Velo-fringe, a cycling festival
Welcome to Velo-fringe
Velo-fringe is just like the famous Adelaide Fringe, but it's just about bikes. Running from 16-31 May 2014, in conjunction with the цветы Ставрополь conference, it will be a celebration of what's great about cycling in Adelaide.
Registrations for the printed programme have now closed. However, you may still register an online* only event at any time – just get in touch with us at for more information on how to do that. (*Registration fees are payable for online only events).
With thanks to the Velo-fringe major sponsor
> Download the Velo-fringe program... available now!
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Cycling themed greeting cards and scrapbook layouts Event type: Workshop Presented by Fiona Meier - Independent Kaszazz Consultant Location: Omsk, Abari Time: 1000-1200 hours Cost: $20 Or
Time: 1630-1730 hours Location: Charlie’s Coffee Lounge, Central Market Plaza, Grote St, Adelaide
Make your own cycling themed greeting cards or scrapbook layouts, with Independent Kaszazz Consultant Fiona Meier. Suitable for beginners. All materials provided. Check blogsite for choice of projects, dates, cost and location. Bookings essential on 0424 269 039.
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Presented by Velorama Date: 16 May 2014 Location: Meet at Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga, Adelaide Time: 1730 hours, ride departs at 1815 hours Cost: Free for all ages
Tonight The Streets Are Ours! Kicking off Velo-fringe is our very own fringe parade. Saddle up for a mystery ride through the city to the Velo-fringe opening night party at the State Library. Lights (required), Music, Action... come colourful and loud and/or just as yourself. Lucky draw and category prizes. If it rains, there will be singing as we ride!
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Event type: Film Date: 16 May 2014 Time: 1900-2100 hours Location: Box Factory Community Centre, 59 Regent St, Adelaide Cost: Free for all ages
Submission deadline: 5pm, Friday 2 May 2014.
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Presented by Velorama Date: 16 May 2014 Time: 1830-2200 hours Location: State Library of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide Age: 12+ Cost: Free to attend
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Presented by The Heart Foundation Date: 16-30 May Location: Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide CostL Free for all ages
Your support will ensure the Heart Foundation are able to continue their vital work. Want to get involved? It’s easy, for a $10 donation to the Heart Foundation, you can lock in your love for cycling, mark a milestone or dedicate your heart to a loved one. Simply write a message onto a silver heart and lock onto the installation. Hearts and locks are available from the Adelaide Convention Centre throughout Velocity. Then why not take a selfie and tweet, Instagram or post to spread the love to your friends and join the conversation using our hashtag #lockinthelove.
Why are we doing it? With heart disease the single biggest killer of South Australian men and women, claiming 1,955 lives in 2011, there is still much to do. The majority of Heart Foundation funding comes from kind individuals like you, so your generous gift is critical to ensuring they can continue their vital work.
For more information visit www.lockinthelove.com. |
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Event type: Visual art & design Location: Various locations around the Adelaide CBD Cost: Free for all ages Presented by National Archives of Australia, State Records of South Australia, State Library of South Australia and Adelaide City Archives Riding Past is a street exhibition of archival images that relate to cycling. The images will be displayed at various locations around Adelaide – keep an eye out in the city during May, embark on a cycling tour using the exhibition map and contribute your own images using #ridingpast. Walking tours of the exhibition will also be offered during Velo-fringe and a talk on cycling and the archives will be held at the South Australian Archives Centre, Leigh Street on 22 May.
http://naa.gov.au/visit-us/exhibitions/ridingpast/index.aspx.
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Design-Cycle Event type: Visual Art & Design Location: Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide Cost: Free for all ages
South Australian designers exhibiting objects and images based on the theme of bicycles, cycling and cycling friendly cities.
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Event type: Rides Time: 0900-1100 hours Location: Start from Elder Park, Adelaide Cost: Free for al ages
A bike ride from the Adelaide CBD to Semaphore Beach for the ‘Hands Across the Sand’ event. Bike ride will leave from Elder Park at 9am and cycle down Linear Park along the Torrens River to West Beach and then follow the coastline to Semaphore Beach.
https://twitter.com/wildernessSA
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Presented by Rebecca Bendall Event type: Rides Time: 0800 hours Location: Starting from BikeSA, 111 Franklin St, Adelaide Cost: Free for all ages
https://www.facebook.com/pages/CityBike-vs-Lofty/296374000517894 |
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Event type: Rides Time: 1330-1530 hours Location: Adelaide Zoo, Frome Road entrance Cost: Free for all ages
Come and join Louise George, author of ‘It Takes Two to Tandem’, on a tandem tour of Linear Park. Leaving from the Frome Rd entrance to Adelaide Zoo, we’ll head towards the hills and back, stopping at Imma and Mario’s Mercato where you will experience delightful Italian authenticity in suburban Adelaide (might need to bring your touring panniers to carry purchases!. Chat with Louise and her Captain Nev about their tandem trip from John O’Groats to Lands End. Don’t have access to a tandem? Try Glenelg Bicycle Hire on 8376 1934. For further info or to indicate that you will be joining us, call Louise on 0414 924 410 or email
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Presented by Adelaide City Council Date: 18 May 2014 Time: 1000-1500 hours Location: Victoria Park/Pakapakanthi, Wakefield Rd, Adelaide Cost: Free for all ages
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When in Frome: The wheels and thrills of building a bike lane Event type: Talk Time: 1700-1800 hours Location: City Library, Rundle Place, Adelaide Cost: Free for all ages
The Frome Street bicycle lane community engagement is ongoing. Learn about the process. Hear about what we have learnt. Get involved, ask questions and comment on our approach.
