{"id":6624,"date":"2023-04-24T20:56:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T20:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/austin\/?p=6624"},"modified":"2023-04-26T18:04:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T18:04:16","slug":"join-us-at-the-eeyores-57th-annual-birthday-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/austin\/join-us-at-the-eeyores-57th-annual-birthday-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Austin Weird at Eeyore’s 58th Annual Birthday Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s party time in Austin, as everyone\u2019s favorite micro-fest returns this Saturday, April 29th to Pease Park<\/a>. The 58th annual celebration of Eeyore\u2019s Birthday has become one of the most beloved and interesting events, but one that Austinite\u2019s come out to with passion. So, grab your 100 acre [back]woods and a group of friends to celebrate! Here\u2019s everything you need to know about this Saturday\u2019s festivities, an event that truly helps Keep Austin Weird<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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This isn\u2019t your standard Austin weekend event. It\u2019s not SXSW<\/a>. It\u2019s not any art fair or food festival<\/a> you regularly find around the city when the spring and summer months arrive. Eeyore\u2019s Birthday is an eclectic outdoor birthday party for a fictitious character that attracts everyone from hippies, to minimally-clothed, to parents with kids, to the group of furries (yes, pets and humans) and odd-balls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From 11am until evening (roughly 8pm but you know how it goes when a bunch of people are having a good time and there\u2019s no hard cap on time), everything from music circles and chants, to bubbles, face and body painting, tattoos, henna, food and beverages, smoking copious amounts of weed, and an overall beautiful time can be had. From 11 am – 3 pm, the kiddos in attendance can enjoy games, crafts, an appearance from the birthday boy himself, and a costume contest. Adults can also participate in a costume contest, egg toss, and potato sack race. There’s Maypole dancing hourly from noon – 4 pm, and music plays until 6 pm.<\/span>The best part, Eeyore\u2019s birthday party has always been free of charge while also helping raise money for a few Austin non-profit organizations. The Friends of the Forest Foundation\u2014an organization in town that assists in distributing proceed to charities that support various causes in bettering Austin as a whole.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These organizations include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n