San Antonio Beer festival moving to Hemisfair, taking Oktoberfest theme for 2025

In 2005, a modest gathering called Ale Fest — the first edition of what was to grow into the San Antonio Beer Festival — took place in Hemisfair Park. In the two decades since, both the sudsy celebration and Hemisfair have morphed into something much greater — and the two will reunite this fall as the San Antonio Beer Festival moves back to the historic downtown public space. “The event has evolved over 20 years," said festival organizer Cassandra Wagner of the San Antonio Current.