Calaverita Run 5K & Family Walk 2026

The Calaverita Run 5K & Family Walk begins and ends at La Gloria at Pearl on Grayson Street in San Antonio, during the city's Día de los Muertos season. This evening event features a timed 5K run, followed by a family walk. Options are available for groups and individual walkers. The atmosphere is more community gathering than competitive race: participants can run, walk, cheer, and wear calavera-inspired outfits while remembering relatives and friends who have passed. The 5K route includes water and music at each mile marker. Runners may attach a photo of a loved one to their bib, write names on a remembrance wall, and add photos to a community altar post-race. Strollers and pets are permitted only during the family walk, which is open to children, families, and slower groups. The event's name derives from the Mexican calaverita tradition of short, rhyming poems that humorously address death with wordplay and mischief. Following the race, local vendors and community art displays extend the gathering past the finish line.