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Upcoming Events Listings If you're looking for something to do, or trying to plan a vacation with a fun filled event or concert to coincide with your time off; we thought we'd put together a good listing of the major events, concerts and festivals around North America that might grab your attention. Most of these events would be more enjoyable with an RV in tow so you don't have to worry about lodging or hotels booking up too fast. One thing you want to remember is if you are planning on attending any of these sure to be fun times, make sure you have tickets, campground information and the details far in advance. Many sell out months before the actual event takes place. If the event has a website, we have provided a link to their site in the listing. If you have a event that you'd like listed, feel free to shoot us an email and if we think it fits this genre of fun living, we'll post it up here. If you know of an event we haven't listed and think it might be up our alley, feel free to let us know and maybe we can head on over to cover it for the site. January Winter X Games 2011 - ESPN's 15th season of wild, winter antics invade Aspen Official Site: www.espn.go.com/action/ February Super Bowl 2011 Sunday February 6th - Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas Cedar Key Star Party - February 8th - 13th - Cedar Key, Florida - Cedar Key Museum State Park is hosting Public Stargazing and Slide Shows Monday, February 8 and Friday, February 12. The slide show begins at 7:00 p.m. with stargazing to follow. Light refreshments will be served. There is no charge for this event. Daytona 500 NASCAR Race 2011 February 20th, Daytona Beach, FL - The Daytona 500, nicknamed “The Great American Race,” is the biggest, richest and most prestigious race in America and one every fan must experience in person. The Daytona 500 is a culmination of DIRECTV Speedweeks, a 10-day festival of speed which includes the Camping World 300 Nationwide Series race, the Chevy Silverado 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, the Gatorade Duel At Daytona qualifying races, the Budweiser Shootout, ARCA 200 ARCA RE/MAX Series race and Daytona 500 Qualifying Official Site: www.daytona500.com Billetproof Florida 2010 February 27th - Gainesville, FL - The Billetproof Car Shows are unique in a way their rules allow cars to enter the show. Here are a few of the rules - 1964 and prior TRADITIONAL style rods and customs ONLY, No visible billet anything! Especially wheels!, No digital gauges, No trailered cars, No mag wheels made after the 60's, Traditional looking choppers and bobbers ONLY! (No modern West Coast Choppers, OCC style bikes) - For car buffs, these shows are a unique way to see the cars the way they were, or restored with unique parts that had to be found or salvaged. Check out our Billetproof Gallery from when we attended the show in Michigan in 2006 - Official Site: www.billetproof.com March Daytona Bike Week 2011 March 4th - 14th - Daytona Beach, FL - The "World's Largest Motorcycle Event" rolls into Daytona Beach for 10 days featuring motorcycle shows, exhibits, concerts, racing at Daytona International Speedway and street festivals. Bike Week has been designated a Southeast Tourism Society Top 20 Event. Comparable to Sturgis, only with palm trees and a salt water beach to cool off in. Mardi Gras 2011 March 8th - New Orleans, LA - Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the final day of Carnival, which begins on the Feast of the Epiphany, Jan. 6. Also known as Kings' Day or Twelfth Night, Jan. 6 celebrates the arrival of the three kings at Jesus' birthplace, thus ending the Christmas season. And in New Orleans, simultaneously starting Carnival. This festival of fun finds its roots in various pagan celebrations of spring, dating back 5,000 years. In New Orleans, the last few days leading up to Fat Tuesday are the rowdiest and best to attend if you only have a short time to visit. Plan on lots of people, being on your feet for many hours at a time, and seeing lots of breasts! Iditarod 2010 March 6th-10th Wasilla, AK - You can’t compare it to any other competitive event in the world! A race over 1150 miles of the roughest, most beautiful terrain Mother Nature has to offer. She throws jagged mountain ranges, frozen river, dense forest, desolate tundra and miles of windswept coast at the mushers and their dog teams. Add to that temperatures far below zero, winds that can cause a complete loss of visibility, the hazards of overflow, long hours of darkness and treacherous climbs and side hills, and you have the Iditarod. A race extraordinaire, a race only possible in Alaska
Tecate
SCORE San Felipe 250 2010 - March 12th - 14th - San
Felipe, Baja California, Mexico - The 2nd race of the SCORE summer
