May 3rd The Hundred Acre Wood comes to life in a festival that supports and highlights Austin's culture and abundance of creative art and music. Our first scheduled public event is an arts and crafts fair that will lead into a night of camping under a meteor shower! Local artists will show and sell their work during the day. Booths will be filled with unique jewelry, clothes, ceramics, and other fine arts. Food will be provided by local vendors. Festivities will continue into an evening of live music, dancing, and outdoor movies, followed by a late night of laying out in wide open fields to watch the meteors fly. Everyone is invited to pitch a tent, and camp over night. In the morning, join us for breakfast, mimosas, and yoga before heading home. Or feel free to spend the day reconnecting with nature while hiking, biking, flying a kite, playing croquet, disc golf, horse shoes, and washers, or enjoy a geo caching exploration adventure.
Yoga will be lead by Yoga Yoga in morning. We will have two one hour classes of beginner friendly Hatha Yoga. One at 8:30 a.m., and one at 10:00 a.m. Participants will need to bring their own mats. We ask that you arrive 5 minutes before the class begins, because joining in during the middle of class can be disruptive, and missing the warm up can be detrimental.
Austin Cycling Association and Yellow Bike project are collaborating to organize a bike ride out the event, and everyone is welcome to join them. It will be a 20 mile ride. We will arrange a truck to haul the cyclist's gear out to The Hundred Acre Wood. Please register for the ride in advance so we can determine how much we'll be transporting. All Cyclists will be welcomed to The Mixed Media Shower free of charge.
Fire Dance performances by Brothers of The Flame.
Live Music performances by: Corto Maltese, Little Mikey and the Soda Jerks, Lies a bloom, That Damned Band, Bridges & Blinking Lights, Wax Museum Pandamonium, The Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang and A Prayer for Animals. Here's how they will roll:
The New Moon Stage
300pm - Secret Sideshow
430pm - Lies a bloom
6pm - Little Mikey and the Soda Jerks
730pm - Prayer for Animals
9 pm - Corto Maltese
The Full Moon Stage
530pm - Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang
7pm - Wax Museum Pandamonium
8pm - - Bridges & Blinking Lights
10pm - That Damned Band
11pm - Dance party kicks off featuring DJ Richard Gear, Brian Dudley, and Justin.
This one day and night event christens the Hundred Acre Wood as Austin's premier private outdoor retreat and event space. We welcome you to participate by gracing us with the presence of your creative talents, from fine arts and crafts, to performance art and music. You are invited to come be our guest, at the Mixed Media Shower, and camp with us over night. We encourage you to create your own fantastic affair, and we will help with it as much, or as little as you request.
Survival Guide:
This is a leave no trace event. Campers, please be responsible for packing out all your belongings and trash. Thanks! We love you!
No outside alcoholic drinks allowed. Our vendors will be serving a variety of delicious beer for truly affordable prices.
No dogs allowed. Although we love um, there will be lots going on that would make dogs anxious. Iguanas welcome.
What to bring:
- Your own cup- Help minimize waste by holding your own, reusable, non-disposable cup.
- Booty shake'n shoes- sturdy ones. You'll be miserable in flipflops. We suggest boots or sneakers.
- Camping gear
- Water
- Flashlight, headlamp
- yoga mat
- insect repellant
- first add kit
- Pocket Ashtrays for cigarette butts
- Cash- Our art, craft, food, and drink vendors only take cash. Swing by an atm on the way.
Any and all outdoor games including:- kites
- Disc golf discs
- Frisbees
- instruments- for joining the jams around the campfire
- Gps- for geocaching- - If you plan on enjoying a geo cache adventure, please bring something to fill the cache for the next person. One of your favorite books, a mixed cd, or a something you’ve created are examples of great cache stuffers. Find more examples at www.geocaching.com.
- Telescopes
- Mountain bike
- Binoculars
- Hula hoops
Directions: 21707 Hog Eye, Manor, 78653
From Austin, take 290 East to Manor
-Right on 212 (Lexington)
-Straight through stop, and over the tracks.
-Left on W Brenham, which turns into Blake Manor. (3 miles)
-Left on Lockwood, which turns into Hog Eye (3.9 miles)
-21707 Hog Eye is on the Right. Turn into the dirt drive, go to the end and turn left. On the right you'll see a yellow house and a red barn. -Welcome!
The Mixed Media Shower will be held in the back end of The Hundred Acre Wood. People coming for the day will be guided to park up front. People camping over night will continue through the gates and park in the back.
You can also get to The Hundred Acre Wood by taking MLK. This route is pretty, and great if you're not a fan of highways.
-From 35, take MLK East (7.6 miles)
-Left on 973 (7 miles)
-Right on W Brenham, which turns into Blake Manor (3.9 miles)
-21707 Hog Eye is on the Right. Turn into the dirt drive, go to the end and turn left. On the right you'll see a yellow house and a red barn. -Welcome!
We Encourage carpooling. If you need a ride, or have room in your car, please e-mail us, and we'll try to match you up. Let us know how many people and how much stuff you need hauled, or can haul. rebecca@thehundredacrewoodevents.com
Presale tickets, $10. Gate entry, $15. Kids 10 and under free.
Call for art
To all the beautifully expressive ladies and gentlemen of the art world:
We would love for you to come share your creative talents! From canvas, to clay, performing arts, music, video, sculpture, screen printing and large installations. Any and all artisans and craft makers are welcome to come share in this celebration of imagination and expression.
You can set up your large installations or any other art that is not for sale, free of charge, and we will allow the time and space required for set up. Set up begins April 26-27th, from 3pm to 7pm. This is the time for all artists to scope out the space, pick a spot, and figure out what they need to make it beautiful. If you require more time, e-mail Rebecca.
The "booth" fee for selling your work is $50 per vendor, which allows for any size set up you would like to bring. It is non-refundable. Although artists can share a space, each individual is required to pay the fee. We encourage pretty, colorful booths. There will be plenty of trees, so if you don't have a pop up, you can create your own by stringing up pretty fabric between the branches. You are responsible for your own lighting needs. We have extended registration and payment to Saturday. If you're coming on last minute, show up around 12:30 or 1:00 on Saturday to get situated. Vendors register here!
Performing art is also welcome. We are interested in acrobats, puppeteers, dancers, and video artists. If you are interested in taking the stage, e-mail Dylan.
Volunteers can e-mail Rebecca. We will take good care of you and make sure your bellies are full of yummy food, and you've got a cold beer when you want one.
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We hope you continue to be inspired and productive. Your work is appreciated and admired!