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Media professionals are warmly invited to cover NIOSA! This is your central hub for the latest press releases and media updates—be sure to check back often as new materials become available.
Please check back often for media materials about 2026 NIOSA!
Media are SO welcome at NIOSA!! We will do all we can to give you the materials and passes you need so you visit and talk about NIOSA often!
If you want to receive media updates about NIOSA, please email NIOSA PR Coordinator Jeanne Albrecht at jca@jeannebiz.com.
SO MANY THINGS REMAIN THE SAME (for the better!):
- NIOSA 2026 will occur again on the La Villita grounds—as it has for the past 77 years.
- The public can now buy the 2026 NIOSA medals on this website; see release below for more details!
- Children 12 and under are admitted free with paying adult.
- No restaurants produce or sell food at NIOSA. All proceeds benefit the Conservation Society.
- NIOSA favorites including Mr.
Chicken, Maria’s Tortillas, Anticuchos, its signature German sausage,
Bongo-K-Bobs, Shypoke Eggs, Beignets, Fried Mushrooms, Yak-i-Tori, Steer
on a Stick, Gorditas and Fajitas de PolloNIOSA’s favorite entertainers will be back every night for continuous entertainment
- Situated at the peak of the NIOSA organizational volunteer pyramid is 2026 NIOSA Chair Julie Terrill.She is assisted by Vice Chairs Monica Reyes, Anita Gonzalez, Lisa Pierce and Abbi Power, and DeAnna Keesee as NIOSA Treasurer.
- NIOSITAs (private mini-NIOSAs) in La Villita’s historic plazas for conventions, meetings and any group that loves a fiesta—for groups of 300 and up—to raise additional funds.The Conservation Society was the first organization in San Antonio to produce these outdoor festivals for private groups, establishing NIOSA as the premiere caterer of fiestas.
HISTORY:The Conservation Society held its first harvest festival in 1936.Until 1946 (with breaks in 1943 and 1945 because of the war), it was held in the fall—under different names and with slightly different themes and locations.In 1946, city officials asked the Society to hold its event during Fiesta. In 1948, the one-night festival was called “A Night In Old San Antonio” for the first time.By 1958 it expanded to four nights and, in 1966, the name was registered and trademarked.
Complimentary NIOSA media credentials, advance/event interviews, photos, recipes are available through Jeanne Albrecht at jca@jeannebiz.com or 210-392-9047.
NIOSA® and “A Night In Old San Antonio”® are registered trademarks.