Port San Antonio Hosts 2024 Family-Friendly Fiesta Celebration

SAN ANTONIO — Thousands of people recently gathered at the Boeing Center at Tech Port to celebrate the 2024 Fiesta de los Niños.

The family-friendly event featured an array of tech-focused activities, such as interactive STEM exhibits, robotics demonstrations and esports activities, while also offering many of the traditional carnival rides, games and live entertainment performances that have helped define Fiesta de los Niños over the years.

Here is a look back at the wonderful memories that were created at Fiesta de los Niños 2024 (Photos: Mark Sobhani).

2024 Fiesta de los Ninos 7521 — Fiesta de los Ninos event sponsored by Tech Port San Antonio Saturday, April 20, 2024 in San Antonio, Tx.

Photo©Bahram Mark Sobhani

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Fiesta de los Niños offers many Fiesta traditions, but guests can explore future technologies that will be showcased inside the San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology’s AREA 21 Inspiration Center! Kids and adults alike were fascinated by the kid-friendly, hands-on activities centered around cybersecurity, aviation, space exploration, robotics and more.

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