FFArtRide: Main Street Electric Light Bike Parade March 6
The Main Street Electric Bike Parade and First Friday ArtRide Friday March 6. Join us at 5:15pm at the City of Ventura San Jon Road Maintenance Yard just off San Jon Road near Thompson and Chrisman. Park your bike for free and whheeeee down San Jon to the bike path where we’ll head toward the pier and the Artists Union Gallery. 
Folks running late can park there for a small fee and meet us at the Union–you can even grab a quick beer at Aloha–happy hour until 6pm–but we’ll be gone on the bike path by then! Map to be added to this post soon. We’ll ride along the promenade bike path for sunset (5:54pm) then up along the river to Main Street. From Main we’ll ride up the Avenue for a stop at Bell Arts where we’ll be greeted by MB Hanrahan‘s new mural outside the building.
From there, who knows? But you’ll probably find us riding along Main with a few stops along the way including the Red Brick Gallery’s grand re-opening in their new location! We’ll maybe stop at Anacapa for a beer and a bite or maybe Spencer Mackenzie’s. Be su
re to have your lights! It gets dark at 6:48pm.
Need a light? Art Predator’s got you covered! I ordered 200 blinky lights: stars, fire engines, bikes, bunny ears, red heart necklaces! Plus lighted headboppers and other fun stuff! Bring $5 and take your pick of any two pieces. California law requires a white light in front, a red light in back and reflectors. Learn more here.
Join us at the KidsArts ArtBarn Thursday night March 5from 7-10pm as we decorate and light our bikes! Choose your blinking light accessories! Bring your flat tires and tubes and lights to afix and we’ll help you out–David’s got his Makita all charged and raring to help you! We’ll be outside s dress accordingly. I’ll bring some hot drinks and cookies, too–will you?
Here’s a YouTube of the classic 1970s parade transferred from Super 8 with the original music to get you even more in the mood!
I wish I could be rolling, blinking and glowing right along with you!
i hope this will be legal and no nipples will be exposed…
i believe a permit is required for more than 4 riders, too
thank you for your concerns, concerned citizen.
it will be up to the nipples whether they achieve escape velocity and how quickly they are caught by the person the nipples usually show up on
and of course there won’t be more than 4 riders–just my family of 3
of course you never know who might independently decide that it’s a good idea to ride from art space to art space as opposed to driving which is what most people do. do they require a permit for a parade of cars going from site to site?
and kimmie, try to arr to be around the first Friday!
Concerned citizen, I am so glad you decided to join us on the ride and see for yourself!
A good time was had by all! (and now to move this window out of the way and move onto other bizneess)