Bike Music Festival in London in early June

A friend who is involved in the music festival and Burning Man scene passed this on to me, I'm posting it here in case the idea appeals, please contact the people mentioned below not me if anyone is interested in getting involved.

I'm writing from the Pleasant Revolution Bicycle Music Festival Tour 2010.

We are instigating a series of Bicycle Music Festivals this coming summer/fall throughout Europe, and we're looking for righteous organizer partners in London to help pull it off on June 5. I know it is soon and we'll adjust our ambitions accordingly!

We'll work together with the local organizer to produce a powerful, grassroots music festival unlike any your town has likely seen. In a nutshell, here's how we do it:

We provide a human powered stage and sound system, a live-on-bike mobile performance setup, 5 great acts for the festival, our consultation and experience in organizing BMFs, help with a local press kit, and some promotional materials.

We'll look to the local team to do publicity, volunteer organizing, fund raising, scheduling, route-planning, permitting, and finding the other acts. (What's involved: How to organize a bicycle music festival)

Once we have a committed lead organizer, we will begin to help plan the festival(s). Our intention is to suggest a framework based on our experience putting these festivals on, and then leave most of the planning in the hands of our local contact(s) since most of the details depend almost entirely on local knowledge. Our two goals:
throw a wild, love-filled party of righteous biking and music
inspire and help your community to create cycling music events in the future without us!

Is that something you'd like to take on? Or do you have ideas for an organizer? Are you interested in helping in any other way?

Thanks so much for your time, Romy!

peace,

Kipchoge

--
Pleasant Revolution
Bicycle Music Festival Tour, Europe 2010
www.gingerninjas.com/bmf
http://www.reverbnation.com/pleasantrevolution

From: Romy Boettger romyboettger@hotmail.com

Did anyone contact this group?

They are due in London on 5th June and I just wondered if anyone had offered to help them.

Zeb

Facebook page has been set up if you fancy spreading the word

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123110561046798&index=1

Definitely still looking for help along the way.

Cheers :)

Ben

Get those SPDs twitching, we're ready for you:

The Pleasant Revolution Bicycle Music Festival Tour follows in the tyre tracks of the San Francisco BMF—”the largest 100% bicycle-powered music festival in the world”—and the Ginger Ninjas’ globe trotting bike music shenanigans.

Taking place at several beautiful locations on a family friendly bike route across the city and ending at the Camden Green Fair, we're putting the poke back into your spokes.

Come and join us for a weekend of cycle power!

Saturday  5th June cycling order

09:00 - 10:00  Look Mum No Hands Bicycle  Cafe http://www.lookmumnohands.com/

11:00  - 13:00 London Fields [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Fields[/ame]

14:00  - 16:00 Stepping Stones City Farm http://www.steppingstonesfarm.co.uk/
 
17:00 - 19:00 Surrey Docks City Farm http://www.surreydocksfarm.org.uk/
 
21:00 till late: After party @ Pangea Project http://pangeaproject.co.uk/

Sunday 6th June wind down

Camden Green Fair Regents Park 12:00 - 19:00 http://www.camdengreenfair.org.uk/2010.html

Wherever next... Guerilla gigs around the capital

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For your listening pleasure we have:

Kipchoge and the Ginger Ninjas mind shaking love groove folk funk roots explosive international pedal powered mountain music for a pleasant revolution
http://www.gingerninjas.com/

The Genie is an avant-garde guitarist, performer, and musical pioneer best known to audiences for his ’scratch guitar’ shows, a unique performance involving live looping, slide guitar, beatboxing, unconventional syncopation, and various original techniques which he has crafted.
http://www.http://www.myspace.com/thegenie

CelloJoe: an anomaly in the world of cellists. By combining cello with beatboxing, he has created a unique genre: classical hip hop
http://www.reverbnation.com/cellojoe

Amanda Mora: Original songwriting blending shades of 20-40’s jazz and swing, folk, acoustic pop, Americana, and American roots music
http://www.myspace.com/amandamora

StitchCraft: a fanciful folk songwriter and elegant musical accompaniment characterized by soulful lyrics and melodious voice, played over flamenco, old time, and african inspired finger picking styles on guitar, mandolin and banjo.
http://www.myspace.com/stitchcraft

And lots, lots, lots more.

Get those SPDs twitching, we're ready for you:

The Pleasant Revolution Bicycle Music Festival Tour follows in the tyre tracks of the San Francisco BMF—”the largest 100% bicycle-powered music festival in the world”—and the Ginger Ninjas’ globe trotting bike music shenanigans.

Taking place at several beautiful locations on a family friendly bike route across the city and ending at the Camden Green Fair, we're putting the poke back into your spokes.

Come and join us for a weekend of cycle power!

Saturday  5th June cycling order

09:00 - 10:00  Look Mum No Hands Bicycle  Cafe http://www.lookmumnohands.com/

11:00  - 13:00 London Fields [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Fields[/ame]

14:00  - 16:00 Stepping Stones City Farm http://www.steppingstonesfarm.co.uk/
 
17:00 - 19:00 Surrey Docks City Farm http://www.surreydocksfarm.org.uk/
 
21:00 till late: After party @ Pangea Project http://pangeaproject.co.uk/

Sunday 6th June wind down

Camden Green Fair Regents Park 12:00 - 19:00 http://www.camdengreenfair.org.uk/2010.html

Wherever next... Guerilla gigs around the capital

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For your listening pleasure we have:

Kipchoge and the Ginger Ninjas mind shaking love groove folk funk roots explosive international pedal powered mountain music for a pleasant revolution
http://www.gingerninjas.com/

The Genie is an avant-garde guitarist, performer, and musical pioneer best known to audiences for his ’scratch guitar’ shows, a unique performance involving live looping, slide guitar, beatboxing, unconventional syncopation, and various original techniques which he has crafted.
http://www.http://www.myspace.com/thegenie

CelloJoe: an anomaly in the world of cellists. By combining cello with beatboxing, he has created a unique genre: classical hip hop
http://www.reverbnation.com/cellojoe

Amanda Mora: Original songwriting blending shades of 20-40’s jazz and swing, folk, acoustic pop, Americana, and American roots music
http://www.myspace.com/amandamora

StitchCraft: a fanciful folk songwriter and elegant musical accompaniment characterized by soulful lyrics and melodious voice, played over flamenco, old time, and african inspired finger picking styles on guitar, mandolin and banjo.
http://www.myspace.com/stitchcraft

And lots, lots, lots more.

