Bike Ride is back!

SKAM's third annual mobile feast of live performances runs sunny Saturdays and Sundays, July 9,10 & 16,17. Ride your bike to over 15 professional (short) performances and stick around for a live music concert

Performances run continuously beginning at 3:30pm. Tours depart in small groups every 20 minutes. Tours see three short shows at a time and then return to the park. Each tour takes about 45 minutes. The last tour departs at 6:30pm.

Bike Ride happens at Cecilia Ravine Park, located on the Galloping Goose trail @ Burnside Rd E. Here you will find box office, bike rentals, bike décor. refreshments, and music.

Tickets

• $15 Adult (14+)
• $5 Child (10 to 13)
• Free for children under 10

Please note that to see all twelve short shows will take you about 3 hours. Two-day passes are available- $25 Adult, $5 Children.

Ticket Rocket Hotline 250 590 6291

What is Bike Ride?

Theatre SKAM’s annual summer project Bike Ride is an outdoor live performance festival event that is suitable for the whole family. Bike Ride is a series of short shows presented along a 4km stretch of the Galloping Goose Trail.

That’s Crazy. How does Bike Ride work?

The audience arrives at Cecelia Ravine Park. There is a Hub of activity here- eco-conscious bike decoration, healthy concessions, ethical merchandise and box office tents dot the landscape of the park. Riders buy a ticket, decorate their bicycles and then proceed to an open courtyard area where they are met by a team of audience wranglers. At regular intervals, in groups of twelve, audiences are dispatched on a tour with a map of the relevant stretch of the trail. Each tour takes in three shows and returns to the Hub. Performing companies repeat their short shows several times a day for these small audiences aboard bicycles. Audiences may see up to four tours (12 shows) on one admission. Between rides they enjoy smart food and surprise bursts of entertainment that emerge from the environment of the park. Towards the end of the event, a favourite local band takes to a small stage to play a 75-minute set that wraps up the days event’s.

Who performs in Bike Ride?

SKAM curates Bike Ride. It is a festival of new short works by top local performers who have been selected through a formal submission process. Each of the short shows is different and the range of performances encompasses comedy, spoken word, dance, story telling and musical theatre. Audiences on a tour are likely to take in a dance piece, a storyteller and a comedy- or a performance poet, an opera singer and a murder mystery. The performers have all worked locally as professional artists in places like Craigdarroch Castle, Atomic Vaudeville, and Butchart Gardens. This year's line up is:

• Determined Illusions (Mily Mumford)
• Emma Zabloski
• Giggling Iguana Productions (Ian Case)
• Gotta Getta Gimmick (Brad L'Ecuyer, Clayton Baraniuk) 
• Head Through Painting (Kathleen Greenfield) (July 9,10)
• Impulse Theatre (Andrew Barrett, Emily Piggford)
• Jeremy Loveday, Performance Poet
• John G. & T. Boehme (July 15,16)
• Launch Pad (Christina Patterson, David Radford)
• Not Your Grandma's Poetry Productions (Missie Peters)
• Powerhouse Performance Company (Izad Etemadi, Stephanie Satore)
• Storytellers: Michele Hibbins, Shoshana Litman, & Cat Thom
• This Is Twisted Theatre (Rod Peter Jr, Theodore Sherman)

This event sounds big, but I’ve never heard of it.

Bike Ride is now in its third year. Theatre SKAM has worked to develop this project carefully over the last two years and we are confident that this year will make a bigger splash. We have been especially careful to make sure that the event functions well. We know the event works and we know we can handle large crowds

Bike Ride sounds messy.

Like many people who regularly use the Galloping Goose, we also consider ourselves stewards of the trail. We have worked with city and regional officials, community groups, and other professionals to ensure the footprint of the event is ecologically sound.

Combining green concerns with critical social culture, it only seemed natural that our company blend two loves of Victoria residents: cycling and live performance.

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Managing Producer Allison Bottomley via allison@skam.ca