April 30, Thursday
Tour de Fat Battle of the Bands - New Belgium Brewing is working with ReverbNation and Motorco to put on a Battle of the Bands. On April 30th, 6-8 Local Bands will hit the stage at Motorco and attendees will vote for 2 of those bands to play at the Tour de Fat pre-party on June 18th. The winner of that second round gets 50 minutes on the Main Stage at Tour de Fat June 20th at Diamondview Park in Durham in front of an estimated crowd of 6000.
Details:
The first round of the battle begins April 30 with six to eight Artists.
Two of those Artists will move on to the second round on June 18.
One of those Artists will perform at the Tour de Fat on June 20.
The event headliners of past years have included Reggie Watts, Devotchka, Beats Antique, Futurebirds, Blind Pilot, and Mucca Pazza.
Compensation negotiable upon acceptance.
About The Event
Tour de Fat is New Belgium Brewing Co’s traveling celebration of all things bicycle, honoring mankind’s greatest invention. Born in Fort Collins, Colorado, to increase awareness and participation in cycling as a sustainable form of transportation, Tour de Fat has grown into a national rite of passage for cycling advocates and bon vivants alike.Opening each show with a costumed bike parade through the host city, Tour de Fat celebrates the power of the bike by encouraging everyone to embrace their inner-cyclist and ride the streets as a rolling carnival of creativity like a 1000 person dance contest to win a bikes and a car-for-bike trade. Tour de Fat has been putting the Hilarity in Charity for 15 years: together with it’s local cycling organization partners we have raised over $4 million dollars to advance bicycle causes locally and nationally.
May 2, SaturdayThe event starts at 7, bands start at 8 PM - you can read more at their facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/events/715897855197608/
Bull City Bike Fest at Solite Park - The event runs from 9 am until 12 noon at Solite Park, 4704 Fayetteville Road in Durham, NC. Scheduled activities include music, pump track stunt riders, pump track challenges, organized rides along the American Tobacco Trail, Gateway mountain bike trail rides, bicycle safety checks, face painting and a bicycle decoration station for the kids, and a kid’s bike parade. UNC and Duke cycling teams will be present.
This event is sponsored by Performance Bicycle in partnership with Durham Parks and Recreation.
For more information visit www.performancebike.com/bullcitybikefest.
The Durham Bike Co-op will be tabling at this event. Helmets will be provided: $10 for adults, free for children and youth under 18.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Greg Garneau at greg.garneau@gmail.comJune 20, Saturday
New Belgium Tour de Fat - The annual event begins with a costumed bicycle parade, ending at Diamond View Park.Entertainment includes musical performances, yo-yo entertainers, vaudeville acts, and a 1000 person Dance Contest to win a New Belgium Cruiser Bike. New features this year include a new Le Tigre Grande variety tent and Sputnik mobile stage. The day concludes with car-for-bike swappers who agree to give up driving for one year;
For more information or to volunteer, contact Rob Walpole at robwalpole@nc.rr.com and Debbie West at durhambikecoop.treasurer@gmail.comWhat memories do you have of past DBC events?
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