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'''Bikes, Blues, and BBQ''' (alternatively named '''Bikes, Blues, and Barbecue''', or abbreviated '''BBB''') is an annual [[motorcycle rally]] that takes place in [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]] during the last weekend in September, and usually goes from Wednesday through the weekend (except in 2007, when the event ran from October 3 to October 6). It began in 2000. The center of the rally is [[Dickson Street]], the downtown bar street just a few blocks from the [[University of Arkansas]] campus and host of the [[Walton Arts Center]]. |
'''Bikes, Blues, and BBQ''' (alternatively named '''Bikes, Blues, and Barbecue''', or abbreviated '''BBB''') is an annual [[motorcycle rally]] that takes place in [[Fayetteville, Arkansas]] during the last weekend in September, and usually goes from Wednesday through the weekend (except in 2007, when the event ran from October 3 to October 6). It began in 2000. The center of the rally is [[Dickson Street]], the downtown bar street just a few blocks from the [[University of Arkansas]] campus and host of the [[Walton Arts Center]]. |
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== Background == |
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The event begins every year with a ride into the city through the [[Ozark Mountains]] and is billed as the "Largest US Charity Rally" <ref name = 'bbbbq010'> {{cite web |url = http://bikeweeknews.blogspot.com/2010/03/bikes-blues-bbq-largest-us-charity.html |accessdate = 2010-10-02 |title = Bikes Blues & BBQ "Largest US Charity Rally"}}</ref>, supporting a large number of local charities. In 2006 and 2007, the event raised $100,000 (an estimated $0.25-$0.30 per attendee); in 2008 charitable contributions were suspended despite record attendance <ref name = 'bbbbq011'> {{cite web |url = http://www.fayettevilleflyer.com/2009/11/17/bikes-blues-bbq-resumes-charity-donations/ |accessdate = 2010-10-02| title=Bikes, Blues & BBQ resumes charity donations}}</ref>. In 2009 contributions totalled $48,500, or approximately $0.15 per attendee. In the 2010 press release announcing the organization had raised a total of $80,000 from 400,000 attendees, its director Nelson Driver was quoted as saying “This is what it’s all about." <ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.bikesbluesandbbq.org/?p=1413|publisher=Bikes Blues & BBQ Official Site |
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|title= BBB Announces Charitable Giving for 2010}}</ref> |
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Exact statistics are not known because there is no entrance fee and Bikes Blues and BBQ is an "open" rally. Its organizers have dubbed the event the fastest-growing motorcycle rally in the world.<ref> |
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|url=http://www.thetraveleronline.com/news/2004/10/01/Lifestyles/Bikes.Blues.Bbq.Line.Dickson.Street.In.Annual.Event-738235.shtml |
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|publisher=The Arkansas Traveler |
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|title=Bikes, Blues, BBQ line Dickson Street in annual event |
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|author=Tara Muck}}</ref> growing from a reported 200,000 participants in 2004, 300,000 in 2005, between 300,000 and 400,000 participants from all [[U.S. state|fifty states]] and several other countries in 2006 and 2007<ref name='bbbbq06'> |
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|url=http://www.bikesbluesandbbq.org/article_2006-review.html |
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|publisher=Bikes Blues & BBQ Official Site cache |
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|accessdate=2007-02-28 |
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|title=Bikes, Blues & BBQ 2006 Review |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070621053451/http://www.bikesbluesandbbq.org/article_2006-review.html |archivedate = 2007-06-21}} |
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{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.lightningcustoms.com/bikesbluesandbbq.html |
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|publisher=Lightning Customs |
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|title=General Bikes Blues and BBQ Info}}</ref>, and 400,000 in 2008, 2009, and 2010.<ref name="bikesbluesandbbq.org">http://www.bikesbluesandbbq.org/bikes/bikes.htm</ref> |
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The 2009 rally, which occurred on September 23–26, 2009, was the 10th anniversary of the Bikes, Blues, and Barbeque.<ref name="bikesbluesandbbq.org" /><ref>http://www.bikesbluesandbbq.org/about/welcome.htm</ref> Several special events and activities beyond the normal ones took place in commemoration of the 10 years. A sister festival, Bikes Babes and Bling, was first held July 1-3 2010, also in Fayetteville. The City of Fayetteville provided subsidies to both the 2010 and 2011 Bikes Babes and Bling festivals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fayettevilleflyer.com/2010/03/29/ap-funding-request-deadline-is-this-thursday-april-1/| |accessdate=2011-06-14 |title=A&P funding request deadline is this Thursday, April 1}}</ref> In 2010 the sister festival drew approximately 5000 participants; the Northwest Arkansas Times reported that "only a few dozen people" were at the site midday on the main day of the 2011 festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2011/jun/12/low-turnout-bikes-babes-bling/ |date=2011-06-12 |accessdate = 2011-06-14| publisher = NWAOnline |title = Low Turnout For Bikes, Babes & Bling (free registration required) |author = Chris Freiberg}} |
