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Eeyore's Birthday Party
Austin, TX · Quirky
- When
- April 24, 2027
- Where
- Pease Park · Austin · TX
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
A free, all day costumed street party tradition in Pease Park, organized by unpaid volunteers under the nonprofit Friends of the Forest Foundation since 1963. It began as a University of Texas student picnic and now draws thousands of attendees in costume for drum circles, a maypole and a live donkey.
The history within reach
- Eeyore's Birthday Partysame spot
A free, all day costumed street party tradition in Pease Park, organized by unpaid volunteers under the nonprofit Friends of the Forest Foundation since 1963.
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