Get those SPDs twitching, we're ready for you:

The Pleasant Revolution Bicycle Music Festival Tour follows in the tyre tracks of the San Francisco BMF—”the largest 100% bicycle-powered music festival in the world”—and the Ginger Ninjas’ globe trotting bike music shenanigans.

Taking place at several beautiful locations on a family friendly bike route across the city and ending at the Camden Green Fair, we're putting the poke back into your spokes.

Come and join us for a weekend of cycle power!

Saturday  5th June cycling order

09:00 - 10:00  Look Mum No Hands Bicycle  Cafe http://www.lookmumnohands.com/

11:00  - 13:00 London Fields [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Fields[/ame]

14:00  - 16:00 Stepping Stones City Farm http://www.steppingstonesfarm.co.uk/
 
17:00 - 19:00 Surrey Docks City Farm http://www.surreydocksfarm.org.uk/
 
21:00 till late: After party @ New Lansdowne Club, 195 Mare Street, Hackney

Sunday 6th June wind down

Camden Green Fair Regents Park 12:00 - 19:00 http://www.camdengreenfair.org.uk/2010.html

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For your listening pleasure we have:

Kipchoge and the Ginger Ninjas mind shaking love groove folk funk roots explosive international pedal powered mountain music for a pleasant revolution
http://www.gingerninjas.com/

The Genie is an avant-garde guitarist, performer, and musical pioneer best known to audiences for his ’scratch guitar’ shows, a unique performance involving live looping, slide guitar, beatboxing, unconventional syncopation, and various original techniques which he has crafted.
http://www.http://www.myspace.com/thegenie

CelloJoe: an anomaly in the world of cellists. By combining cello with beatboxing, he has created a unique genre: classical hip hop
http://www.reverbnation.com/cellojoe

Amanda Mora: Original songwriting blending shades of 20-40’s jazz and swing, folk, acoustic pop, Americana, and American roots music
http://www.myspace.com/amandamora

StitchCraft: a fanciful folk songwriter and elegant musical accompaniment characterized by soulful lyrics and melodious voice, played over flamenco, old time, and african inspired finger picking styles on guitar, mandolin and banjo.
http://www.myspace.com/stitchcraft

And lots, lots, lots more..

This sounds interesting, but not entirely sure what it is.

Bicycle Music Festival London (June 5 - 6) Update

Sixteen Bands Four Comedians, Innumerable Performance Artists at Five venues
across London, transported and powered by pedal power this is the Bicycle Music
Festival London happening this Weekend 5 & 6th June.

Come and join the band you can either start from the beginning or join at any
point along the way coming to the venue or cycling with as we move from venue to
venue.

We are still looking for volunteers to help Marshall and would love to hear from
people who are intending to come so that we can estimate the numbers

The venues are

Saturday 5 June
9:00 - 10:00 Kick-off for breakfast in Islington at Look Mum No Hands Bicycle
Cafe 49 Old St

11:00 - 13:00 On to London Fields, Hackney

14:00 - 16:00 Stepping Stones Farm, Stepney

17:00 - 19:00 Surrey Docks City Farm

21:00 – After Party at 195 Mare Street E8

Sunday 6 June
12:00 - 19:00 Camden Green Fair Regents Park

Links
BMF London on Facebook http://www.tinyurl.com/pleasantlondon
BMF Tour website: http://www.pleasantrevolution.net/about-this-blog/

Contact:
E-mail bmflondon@gmail.com
Telephone 07940 121 513

The Bicycle Music Festival London is a volunteer-led organisation inspired by
the example of Pleasant Revolution to set the BMF up as an annual event.

I got a random text message asking me whether I wanted to play records at this.

Whomever 'Ben' is, could do with calling me / texting again, cos I didn't recognise your number and it's not a number on the forum persons fone thread...

Snowy,

I'll get Ben to phone you he is one of my colleagues organising the festival.

Zeb

Apologies.. wasn't me, I think that 'Ben' was your housemate. He told me he was going to ask if you wanted to play.

I'll ask him for your phone number later this evening.

Cheers,

Ben

I got a random text message asking me whether I wanted to play records at this.

Whomever 'Ben' is, could do with calling me / texting again, cos I didn't recognise your number and it's not a number on the forum persons fone thread...

Ah, so it's a moving festival. Sounds fun. Bikes, music, alcohol. In.

I think I need to check this out at some point this weekend. Might make a nice finish-up for the Cambridge ride once the participants make it back to london.

^ i was thinking the same thing, but I don't think mrs conker will be very happy with 2 bike related things in 1 weekend!

I haz little'uns this weekend, so as it's on the Thames Path we can do the Surrey Docks part of the festival without any hassles.

Count us in. ;-)

The Bicycle Music Festival will be happening again this year on the weekend of 4&5 June anyone interested in being involved should contact the London Bicycle Music Festival at BMFLondon(at)gmail.com.

Zeb