series building up to the Baja 1000 in Mexico April Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival - April 9th - 11th, Ponchatoula, LA - 3 days to eat as many strawberries as possible. For over 30 years, the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival has provided a venue as the largest fundraiser for non-profit and charitable organizations. The festival prides itself as being one of the only festivals in which non-profit organizations are the only vendors on the official festival grounds. From the Strawberry Festival's humble beginning; it has "blossomed" into a Louisiana celebration second only to Mardi Gras in its magnitude. We are the second largest free festival in the state. Music, Games, Enough food to feed an Army and good wholesome people to share the experience with Cajun Hot Sauce Festival - April 9th - 11th, New Iberia, LA - 3 days of wholesome cooking, local music and some of the best cajun food in the state. Country Thunder 2010 April 14th - 17th - Florence, AZ - Week long Country Music festival with Camping and good music in warm Arizona sunshine. Featuring Keith Urban, Kid Rock, Miranda Lambert, Willie Nelson, Gary Allan, Neal McCoy, Kevin Costner & Modern West, Jo Dee Messina, Big Kenny, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Gloriana, Randy Houser, The Grascals, Trailer Choir, Kate & Kacey, Collin Raye, Jason Jones, Love & Theft, with additional acts to be announced as the date gets closer. Official Site: www.countrythunder.com Overland EXPO Event 2010 - April 16th - 18th - 2nd Annual Overland EXPO where there will be 35 different classes & seminars to teach one the needed skills to navigate the Globe, 65+ exhibitors ~ 4WD & adventure motorcycles, Music & Food, 1000s of Overlanders from around the world on hand to rub elbows with. Onsite & nearby camping for everyone. Kids are free, daycare free for packages Coachella Music Festival 2010 April 16th - 18th, Indio, CA - 3 days of amazing music in beautiful California sunshine. One of the best of the best music festivals in the country Official Site: www.coachella.com Mississippi Coast Crawfish Festival - April 15th - 18th & April 22nd - 25th - Biloxi, Mississippi - The annual event, held successfully for 17 years, includes delicious food, spectacular rides, challenging games, unique vendors, and top name musical entertainment. It's no wonder it has been recognized by the Southeast Tourism Society as one of the top 20 events in the Southeast! The festival draws crowds from three states, and averages 50,000 guests during its two weekend, eight-day run.. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2010 April 23rd - 30th & May 1st - 2nd - New Orleans , LA - From the very beginning, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival was envisioned as an important event that would have great cultural significance and popular appeal. The Festival was the culmination of years of discussions and efforts by city leaders who wanted to create an event worthy of the city’s legacy as the birthplace of jazz 44th Annual Old Florida Celebration of the Arts - April 24th - 25th - Cedar Key Florida - Make a date with Cedar Key and enjoy sauntering down Historic 2nd Street while enjoying fine art from a very select group of incredibly talented artists. Featuring award-winning fine art, paintings, sculptures, jewelry, crafts, ceramics, textiles, photography, and more. All this while taking in tasty fresh local seafood from our casual and fine dining seaside restaurants, and beautiful coastal scenery in this unforgettable Old Florida setting. Stagecoach Country Festival 2010 April 24th - 25th, Indio, CA - Alongside the wide variety of musical options--the critically acclaimed gathering features artists from the genres of mainstream country, bluegrass, folk, roots rock and alt-country in three performance areas--concert-goers will experience a weekend of fun for the entire family. STAGECOACH also includes a leading BBQ competition and expanded camping area with amenities exclusive to campers - Official Site: www.stagecoachfestival.com May Memphis Blues Festival 2010 - April 30th, May 1st & 2nd - Memphis, TN - The Beale Street Music Festival has been nominated for a Concert Industry Award for the Music Festival of The Year, and was named by Playboy Magazine as one of the Fun 2000 events - a "must-do list" for the new millennium. The Beale Street Music Festival also hosted media such as VH1, Rolling Stone, MTV, Billboard, Cashbox, Pollstar, National Geographic, the BBC and dozens of other national publications, international television networks and blues publications. Kentucky Derby 2010 May 1st - Louisville, KY - The Kentucky Derby is a stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged yearly in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. For over 136 years the Kentucky Derby has been everyone's race - from the dapper men and beautiful women, all in hats and sipping on frosty mint juleps, to the laid-back infield crowd who picnic on fried chicken and toss around Frisbees. - Official Site: www.kentuckyderby.info
Dirt, Sweat
& Gears Mountain Bike Festival - May 14th 2011 - The main
event for the weekend will be the 12 hr endurance mountain bike race.
