It does have the same intentions - that is, good friends observing under (relatively) dark skies only 30-60 minutes away from home!
It's definitely a good place for newbies to come and look through some other scopes, get advice and help with their own scopes, look through some larger aperture scopes, and have a great time with friendly people.
Hope to see you there!
But, just to clarify, it's not a star party where you stay overnight/camp/have dinner etc.. that is, you should plan to arrive before sunset and leave before sunrise
There is power available, and sometimes there's an urn etc.