Friday, June 27, BIKEFEST!!!!
BikeFest is Pittsburgh’s biggest cycling event for cyclists by cyclists. It’s Bike Pittsburgh’s annual celebration of all things bicycling, showcasing Pittsburgh in all of its uniqueness and beauty. It is not an organized event, but a framework for volunteers and organizations to organize bicycle-themed events. Whether you ride everyday, the weekends, or just always wanted to try, BikeFest has an event for you!
6PM - 12am 121 7th St. — Downtown $20/$15 for Bike PGH members
The kickoff event to our signature Bikefest series is growing.
What was once an informal gathering of cyclists is now Bikefest CBGB — a full-fledged regional cycling event. For year one, we have 13 organizations represented. Each group will have 2 representatives on-site to discuss their activities and how to get involved. Some will have some pretty wild activities. (Um, Bike Tire Bowling? Awesome.)
The production and atmosphere have been upgraded significantly. Restorative Events, Clearstory Creative, and Impact Audio have teamed up to provide a leap in production quality that will leave you amazed. Restorative Events will provide compostable, recyclable and reusable products in all areas of production — the only waste there will be the waste you bring. Clearstory Creative has joined as a sponsor and is adding a substantial lighting and decor effort. Impact Audio finishes the job with their world-class audio rig.
Speaking of that rig — Local ladies Flotilla Way make one of their final appearances. LAZER CRUNK’s Cutups and Keeb$ make a special dance-tastic closing set. Ed Um and DJ Mary Mack will round it out by tearing up the 1s and 2s.
Food/Dessert/Drink — covered. Whole Foods. Brillobox. Dozen. East End Brewing and Coffee Tree Roasters.
Proceeds? They go to Bike Pittsburgh so they can keep on advocating for bikes on behalf of cyclists.
Be there.
FYI DORC is going to be one of the 13 organizations so be sure to wear a dorc shirt and be ready to spread the word!
June 26th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Well I’m not going to be around and kind of made a quick scraper and spoke cards as fast as I could, I hope they can be useful.
June 28th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Spoke cards were a big hit. Scraper bike never made it to the party. Thanks to Alex.
The Shirts also were a big success. Thanks to Colin an Mike for that.
The Ping Pong table was the shit. People had fun playing - a few were really good. Thanks to Carol for getting the loan of that.
What else? People seemed really interested in the PISS Kart and video too.