Festival De Cascarones ends Fiesta with a smash

University students participate in the grand Cascarones Smash on the East Lawn at Texas A&M Univerity-San Antonio's 10th annual Festival De Cascarones. Photo by Emily Alvarez

The Central Academic Building (CAB) courtyard during the 2022 Festival De Cascarones on Apr. 10. Photo by Amber Esparza

Texas A&M University-San Antonio from the North Entry of the 10th annual Festival De Cascarones. Photo by Emily Alvarez

The Texas A&M University-San Antonio Jaguarettes dance team perform in the CAB courtyard during the 10th annual Festival De Cascarones. Photo by Amber Esparza

Three-month old pit bull pup Khloe wears a flower crown around her neck for Festival De Cascarones. Photo by Emily Alvarez

Young festival-goers take turns jumping in the bouncy house. The festival featured inflatable games and hands-on activities for kids. Photo by Amber Esparza

The TAMUSA Kinesiology Club serves Frito pie and snow cones from one of the many fiesta food booths in the CAB courtyard. Photo by Emily Alvarez

Young festival-goers dance to the music in the CAB courtyard while their family waits in line for food and drinks. Photo by Amber Esparza

A folklorico dancer twirls in front of the VIDA Development sign on the northwest corner of Jaguar Parkway. Photo by Emily Alvarez

Havana NRG performs on the CAB stage during the 2022 Festival De Cascarones. Havana NRG is a Latin dance music group from Dallas, TX. Photo by Amber Esparza

A family from the southside of San Antonio paint at an arts & crafts station in the Kids-Zone. Photo by Emily Alvarez

Mother and daughter, Sally and Savanna Medellin, dance to Havana NRG in the CAB courtyard. Photo by Amber Esparza

Havana NRG vocalist Michael Romero (left) and southside San Antonio resident Leonardo Munoz (right) dance on the CAB stage with a young festival-goer. Photo by Amber Esparza

Jaguarettes dance team co-captain Jessica Salinas helps pass out cascarones in the East Lawn before the big Cascarones Smash. Photo by Amber Esparza

The Jaguarettes and festival volunteers wheel out cascarones for the big Cascarone Smash in front of the Main Stage. Photo by Emily Alvarez

Festival-goer Maria Martinez shakes out her hair after the annual Cascarones Smash. Photo by Amber Esparza

A family celebrates during the Cascarones Smash in front of the Main Stage. Photo by Emily Alvarez

The Flores family poses for a picture during Kevin Fowler performance on the East Lawn. Photo by Emily Alvarez

Country music artist Kevin Fowler closes out the 2022 Festival De Cascarones with the last performance of the day. Photo by Amber Esparza

Country music artist Kevin Fowler performs on the Main Stage at the Festival De Cascarones. Photo by Emily Alvarez

After two long years, Texas A&M University-San Antonio’s annual Festival De Cascarones has returned to the city’s Southside.

Festival De Cascarones returned for its 10th year from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 10 on the university’s fast-growing campus. Throughout the event, visitors came out to lounge around the grounds and enjoy classic fiesta food and drinks, live music, and family-friendly activities like painting, a bouncy-house and mini-games in the Kids-Zone.

The event featured performances from Havana NRG, Mariachi Son De Esperanza, the Jaguarettes, the Teresa Champion Dance Academy, Danzantes de Corazón and Jaguar Percussion. The day ended with the annual Cascarones Smash on the East Lawn and a performance from Country music artist Kevin Fowler.

The festival was 2022 Fiesta San Antonio 2022’s final official event.

About the Authors

Amber Esparza

Arts, Culture & Entertainment Editor

Amber Esparza is a senior communications major and Managing Editor for The Mesquite at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Amber joined The Mesquite in spring 2021 as a Photo and Multimedia Editor after transferring from the Alamo Colleges with an associate’s degree in communication. Amber has extensive experience in photography, journalism and radio, television and film. In her spare time, Amber enjoys thrift shopping, doing deep dives on the music she’s listening to and watching movies, TV and YouTube. Amber hopes to build a career that can incorporate all of her passions for media and entertainment.

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Emily Alvarez

Multimedia Editor

Emily Alvarez is a senior communication major and Multimedia Editor for The Mesquite at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. She received an Associate of Arts from Palo Alto College in May 2018. She is a full-time college student who loves to watch movies, listen to music, and play video games in her spare time. Upon graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in media writing, video editing or photography.