“If you’ve ever imagined what a post peak-oil San Francisco Ecotopia sun festival might look like and feel like, the Bicycle Music Festival is pretty much that.” ~Gabe Dominguez
Here’s a great article/interview with BMF founders Gabe Dominguez and Paul Freedman about the upcoming Bicycle Music Festival SF 2010!
Thanks to Sona Avakian of SF Events Examiner!
Pedal-Powered Music Coming Your Way
July 31
By Sona Avakian, SF Events Examiner
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If you’ve ever wanted to ride your bike through the city listening to live music (and who hasn’t?) July 31 is your next chance. This is the fourth year of the Bicycle Musical Festival, an outgrowth of Rock the Bike and it’s doubled in size each year. The festival is a roving, roaming troupe of merry musicians and all their music is powered by bicycle. Nothing is plugged in, no money goes to PG&E and no pollution is created. This year’s festival begins at noon at Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park with (among others) Diana Gameros, a puppet show and Sean Hayes. Then a LiveOnBike bicycle parade across the city will bring the festivities to Showplace Triangle at Sixteenth and Wisconsin Streets where The Derailleurs, Manicato and many more bands will play. Check here for the full schedule.
I met Paul Freedman aka Fossil Fool, Rock the Bike’s founder and the Bike Festival’s co-founder/director at a mutual friend’s barbecue this past Fourth of July. I quickly hit him and co-founder/director Gabe Dominguez up for interviews.
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• Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Bicycle Music Festival is supported by some really amazing sponsors. We thank these businesses for contributing to their communities and helping this event be the best San Francisco BMF ever!
Rock The Bike * A group of inventors and advocates working away in a sweet little workshop in Berkeley, California, pushing the limits of bike culture.
“Our dream is to help spread the spirit of the bike into the broader culture by organizing, entertaining, inspiring, educating, and inventing new ways to get the message out there. And more importantly, we help our customers spread the message in their communities.” www.rockthebike.com
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Trader Joe’s * We are so glad to have Trader Joe’s on board, supporting the Bicycle Music Festival vision and feeding the hungry pedaling masses! Thanks Trader Joe’s!
www.traderjoes.com
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Zellerbach Family Foundation * The mission of the Zellerbach Family Foundation is to be a catalyst for constructive social change by initiating and investing in efforts that strengthen families and communities. www.zellerbachfamilyfoundation.org
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• Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Bicycle Music Festival has been awarded a Community Arts Grant from the Zellerbach Family Foundation.
“The Mission of the Zellerbach Family Foundation is to be a catalyst for constructive social change by initiating and investing in efforts that strengthen families and communities.”
Many thanks to the Zellerbach Family and the Foundation for supporting bicycle music, from the community, by the community, and for the community.
• Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
San Francisco’s City Commissioner Ross Mirkarimi and the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco have honored the Bicycle Music Festival with the City’s highest commendation: The Certificate of Honor.
BMF thanks Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and the Board of Supervisors for this great honor!
Did you know that BMF acquired its Nonprofit Status this year?
The Bicycle Music Festival is now a 501(c)3 project of the San Francisco Parks Trust http://www.sfpt.org.
San Francisco Parks Trust is dedicated to providing leadership and support for San Francisco parks, recreation centers, and open spaces.
We at BMF are so grateful to be a part of such a great project and we look forward to our future work together!
This means that your donations are TAX-DEDUCTIBLE! Yes!!
Please support the festival by making your donation Here.
Thank you to all of our current and future sponsors.
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By Stephen Irving
Momentum Magazine
May 2009
Looking for an excuse to head to San Francisco for Summer Solstice? Why not check out the 2009 Bicycle Music Festival (BMF), the largest 100 per cent bicycle-powered music festival in the world. The free, all-day – and late into the night – event rocks out in San Francisco on the Saturday closest to the longest day of the year, which this year falls on June 20. more…
• Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
Momentum Magazine
November 2008
“For those who love bikes and biking, the local cycle calendar is full of flavourful events. February brings Love on Wheels, the 1970s-style dating game and party hosted by the SFBC. Easter is the date set for the Bring Your Own Big Wheel Ride down Lombard, San Francisco’s “crookedest street.” In April, local cycling heroes are cheered at the SFBC’s Golden Wheel awards. May’s Bike to Work Day rewards tens of thousands of commuters with coffee, treats, and more at 25 energizer stations throughout the city. In June you can ride with the Bicycle Music Festival and help pedal their human-powered PA system. more…
• Thursday, November 06th, 2008
• Monday, June 30th, 2008
Bicycle Music Festival, San Francisco
By Krisztina Kun
Momentum Magazine
May 2008
The san francisco bicycle music festival combines two of the best parts of summer: open air concerts and riding around town with friends, creating a roving, interactive community celebration. On June 21, the longest day of the year, the festival starts at a Farmers’ Market and winds through the streets of San Francisco pumping music with a pedal-powered sound system. Stopping at parks throughout the afternoon, the ride becomes a sunset street party with stilt walkers and fire spinners, and ends at a converted auto body shop turned artists’ studio where the party continues until midnight. more…