Riders will compete against each other, the clock and most important of
all themselves. After a LeMans start, riders will race the 10 mile
course on a mix of flat and fast field trails, rolling double track and
tight and technical single track that has a total elevation gain of +/-
1500′. Billetproof 2010 May 15th - Ypsilanti, MI - The Billetproof Car Shows are unique in a way their rules allow cars to enter the show. Here are a few of the rules - 1964 and prior TRADITIONAL style rods and customs ONLY, No visible billet anything! Especially wheels!, No digital gauges, No trailered cars, No mag wheels made after the 60's, Traditional looking choppers and bobbers ONLY! (No modern West Coast Choppers, OCC style bikes) - For car buffs, these shows are a unique way to see the cars the way they were, or restored with unique parts that had to be found or salvaged. Check out our Billetproof Gallery from when we attended the show in Michigan in 2006 - Official Site: www.billetproof.com Bishop Mule Days 2010 May 24th - 29th - Bishop, CA - Every year during the Memorial Day Weekend, more than 700 mules compete in 181 events at the Bishop Mule Days Celebration. There is no way to actually describe Mule Days. It is part mule show, part test of skills, and part Wild West show but check out our Mule Days Gallery from when we attended back in 2008. Set in the heart of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, the scenery is enough to make us want to go back but add the excitement and the fun we had and it's well worth it. Official Site: www.muledays.org 5th Annual Rock Bottom Chuck Wagon Races 2010 - May 28th - 29th, Northern Arkansas - Annual Chuck Wagon Race held on the Rock Bottom Ranch owned by Mike Fowler and his wonderful Family. Great people who put on one hell of a fun weekend! If you've never seen this style of racing, pack up the camper and bring along some friends for a weekend filled with excitement and good wholesome fun. Check out our Rock Bottom Chuck Wagon Race Gallery for tons of great shots from when we attended back in 2007 & again in 2009 - Official Site: www.rockbottomchuckwagonraces.com Indy 500 2010 May 30th - Indianapolis, IN - Grand Daddy of Indy races at the Brickyard. Cindy and I attended the Indy 500 one year, and you cant imagine how fast and loud these rockets are. You have to see them to believe it! June TEVA Mountain Games 2010 June 3rd - 6th - Vail, CO - Professional and amateur outdoor adventure athletes from the Vail Valley and around the world will converge upon the mountains and rivers of Vail to compete in seven sports and ten disciplines including: freestyle and extreme kayaking, kayak and raft paddlecross, bouldering, speed and dyno climbing, mountain bike freeride, big air, cross country, and road racing, as well as trail running, and the GNC Ultimate Mountain Challenge BamaJam Music & Arts Festival 2010 - June 3rd - 5th - Enterprise Alabama - The Verizon Wireless BamaJam Music and Arts Festival is a 3-day / 3-night music extravaganza on June 3 – 5, 2010 created to celebrate the human spirit through music and arts and to provide financial support to help serve the needs of the people of Coffee County and the surrounding area. They offer a large RV Camping area for those of us traveling via Rolling Homes. Official Site: www.bamajammusicfestival.com 42nd Tecate SCORE Baja 500 2010 June 4th - 6th - San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico - The 3rd of 4 SCORE Desert Series races building up to the Baja 1000, which features 28 Pro and six Sportsman classes for cars, trucks, motorcycle and ATVs Billetproof 2010 June 5th - 6th - Giddings, TX - The Billetproof Car Shows are unique in a way their rules allow cars to enter the show. Here are a few of the rules - 1964 and prior TRADITIONAL style rods and customs ONLY, No visible billet anything! Especially wheels!, No digital gauges, No trailered cars, No mag wheels made after the 60's, Traditional looking choppers and bobbers ONLY! (No modern West Coast Choppers, OCC style bikes) - For car buffs, these shows are a unique way to see the cars the way they were, or restored with unique parts that had to be found or salvaged. Check out our Billetproof Gallery from when we attended the show in Michigan in 2006 - Official Site: www.billetproof.com Bonnaroo 2010 June 10th - 13th - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo is a four-day music and camping festival held on a beautiful, 700-acre farm in Manchester, TN, 60 miles southeast of Nashville. Check out our Bonnaroo Gallery from when we attended back in 2007 - Official site is: www.bonnaroo.com CMA Fest 2010 June 10th - 13th - Nashville, TN - CMA Fest is your one stop place to see all of Country Music's biggest stars all in the beautiful Nashville area. CMA Music Festival delivers the full range of concert experiences with equal parts nighttime fireworks and daytime sizzle. While the evening concerts at LP Field provide full-tilt excitement, the Daytime Stages offer a more intimate setting for daylong, non-stop music from your favorite hitmakers in Downtown Nashville. Make sure to check out our CMA Gallery from when we attended in 2007 Chicago Blues Festival 2010 June 11th - 13th - Chicago, IL - The Chicago Blues Festival is the largest free blues festival in the world and remains the largest of Chicago's Music Festivals. During three days on six stages, more than 640,000 blues fans prove that Chicago is the "Blues Capital of the World." Official Site: Click Here 88th Annual Greeley Stampede - June 25th - July 4th - Greeley, Colorado - The World's Largest 4th of July Rodeo and Western Celebration. The Greeley Stampede is rich in tradition and heritage, dating back to the late 1800s. This community celebration that began to honor local potato farmers has since grown into an internationally acclaimed festival, attracting 400,000 people annually. Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour June 27th - Dallas/Fort Worth, TX - The Red Bull X-Fighters makes its only American stop in Texas. If you've never seen one of these extreme motocross events, its worth making a trip to the Lone Star state for. Billetproof 2010 June 26th - 27th - Chehalis, WA - The Billetproof Car Shows are unique in a way their rules allow cars to enter the show. Here are a few of the rules - 1964 and prior TRADITIONAL style rods and customs ONLY, No visible billet anything! Especially wheels!, No digital gauges, No trailered cars, No mag wheels made after the 60's, Traditional looking choppers and bobbers ONLY! (No modern West Coast Choppers, OCC style bikes) - For car buffs, these shows are a unique way to see the cars the way they were, or restored with unique parts that had to be found or salvaged. Check out our Billetproof Gallery from when we attended the show in Michigan in 2006 - Official Site: www.billetproof.com July 7th Annual Clamamerica Celebration - July 4th - Cedar Key, Florida - Celebration in the City Park from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM. Exhibits, demonstrations, games, contests, clams and other food for the whole family. Clam bag races, clam hunts, cultured clam cook-off and live music in the waterfront park. Fireworks at dusk. Bring the whole family! Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo 2010 - July 20th - August 1st - Cheyenne, Wyoming - The Grand Daddy of Them All - Wyoming is one of the few remaining parts of the United States where you can get an up-close and personal glimpse of the true American West - this is, after all, the state where the myth of the cowboy was born. Frontier Days is one event that blends some of the Worlds Top Musical Talent with the Worlds Top Rodeo Stars. This one event is something you could bring the entire family to and in the course of a week spend the entire time being fully entertained right in the town of Cheyenne. Make sure you visit our Cheyenne Frontier Days Gallery from 2009 when Cindy and I attended. Country Thunder 2010 July 22nd - 25th - Twin Lakes, WI - Week long Country Music festival with Camping and good music like the festival in Arizona in the spring, only this one is in Wisconsin and in the middle of the summer. Kenny Chesney, Sugarland, Miranda Lambert, Sawyer Brown, Jason Aldean, Billy Currington, Kevin Costner and Modern West, John Michael Montgomery, Big Kenny, Craig Morgan, Jo Dee Messina, Luke Bryan, Collin Raye, Eric Church, Randy Houser, David Nail, Gloriana, Trailer Choir, Jason Jones, Kate & Kacey are set to Headline this year's Big Event along with additional acts to be announced as the date gets closer. Official Site: www.countrythunder.com Summer X Games 2010 July 29th - August 1st - Los Angeles, CA - The X Games features athletes from across the globe competing for medals and prize money in the following sports: skateboarding, motocross, BMX and rally car racing August Lollapalooza 2010 August 6th - 8th - Chicago, IL - One of the big Music Festivals that started it all when the Grunge Scene was the thing. Lollapalooza in Chicago is more than just a concert. It is a musical, cultural, community experience, and is the first of its kind in this beautiful space. Grant Park is a