It’s A Pride Picnic, Y’all.
✰ On Sunday, June 26, we’re partnering with Pease Park for its first-ever Pride Picnic—a day of abundant sunshine, community vibes and a delightfully queer celebration of the summer solstice. ✰
The picnic will be open from noon to 4 PM. Bring your blanket, families, friends and lovers. Pack a lunch or grab food and beer from some of our incredible vendors once you arrive. It’s up to you!
Free and open to the public. Family-friendly. Dog-friendly. Human-friendly.
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WHAT TO EXPECT
An outdoor community flea, featuring pop-ups by 40 LGBTQ+ creators & small business owners from The Front Market
An Austin-local food court, with snow cones, ice cream and specially curated lunch items for your picnicking pleasures (extra picnic blankets graciously donated by Moontower Rentals!)
Family-friendly and fun-in-the sun activities around Pease Park’s Splash Pad (bring your suit!), treehouse and other installations
OUR LINEUP
OUR VENDORS AND SPECIAL GUESTS
THE DAY’S SCHEDULE + SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
A picnic-perfect food court, featuring vegan Bone Out BBQ, Crema Bakery, Mona Fresa and more
A special edition workshop of Gays With Clay, presented by The Little Gay Shop
A Community Plant Swap & Info-Station, hosted by Black Trans Leadership Austin
A Banned Camp Book Reading with recently banned books by BookPeople
Complimentary Salsa lessons with Esquina Tango
DJ sets by Austin-local artists HIRE_SELF and OFFBY1
Family-friendly face painting and pop-ups from Equality Texas, Black Trans Leadership Austin and other LGBTQ+ orgs
HOW TO ATTEND
Pride Picnic is free and open to the public. No RSVP required.
When you RSVP, you have the option to donate to our work.
Every pledge made with your ticket will directly benefit the administration of our Creative Future of Texas Fund, a micro-grants program for emerging creatives and small business owners in Texas.
Name your own ticket price at check-out below:
PREPARE YOUR VISIT TO PRIDE PICNIC
Pease Park is located within the Kingsbury Commons at 1100 Kingsbury Street.
WHERE TO PARK: You can learn more about parking recommendations here.
WHAT TO DO: When you arrive, find your picnic spot, then browse around! You'll have plenty of vendors to meet, plus a chance to browse our curated food court. DJ sets, workshops and live art installations will be happening all day, too.
WHAT TO EAT/DRINK: Pride Picnic’s food court will be immaculate, but you can also bring your own picnic basket.
OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY GUIDELINES —
All FFTX staff, volunteers and guests will be required to practice mutual respect, as well as demonstrate an alignment with Future Front’s code of conduct and values.
All sessions are held online or in outdoor, open-air spaces. Capacity is limited to reduce crowding of any kind.
All guests are required to practice mutual respect and social distancing, as well as follow APH’s COVID-19 Guidelines, which currently include:
At all levels, people can wear a mask based on personal preference, informed by their personal level of risk.
People with potential COVID-19 symptoms and/or exposure to someone with COVID-19 should wear a mask, regardless of a negative test.
People with a positive COVID-19 test and/or not fully vaccinated should not participate in an in-person Future Front event or visit a Future Front location until they test negative and/or they are fully vaccinated and no longer at risk.
ACCESSIBILITY NOTES: The picnic is wheelchair-accessible. ASL interpreters can be provided upon request. Si necesita traducción al español para participar en este evento, envíenos un correo electrónico a hello@futurefronttexas.org.
GOT QUESTIONS? Shoot us a note at hello@futurefronttexas.org. We're happy to help and will get back to you!
MEET THE PRODUCERS:
Future Front is a 501c3 nonprofit, homegrown in Austin, Texas. We nurture spaces where women and LGBTQ+ creatives, founders and leaders can grow together. Currently, we produce The Front Market and Festival, host year-round workshops and meet-ups, as well as create resources for resilience in creative industries. You’re invited to join us, of course. You can learn more about how it all works, our team and what we do: futurefronttexas.org
Pease Park celebrates the diverse ecology and history that make Austin’s first public park valuable and unique. The Conservancy works to restore, enhance and maintain this 84-acre public green space for the sustainable use and enjoyment of all. Learn more here.