ZEALOTS Picnic - August 16 at Emma Long

Name: ZEALOTS Picnic - August 16 at Emma Long
Start: 2025-08-16T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-08-16T21:30:00-05:00
Location: Emma Long Metropolitan Park

Schedule

Sat Aug 16 2025 at 11:00 am to 09:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Emma Long Metropolitan Park | Austin, TX

AUGUST MEETING - Sat., Aug. 16 from morning to 9:30 p.m. (they lock the gate at 10 pm) at Emma Long Park for our annual Picnic. Style of the month is Lawnmower beers and a free-for-all so bring anything.
We will have a food contest again this year. The top 3 dishes will win a prize. This year's theme is: OLIVES. Any dish with olives can be entered. Bring a dish by 2 p.m. and you will be entered into the contest!! (We start eating at 2 - be sure to have enough of your dish so that 20-30 people can get a bite to be able to judge) The judges will be all of us: everyone at the event will get to vote on their two favorite dishes and we will tally the results and announce the winners around 3:30 p.m.
p.s. This is a potluck event and feel free to bring ANY food item. You do not have to enter the contest. Bring a bag of chips or hot dogs or mac-n-cheese; whatever. We will just do a fun potluck so bring anything tasty to share!! We usually eat around 2 p.m.
Some people spend the night on Friday as well if you are so inclined but it appears fewer will do this. You can purchase campsite tickets on the Emma Long website about a month before the event (maybe it is only 2 weeks???).
Exact location inside the park? FYI - we will NOT meet where we did last year. We will hopefully setup at the spot we did for over 10 years. It is about a quarter mile past the gate on the left.
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PICNIC Location: Emma Long City Park at 1706 City Park Rd. Emma Long Park Buy a pass into the park from the website. You can buy them starting 14 days before. I have no idea if tickets will still be available on Aug. 16. There is pretty much no way to know this so it is best to purchase in advance. The price is per vehicle($10).
Speaking of beer, please bring beer or cider or mead!! Bring a keg if you want but be prepared to serve it with your own equipment as we may not have the big trough and serving board. Bring CO2 if needed. Some people will have a CO2 tank with more than one hose so that may work for you. If you don't keg you can still bring your bottles, just keep it on the down low as glass containers are technically not allowed in the park. Bring ice if you need to keep your beer cold. This is a potluck so bring anything that is tasty!! We will provide the plates, cups, napkins and utensils.
WHAT TO BRING: a ticket to enter the park, a swimsuit, SUNSCREEN, WATER , floats, sunglasses, lawn chairs, pop-ups for shade, beer (or cider or mead), food to share - (even if it's just a bag of chips), a safe ride home (or spend the night) and a fun attitude!! Kids are welcome.
(Do NOT bring canned goods for donation - We will collect canned goods at the December meeting for the food banks so please don't bring those to the park).
Some might stay the night at the park. Some folks might spend Friday night at the park as well. Click on the Emma Long link to reserve a campsite (bring a tent). The park closes at 10 p.m. and they lock the gate. If you aren't outside the gate, you WILL be spending the night.