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FRI | 12.31 SPECIAL EVEN T
CELEBRATE SA
San Antonio’s annual New Year’s Eve party is back to ring in 2022 with live music, family-friendly activities and, of course, a fireworks show. Presented in partnership by the San Antonio Parks Foundation and City of San Antonio, Celebrate SA will take place across downtown at Hemisfair and La Villita on Friday, December 31. The free event will feature musical performances on three stages located at Hemisfair, the Arneson River Theatre and the corner of Villita Way and South Alamo streets. The main stage at Hemisfair will showcase performances by DJ Catwalk and R&B artist Andria Rose, followed by a marathon 200-minute set by 10-piece party band Mélange. In addition to food and vendor booths lining South Alamo and Villita Way, families can enjoy a carnival with games, rides and other attractions at the corner of South Alamo and César E Chávez Blvd. As is tradition, the night will be capped off by a Texas-sized fireworks show sure to satisfy the Alamo City’s appetite for explosive entertainment. Free, 6 p.m.-midnight, Hemisfair, 434 S. Alamo St., and La Villita, 418 Villita St., (210) 212-8423, saparksfoundation.org. — Kelly Nelson
WED | 12.29 COMEDY
THE ROAST OF LARRY GARZA Exiting stage left has never been part of the plan for local stand-up comedian Larry Garza. When he was diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer in 2016, the co-founder of the sketch comedy crew Comedia A Go-Go wasn’t about to let the disease steal his spotlight. So, he did the only thing he knew would keep his spirit from breaking. He decided to laugh his way through the situation. Five years later, Garza is still fighting strong. He’s gone through countless surgeries and procedures and has experienced several setbacks, all while keeping a positive attitude about the future. On December 29, Garza will headline his own memorial, which will double as a Comedy Central-style roast and fundraiser. He has invited more than a dozen of his comic and non-comic friends to take the mic and give him an old-school verbal beatdown. Full disclosure: Larry and I became friends after I profiled him for the Current’s 2016 cover story. I will also participate in the upcoming roast. “The celebration of life needs to happen when someone is alive, so they can enjoy it,” Garza recently told the Current. “I want to actually be there, not be there in an urn.” $15 (Sold Out), 8 p.m., Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, (210) 541-8805, improvtx.com/sanantonio. — Kiko Martinez Jess Castro
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