2008 Tour de Fat - Lumbering it's way towards Austin

Looks like the Tour de Fat is coming to town in a few short weeks. This is a big all-day event with a bike parade, music acts, performers, beer, and even a bicycle give-away! Check the itinerary from the site:

9:00am
BIKE CRUISE-ADE
REGISTRATION BEGINS

10:00am
BIKE PARADE DEPARTS

11:00am
RIDERS RETURN FROM BIKE PARADE, HUNKER DOWN, TAP THE KEGS AND LET THE FESTIVUS BEGIN

11:00am-11:15am (Bicycle Revival Stage)
WELCOME ANNOUNCEMENTS, HOUSE RULES, and INTRODUCTIONS

1:15pm-11:45pm (Bicycle Revival Stage)
Scot Nery – Pancake Juggler

11:45pm-12:15pm (Bicycle Revival Stage)
ACT #1 “SLOW DOWN or THROW DOWN”: Annual Slow Ride Competition

12:15pm-1:15pm (Longhorn Music Stage)
1st BAND: PAPERBIRD

1:15pm-1:45pm (Bicycle Revival Stage)
ACT #2: “Carpocalypse Now”: Funeral Procession & Puppet Show
Culminating in Ecstatic Commuter Bike Raffle

1:45pm-2:45pm (Longhorn Music Stage)

Squirm Burpee Circus
(Nery & Burpee will host Juggling Camp at 3pm)

2:45pm-3:15pm ACT 3: “Would you Trade Your Car for a Bike?” (Bicycle Revival Stage)
Car for Bike Trade

3:15pm-4:00pm (Bicycle Revival Stage)
2nd BAND: Mucca Pazza

4:00pm “THANKS FOR COMING TO TOUR DE FAT!”

October 18, 2008
Location: Fiesta Garden

I missed this last year but no way I'm missing this one. Funds raised benefit the
Yellow Bike Project, Austin Cycling Association, and Austin Ridge Riders.

See y'all there!