Día de los Muertos at Pearl Peaks Sunday: The Main Community Celebration Runs 5 to 9 P.M. on November 1

Pearl's Día de los Muertos celebration, running since Tuesday, October 27, reaches its centerpiece on Sunday. The main community celebration is scheduled for Sunday, November 1, from 5 to 9 p.m. at 303 Pearl Parkway, according to San Antonio Magazine's weekend guide, read this cycle — free and open to the public, with colorful ofrendas, live music and performances, a procession, food and drinks, children's activities and art installations.

The wider Pearl program runs October 27 through November 3, with artist-created calaveras on display through November 5, according to the AllOfSA account of Pearl's announcement, read this cycle. The celebration began with the Calaverita Run 5K and Family Walk on October 24, with mariachi music, community altars and costume contests, and the Nicosi restaurant offered an eight-dish Día de los Muertos tasting experience from Friday, October 30 through Sunday, November 1.

Día de los Muertos is traditionally observed on November 1 and 2, honoring deceased loved ones through family gatherings, ofrendas, music, food and artistic traditions. Pearl's Sunday celebration sits alongside the city's other Sunday and Monday observances — the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center's 31st annual celebration on Sunday and the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center's events on Monday, both already covered by this station — giving San Antonio a full two days of remembrance after Halloween night.