Great Texas Freedom Fest
Great Texas Freedom Fest
The Great Texas Freedom Fest scheduled for April 2025
Community members will have the opportunity to explore Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston at the Great Texas Freedom Fest from 3-9:30 p.m. on April 12, 2025.
The installation will open its gates to the public for this event, free to all who attend. The theme is “United in Service,” and the open house will feature live music, food trucks, museum tours, military demonstrations, and family activities.
The activities will include science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM, interactive displays, youth crafts and games, fitness challenges, military working dog demos, interactive inflatables, petting zoo, Caisson Horses, resource organizations, food and shopping vendors, axe throwing trailer as well as music performances from the Air Force’s “Band of the West,” the 323rd Army Band “Fort Sam’s Own” and the “Spazmatics.” In addition, there will be military statics such as a High Mobility Multipurpose Vehicle (HMMWV), Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP), Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV), Howitzers, and an Emergency Response Vehicle.
MWR Elements of the Great Texas Freedom Fest are sponsored in part by IHG, USAA, and Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union. No federal endorsement of sponsors intended.
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The public should enter JBSA-Fort Sam Houston through Harry Wurzbach Road. Department of Defense ID cardholders should use the Walters or New Braunfels gates. Visitors should be aware that weapons of any kind, outside food and drinks, and coolers are prohibited, and all bags will be searched. Please leave pets at home, except for service animals.
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