jewel that the citizens of Chicago hold dear, and takes center stage as the star of this colossal show. Official Site: www.lollapalooza.com Bonneville Speed Week 2009 August 14th - 20th - Bonneville Salt Flats, UT - Bonneville Land Speed Racing is a unique sport that consists of very determined people who drive hot rods, roadsters, belly tankers, lakesters, motorcycles, streamliners, and even diesel trucks to "shoot the salt" in a simple quest to have their name added to the list of many record holders. Speed Week brings them all together to test their machines on the Salt. Sturgis Motorcycle Rally 2010 August 9th - 15th - Sturgis, SD - The Grand Daddy of all motorcycle events in North America. Just the word "Sturgis" captures the attention and imagination of the entire world of motorcycles. It was in 1936 that a small group of motorcycle enthusiasts founded the Jackpine Gypsies Motorcycle Club with the simply stated goal to ""promote motorcycle racing and touring." History has proven their dedication and accomplishments with 2009 marking the 71st Anniversary of that Jackpine Gypsy Championship race. Official Site: www.sturgis.com Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance 2010 August 15th, Pebble Beach, CA - The Concours is not a contest of speed, but of excellence. Automobiles and motorcycles are judged for their historical accuracy, their technical merit and their style. And the best garner reward and recognition. - Official Site: www.pebblebeachconcours.net BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials August - Bonneville Salt Flats, UT - The BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials continue to be solely dedicated to motorcycles. This event offers world and national record breaking opportunities. Top contenders in many classes, including streamliners, biding for the absolute world record, will be there. Everyone can have a shot at the course, you can 'Run Watcha Brung', or battle it out for records, cash or glory! Official Site: www.speedtrialsbybub.com Burning Man 2010 August 30th - September 6th - Black Rock Desert, Nevada - People who make the journey to the Black Rock Desert for one week out of the year become part of an experimental community, which challenges its members to express themselves and rely on themselves to a degree that is not normally encountered in one's day-to-day life. The result of this experiment is Black Rock City, home to the Burning Man event and one of the wildest parties known to man. - Official Site www.burningman.com September 15th SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 2010 September 10th - 12th - Primm, NV - The 4th race of the SCORE Desert Series races building up to the Baja 1000 in Baja Mexico October Bonneville World Finals 2010 October 6th - 9th - Bonneville Salt Flats, UT - Same as Speed Week, but rather than amateurs and everyday racers, the World Finals brings in racers from the world over to compete on the legendary white racetrack for the title of Fastest in the World - Official Site: www.scta-bni.org 41st Annual Cedar Key Seafood Festival - October 15th 17th - Cedar Key Florida - This major event features well over 200 arts and crafts exhibits, and great local seafood food in City Park. There will be live musical entertainment at several places around town during the days and nights, and a parade on Saturday morning. Fantasy Fest October 22nd - October 31st - Key West, FL - If you've never heard of Fantasy Fest in Key West, then you've probably been living under a rock for the past decade. This is another festival like Burning Man and Mardi Gras that is a MUST SEE for any traveler who enjoys their parties wild, and likes to get shed their clothing....LOL Plan on seeing lots of nudity and probably coming home with a different outlook on the Keys. November Concours d'Elegance 2010 November 5th - 7th - Hilton Head, SC - The first Sunday of November... the centerpiece of the Motoring Festival... the Concours d'Elegance. One Hundred and Fifty vintage vehicles, many of the finest in the world, will line the fields of Honey Horn, a historic Southern plantation, under the spreading oaks and flowing Spanish Moss characteristic of the South Carolina Lowcountry to compete for the coveted title of 'Best of Show.'
43rd
Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 2010 November 17th - 21st - Baja
California Sur, Mexico - The legendary race running from Ensenada to
Cabo San Lucas along the rough Baja Peninsula December
Earth First! We can Mine the Other Planets Later
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