SAN ANTONIO – Thousands of students gathered from 41 San Antonio-area high schools on Thursday, May 1, for the Battle of Flowers Band Festival.
More than 4,400 students performed at the Alamo Stadium at 6:30 p.m.
The Battle of Flowers Band Parade was scheduled to finish at 10 p.m. However, organizers ended the festival early around 9:15 p.m. due to incoming storms.
KSAT will rebroadcast the festival from 2-5 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, on KSAT 12, KSAT.com and KSAT Plus.
These are the bands that participated in the festival:
Featured Bands
Parade of Bands 1
Alamo Heights
Lanier
Poteet
Harlandale
McCollum
Nixon-Smiley
MacArthur
Holmes
Sam Houston
Marion
Legacy
Memorial
Stevens
Parade of Bands 2
Brandeis
Southside
Highlands
Southwest
YMLA
South San
Holy Cross
Jefferson
Poth
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Somerset
Pieper
Parade of Bands #3
Reagan
Brackenridge
Stockdale
East Central
Cole
Taft
Burbank
Central Catholic
Edison
Jourdanton
Antonian
Warren
The 89th annual band festival is the oldest and longest-running marching band festival in the nation, according to the Battle of Flowers Association. The festival allows high school students to perform together and encourages their interest in music.
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