It’s A Pride Picnic, Y’all.
✰ On Sunday, June 25, we’re partnering with Pease Park for its second-annual 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 picnic blanket, family, friends & 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 30 LGBTQ+ creatives, artists & small businesses from The Front Market
Austin-local food trucks, with snow cones and specially curated lunch items for your picnicking pleasures
Family-friendly and fun-in-the sun activities around Pease Park’s Splash Pad (bring your suit!), treehouse and other installations
OUR LINEUP
POP-UP SHOPS BY:
✰ Sister-2-Sister Vintage
✰ Urbn Trees
✰ Ryan Doolittle Glass
✰ Backyard Bliss
✰ Tawa Threads
✰ Annissa & Thread
✰ Libertine
✰ Watson Ceramics
✰ Solah Design Shop
✰ Basil Moon
✰ Naveena
✰ INHEAT
✰ Abbstract
✰ The Happy Hooker
✰ Bonkercakes
✰ Svveet Peach
✰ Annieland
✰ Little Light Embroidery
✰ KRBYOURCREATION
✰ Mutt Motel
✰ Sappy Go Lucky
✰ Terra Stoma
✰ Desert Selkie
✰ HOOOP There It Is
✰ SightSeer Coffee
✰ All About Clay
✰ Wavy Roller
✰ De Lune
✰ The Little Gay Shop
✰ Redeemer Small Batch
✰ Las Ofrendas
✰ Rainbow Connections
WITH PICNIC ACTIVITIES LIKE:
✰ Pease Park’s playground, basketball court & nature trails
✰ Picnic Menus by iPanini, Garbos & SnoRide
✰ Family Field Gay and Olympic Gaymes with the Equality Alliance
✰ A Family-Friendly Drag Sing-A-Long with Gothess Jasmine and friends
✰ Collage and Joy Workshop hosted by Kino Kino and Enda Dory
✰ Community Tie-Dye with The Little Gay Shop
✰ Forest Bathing with Families in Nature
✰ Community Weaving & All-Ages Art Installations
✰ All-Day DJ sets by Schi The God
✰ Kid-friendly Instrument Zoo with TuneBugz
✰ Voter registration provided by League of Women Voters and MOVE Texas
HOW TO ATTEND
Pride Picnic is free and open to the public. For updates on the lineup and other event information, please RSVP.
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.