Creative Confluence: A Spirited Festival of Nature, Music, Poetry, Storytelling, Hands-on Art, Yoga, and Dance in Celebration of World Water Day

All ages and abilities are encouraged to experience the inspiration of nature intertwined with music, poetry, dance, drumming, yoga, hands-on art activities, in the midst of the natural wonderland of the San Antonio River at Confluence Park in celebration of World Water Day 2023.

Hands On Arts Activities (3-6 pm)
led by Local Artists and Partner Organizations

• Chalking River Critters with Edwards Aquifer Authority
• Sensory Scavenger Hunt
• Honoring Memory (Mini-Altars) with Celebration Circle’s Patty and Marcus Garza
• Pausing for Prayer Flags from the University Presbyterian Prayer Flag Ministry’s Mary Lance
• Making Giant Bubbles with Mark and Kathy Hiebert
• Discovering Animal Adaptations with Learn Nature’s Tom Kinsey
• Animal Printing with the Blue Star Arts Collective’s Laurel Gibson
• Friendship Rocks with Latino Outdoors’ Josie Gutierrez
• Dragon Breathing with Platica de Santa Sophia’s Anna Gordy
• Explore Life On the River with San Antonio River Foundation
• Plant-a-Pot with South Texas Garden Volunteers
• Screen Printing with Crooked Arm Printing
  • Bring your own T-shirt or Canvas Bag $3
  • Event T-shirt $15

Plus: 

• Learn about access to safe and clean drinking water with Texas Water Mission and participate in their Run4Water-5k run/walk  to raise funds for clean water access AND bring awareness to world-wide water challenges, including lack of access to clean water. Run4Water can be run or walked in any location between March 11 and 22, 2023; Run4Water participants are encouraged to attend the festival from 3-6 pm, pick up their race t-shirts at TWM’s table, and run or walk along the San Antonio River’s Mission Reach (and plog while they do it!). Register at: https://runsignup.com/Race/TX/SanAntonio/TWMRun4Water
• Meet Mandelyn Reese – The Street Angel! She will be greeting and interacting with guests during the event
• Get registered to vote with San Antonio’s Radical Registrars

Sounds & Sights of Nature Stage 

MC: Staci Orsagh, Esther Vexler School of Yoga
Offering stretch breaks in between sets

3:00 – 3:45: Opening Drum Circle with KC James & Michael Madison

3:50 – 4:10: Fun & Learning for Kids with The Astonishing Mr. Pitts

4:15 – 4:35: Storytelling with Emma Ortega: Learning from Our Animal Relatives

4:40 – 4:55: Poet TBD

5:00 – 6:00: Music for Dancing with Rudi Harst + The Circle Band

5:30 – 6:00: Mystical Goddess Belly Dancers

FOOD:

Food trucks including Naco 410 will be on-site with tables and chairs for eating

PARKING:

Limited parking is available in the Confluence Park parking lot as well as on-street parking. Additional parking is offered at the Bread of Life Christian Center, 317 W. Mitchell (across the street from the event) and at Concepcion Park (500 Theo Pkwy, San Antonio, TX 78210), a short walk on the Riverwalk to Confluence Park).