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In addition to the rally, there are many bands, a parade, a bike show, a bike giveaway, barbecues, the Bikes, Blues, and BBQ Babes contest, and many other official and unofficial events. The rally has been said by many to be second only to [[Sturgis Motorcycle Rally|Sturgis]].<ref>http://thebiguns.blogspot.com/2005/09/bikes-blues-bbq-and-biguns.html</ref><ref>http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=9075808&nav=menu151_2_6</ref><ref>http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/66111/</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:41, 30 September 2011
Bikes, Blues, and BBQ (alternatively named Bikes, Blues, and Barbecue, or abbreviated BBB) is an annual motorcycle rally that takes place in Fayetteville, Arkansas during the last weekend in September, and usually goes from Wednesday through the weekend (except in 2007, when the event ran from October 3 to October 6). It began in 2000. The center of the rally is Dickson Street, the downtown bar street just a few blocks from the University of Arkansas campus and host of the Walton Arts Center.
Background
The event begins every year with a ride into the city through the Ozark Mountains and is billed as the "Largest US Charity Rally" [1], supporting a large number of local charities. In 2006 and 2007, the event raised $100,000 (an estimated $0.25-$0.30 per attendee); in 2008 charitable contributions were suspended despite record attendance [2]. In 2009 contributions totalled $48,500, or approximately $0.15 per attendee. In the 2010 press release announcing the organization had raised a total of $80,000 from 400,000 attendees, its director Nelson Driver was quoted as saying “This is what it’s all about." [3]
Exact statistics are not known because there is no entrance fee and Bikes Blues and BBQ is an "open" rally. Its organizers have dubbed the event the fastest-growing motorcycle rally in the world.[4] growing from a reported 200,000 participants in 2004, 300,000 in 2005, between 300,000 and 400,000 participants from all fifty states and several other countries in 2006 and 2007[5], and 400,000 in 2008, 2009, and 2010.[6]
The 2009 rally, which occurred on September 23–26, 2009, was the 10th anniversary of the Bikes, Blues, and Barbeque.[6][7] Several special events and activities beyond the normal ones took place in commemoration of the 10 years. A sister festival, Bikes Babes and Bling, was first held July 1-3 2010, also in Fayetteville. The City of Fayetteville provided subsidies to both the 2010 and 2011 Bikes Babes and Bling festivals.[8] In 2010 the sister festival drew approximately 5000 participants; the Northwest Arkansas Times reported that "only a few dozen people" were at the site midday on the main day of the 2011 festival.[9]
In addition to the rally, there are many bands, a parade, a bike show, a bike giveaway, barbecues, the Bikes, Blues, and BBQ Babes contest, and many other official and unofficial events. The rally has been said by many to be second only to Sturgis.[10][11][12]
References
- ^ "Bikes Blues & BBQ "Largest US Charity Rally"". Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ "Bikes, Blues & BBQ resumes charity donations". Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ "BBB Announces Charitable Giving for 2010". Bikes Blues & BBQ Official Site. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
- ^ Tara Muck (2004-01-10). "Bikes, Blues, BBQ line Dickson Street in annual event". The Arkansas Traveler. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ "Bikes, Blues & BBQ 2006 Review". Bikes Blues & BBQ Official Site cache. Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2007-02-28. "General Bikes Blues and BBQ Info". Lightning Customs. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ a b http://www.bikesbluesandbbq.org/bikes/bikes.htm
- ^ http://www.bikesbluesandbbq.org/about/welcome.htm
- ^ "A&P funding request deadline is this Thursday, April 1". Retrieved 2011-06-14.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Chris Freiberg (2011-06-12). "Low Turnout For Bikes, Babes & Bling (free registration required)". NWAOnline. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
- ^ http://thebiguns.blogspot.com/2005/09/bikes-blues-bbq-and-biguns.html
- ^ http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=9075808&nav=menu151_2_6
- ^ http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/66111/
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