab' Sanderson 4:45PM Arte y Pasión- touring flamenco performance "The Silk Road" 5pm “The Silk Road” in honor of the different colors of flamenco along the trade routes that have culminated in the flamenco we know today. The traditions of the Philippines, North Africa, and India came to influence the musicality, color and expression of flamenco through their own threads of spirituality, rhythm and resilience. As Indian movement flowed through trade routes into Spain, its storytelling gestures of India evolved into expressions of grace or sobriety. These influences made their way to the New World via Mexico, shown by the textiles used in flamenco inspired by the silk trade route, which in turn influenced the textiles in Mexico. This is demonstrated by the similarities between the mantón in Spain and the rebozo in Mexico. Over time, these dances intertwined, their rhythms and gestures a thread of movement, music, and memory, carrying centuries of history.