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30th Annual

Sunday, November 22, 2026 | 11 AM to 3 PM

Central Texas Food Bank  |  6500 Metropolis Dr.

Bring 30 friends to our 30th annual event and choose your favorite bowls!

Person holding a crafted clay bowl in their hands with a Project Aesthetic Bowl logo in the corner and text that reads 'Turning Clay into Care' at the bottom.
People shopping for colorful ceramic bowls at the Austin Empty Bowl event.
A table filled with an array of colorful, empty ceramic bowls at the Austin Empty Bowl event.
Serving soup at the Austin Empty Bowl event. Always the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
Serving soup at the Austin Empty Bowl event. Always the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
Serving soup at the Austin Empty Bowl event. Always the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
Delicious soup and bread for guests at the Austin Empty Bowl event. Always the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
Kitchen volunteers for the Austin Empty Bowl event.
Guests with their bowls at the Austin Empty Bowl event.
We wash your bowl for the Austin Empty Bowl event.
A potter making more bowls for the Austin Empty Bowl event.
Guests waiting in line for the Austin Empty Bowl event while potters are making bowls at the event.
Potters making handmade bowls on the wheel for the Austin Empty Bowl Project.
Musicians performing live for guests at the Austin Empty Bowl event. Always the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
Musicians performing live for guests at the Austin Empty Bowl event. Always the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
A beautiful handmade quilt being raffled at the Austin Empty Bowl event.
Guests picking out their bowls at the Austin Empty Bowl event. Always the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
Guests enjoying soup and bread d by local restaurants in their bowl at the Austin Empty Bowl event.donate
Guests enjoying soup and bread d by local restaurants in their bowl at the Austin Empty Bowl event.donate
Guests picking out their bowls at the Austin Empty Bowl event. The event is always held the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
Thousands of bowls will be set out at the Austin Empty Bowl event.
A family of four smiling and posing together at the Austin Empty Bowl event.
Hundreds of volunteers show up for the Austin Empty Bowl event. Always the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
More volunteers having fun at the Austin Empty Bowl event.
Guests picking out their bowls at the Austin Empty Bowl event. There will be thousands of bowls for guests to choose.
Guests picking out their bowls at the Austin Empty Bowl event. There will be thousands of bowls for guests to choose.
How the Austin Empty Bowl event works. All proceeds from the event go to the Central Texas Food Bank and Meals On Wheels Central Texas.

2025 Austin Empty Bowl

$156,000

Donated to fight hunger

- Fighting hunger since 1997!

3,500

Bowls made

300

Volunteers

206

Gallons of soup served

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It takes hundreds of volunteers to make the Austin Empty Bowl event happen!