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Night in Old San Antonio - or NIOSA, as it is more commonly called - is one of the most raucous events of Fiesta. It's also the one event where parents will need to think twice about bringing the kids. That's because at certain times on certain days, NIOSA is packed tight with younger partiers guzzling down the beverages that younger partiers tend to guzzle. NIOSA is known for offering a terrific array of food celebrating the cuisines of the ethnicities represented in La Villita, the restored 17th Century village that hosts NIOSA every year. Among the food choices are anticuchos, escargot, horseshoe sausage, cream horns, knockwurst and fried mushrooms, to name a few. The non-stop musical entertainment features western, R&B, conjunto, jazz, oompah, mariachi and flamenco dancers. Come early and buy your coupons before you do anything else. There are coupon booths at strategic points throughout La Villita; vendors take coupons only. At some point, you'll want to buy cascarones to share with your friends and loved ones. The confetti-filled eggshells are sold at booths throughout the grounds, and it's just not NIOSA without confetti in your hair. Over at the Maverick Plaza, which gets a distinctively cowboy feel during the festival, you can send a postcard from NIOSA, which many people do as they collect small towers of commemorative plastic beer cups.