Festival Day

Bikeology Festival Day

June 19 is the ultimate day for velo-love in Edmonton and you are invited to Beaver Hills House Park, Jasper Ave + 105th St. at noon. Stay till 4 p.m. when we call it a day. Best of all, ITS FREE!

What is Bikeology? It is the science of how bike culture and velo-love can transform our lives and make our community stronger.

This festival is the result of some cycling folks noticing that the cycling community in Edmonton is quite segregated by type of cycling and wishing to offer a venue whereby all cyclists, indeed, everyone, can celebrate bicycles. For instance, the bike stores, the roadies, the fixies, the commuters, the couriers, the racers, the mountain bikers, the tourers all hang with their own kind. Sometimes the only common element is the bicycle even if, in each case, it’s use is somewhat different. It is also a recognition that Edmonton can provide similar cycling and bikey events that are available to other Canadians nationally, regardless of the climate, or, maybe, in spite of the climate.

After some deliberation, the Bikeology coordinators, or Bike Gears as we call ourselves, decided that we would hold events for Bike Month in and around the core of Edmonton, and our festival would remain at Beaver Hills House Park (105 Street and Jasper Avenue). We have chosen Beaver Hills House Park as it is a central location AND it has fabulous bike sculpture, made by Lynn Malin and Elizabeth Bowering Beauchamp. The sculpture consists of five stationary bicycles topped with poles and whirligigs, which are operated by pedaling. The bikes are constructed out of found iron objects such as bedsteads, gates, balcony railings and fabricated iron and steel components as well as actual bike parts.

Bikeology this year will be having many of the old favourites and some new events:

Local musicians powered by Solar Energy Society’s solar panels

Spoken word musings on the bicycle. With a reading from a play we hope to run next year during Bike Month

children’s entertainment

craft table for all-ages bike bling

local stores’ information booths

pedal powered smoothies

free mechanic tune ups

and eco fair

wide range of bike information and bike enthusiast to chat with

scavenger hunt

self-guided tours of historic downtown Edmonton

quizzes and prizes

more prizes!

Bring your bike, there’ll be plenty o’ bike parking AND free mechanical checks.

See you there!

 

 

Bikeology: Festival Day Itinerary June 19th, 2010

 

 

11:45          Welcome and thank you to cycling enthusiasts,

 

12:00         The music of Paula Kirman

 

12:20    Intro bike groups and shops

 

12:30    The music of Ben Disaster

 

12:50 Helmet fit – scavenger hunt intro – meet and greet mechanics – smoothies

 

1:10    The music of Kaley Bird and the Flock

 

1:30    Description of displays

Audience participation telling bicycle stories – talk to the kids’ entertainer

 

1:40    The music of  La Escalada de Samba de Edmonton

 

2:00    Anna Marie – Bike Nic Poet Extraordinaire

 

2:15     The music of Brian MacLeod

 

2:35    Bicycle loading on Bus racks demonstration and race

 

2:50 Trials riders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zgx992B2T8

 

3:15    The music of Paul Bellows

 

3:40 Announcement of scavenger hunt winner

Big Thank You!

Reminder about the last free bicycle movies at Metro Cinema

 

Reminder of the remaining bicycle play, Spokesong, times