Hoefgen Street murals in July 2025

Some of the murals on Hoefgen Street on the near east side of San Antonio just a short distance south of the Alamodome.
Some of the murals on Hoefgen Street on the near east side of San Antonio just a short distance south of the Alamodome.

Murals in the wild on the east side of Hoefgen Street by The Paint Yard near downtown San Antonio.
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Brother Dave and the Barrio Blasters at Sanchos in San Antonio

Brother Dave and the Barrio Blasters at Sancho's Cantina in San Antonio on Saturday, June 14, 2025. - photo by Joe Alexander
Brother Dave and the Barrio Blasters at Sancho’s Cantina in San Antonio on Saturday, June 14, 2025. – photo by Joe Alexander
Brother Dave and the Barrio Blasters brought their combination of rock, blues and Texas funk to Sancho’s Cantina near downtown San Antonio on Saturday.

Jimmy Spacek, Ruben V at Texas Pride Barbecue

Jimmy Spacek, Ruben V on Saturday night at Texas Pride Barbecue in Adkins, Texas. - photo by Joe Alexander
Ruben V and Jimmy Spacek on Saturday night at Texas Pride Barbecue in Adkins, Texas. – photo by Joe Alexander
San Antonio guitar legends Jimmy Spacek and Ruben V got together with some old friends on Saturday.

They played an evening show at Texas Pride Barbecue in Adkins, Texas. Shortly after they started, the setting sun beamed onto the stage for a few minutes.

Jason Kane & The Jive at Fredstock

Jason Kane & The Jive at Fredstock '25 at San Antonio College on Thursday, May 1, 2025. - photo by Joe Alexander
Jason Kane & The Jive at Fredstock ’25 at San Antonio College on Thursday, May 1, 2025. – photo by Joe Alexander
Jason Kane & The Jive brought their boogie rock n roll to San Antonio College on Thursday night as part of Fredstock ’25, the annual music festival and block party.

The San Antonio band has an upcoming tour of Europe beginning on May 22.

Official site: www.jasonkanethejive.com

Paint Jam 7 at Essex Modern City

A new mural by @soupLAWS in back of a building shaped like the Alamo at Essex Modern City with a train and the Tower of the Americas in the background. That's a very San Antonio kind of scene.
A new mural by @soupLAWS in back of a building shaped like the Alamo at Essex Modern City with a train and the Tower of the Americas in the background. That’s a very San Antonio kind of scene.
Paul Garson and Essex Modern City once again brought in some of the most talented mural artists from South Texas this weekend.

The result is a fresh collection of art on these outdoor walls on the East Side of San Antonio.

Essex Modern City is located by the intersection of South Cherry Street and Essex Street, just east of IH-37 and about a mile south of the Alamodome.

@itschristiekaye at work on BE KIND TO YOUR MIND on Sunday at ESX ART Paint Jam 7 at Essex Modern City.
@itschristiekaye at work on BE KIND TO YOUR MIND on Sunday at ESX ART Paint Jam 7 at Essex Modern City.

Thanks to Paul at Essex Modern City for setting me straight on the IDs.

And, of course, all the artists are more than welcome to pull photos of their work from this page:

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A Texas night, a Ford pickup and Led Zeppelin

I was a Texas teenager driving my dad’s Ford F-100 pickup. It had an AM radio with one speaker that probably sounded awful compared to even the cheapest modern car stereo. And no AC.

I was driving along one night with my friend Steve Garza riding shotgun. It’s lost on me now where we were going to or coming from. Probably on some highway in or around San Antonio that’s a lot more congested now than it was then.

We had the windows rolled down and that cheap radio cranked up. Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” came on.

I know that scene is cliche as hell. I probably kind of knew it then. But for 8 minutes and 2 seconds, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page made us feel like we were cool and the world was right.

Murals on Chestnut Street in San Antonio: Part 3

Mural on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio on Oct. 13, 2024. - photo by Joe Alexander
Mural on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio on Oct. 13, 2024.
More public art on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio. These murals at the corner of Nolan Street at Chestnut, a short distance north of the Alamodome.

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Murals on Chestnut Street in San Antonio: Part 2

Mural on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio on Oct. 13, 2024. - photo by Joe Alexander
Mural on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio on Oct. 13, 2024.
More public art on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio. These murals are a short distance north of the Alamodome in the area around Houston Street up to Nolan Street.

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Murals on Chestnut Street in San Antonio: Part 1

Mural on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio on Oct. 13, 2024. - photo by Joe Alexander
Mural on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio on Oct. 13, 2024.
I spent some time this weekend checking out the public art on Chestnut Street near downtown San Antonio.

These murals are a short distance north of the Alamodome in the area around Houston Street up to Nolan Street and were created as part of the San Antonio Street Art Initiative.

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Paint Jam 6 at San Antonio’s Essex Modern City: Day 2

The second day of ESX ART Paint Jam 6 at Essex Modern City in San Antonio on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024.
The second day of ESX ART Paint Jam 6 at Essex Modern City in San Antonio on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024.
The new artwork at Essex Modern City was either done or close to it on Sunday afternoon, the second day of ESX ART Paint Jam 6. Top muralists from San Antonio and South Texas gathered for the event.

The second day of ESX ART Paint Jam 6 at Essex Modern City in San Antonio on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024.
The second day of ESX ART Paint Jam 6 at Essex Modern City in San Antonio.