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Event types: Rides Presented by Semaphore Wheels In Motion (S.W.I.M.) Date: 20 and 27 May 2014 Location: Start from Semaphore Uniting Church, 146 Semaphore Road, Semaphore Ages: 18+ Cost: Free for all ages
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Presented by Adelaide Pub Scrabble Times:
Locations:
Age: 15+ Cost: Free to attend
A fun twist on the classic board game: mini-games with a great mix of players. Prizes for best bike words, lucky draw for everyone who rides to the event.
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Presented by EscapeGoat Tours Date: 22, 24 and 26 May 2014 Time: 0900-1300 hours Location: Pick up from 111 Franklin St, Adelaide Cost: AllTix $99
Experience Adelaide in a totally different way! We’ll pick you up from Adelaide and transport you to the summit of Mount Lofty. It’s then a short ride though Cleland Conservation park to our first stop of the day, Cleland Wildlife Park. After a little morning tea, it’s then time to continue our descent to Adelaide. We’ll ride through stunning natural bush and spot koalas or kangaroos in their native environment. Finally we’ll cruise though the quiet roads and suburbs of Adelaide to the end of our trip. Includes: Transport to Mount Lofty, bike hire, entry to Cleland wildlife Park, morning tea. www.escapegoat.com.au/bookings
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Cycling themed greeting cards and scrapbook layouts Event type: Workshop Presented by Fiona Meier - Independent Kaszazz Consultant Date: 23 May 2014 Location: Charlie’s Coffee Lounge, Central Market Plaza, Grote St, Adelaide
Make your own cycling themed greeting cards or scrapbook layouts, with Independent Kaszazz Consultant Fiona Meier. Suitable for beginners. All materials provided. Check blogsite for choice of projects, dates, cost and location. Bookings essential on 0424 269 039.
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Presented by Port Adelaide CC Time: 1900-2200 hours Location: Kings Head Hotel, 357 King William Rd, Adelaide Cost: Free for all ages
It’s a social event based around bicycle roller racing. Head-to-head handicapped races and time trial events test riders’ abilities and provide a great backdrop to a social night out with a bunch of bicycle nuts. Spectators are free.
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Hills, Vines and Wines by Bike Presented by Escapegoat Tours Date: 23 and 25 May 2014 Time: 0900-1700 hours Location: Pick up from 111 Franklin St, Adelaide Cost: AllTix $129
Come along and enjoy a beautiful day of exploring the hills and vineyards of South Australia by bike along sections of the Kidman Trail; and don’t worry, we will take the sting out of the climbs by starting at the highest point in the area and riding mostly downhill! Explore Kuitpo forest, the Kidman trail, then take the descent down Willunga Hill towards McLaren Vale. Stop at a number of local wineries to sample their fare.
www.escapegoat.com.au/bookings
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Bikes and Baristas Events Date: 24 May 2014 Time: 0900-1300 hours Location: Ebenezer Place (off Rundle Street), Adelaide Cost: Free for all ages
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Event type: Performance Time: 1400 -1500 hours Location: Tuxedo Cat, 54 Hyde St, Adelaide Cost:
Bring yourself and bring your bike. It is time to show how much you love your bike by bringing it to an interactive, one hour concert of songs about bikes. 24 May at 2pm 60 mins All ages
Book at: www.trybooking.com/ETVD
www.emmaknights.com
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Barossa By Bike Event type: Festival Dates: 24-25 May 2014 Location: Various locations in Barossa Valley Cost: Free for all ages Celebrate the opening of the Jack Bobridge Track with ‘Barossa by Bike’, a series of themed events on the weekend of May 24-25. Sample the best of the Barossa’s food, wine and cycling trails with a range of free and family-friendly events including live entertainment, art exhibitions, produce and artisan markets and a group ride on the new 27km track. For more information contact the Barossa Visitor Centre 1300 852 982 or email
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Presented by Smart Move, Adelaide City Council Location: Various locations across North Adelaide Cost: Free for all ages
Getting out and cycling with your family or friends has never been more rewarding! With Bike2Eat Week, you can save up to 25% at over 25 eateries across the city with discounts and freebies for people that ride their bike to dine! Simply ride in and show your helmet to the staff at participating eateries in the CBD and North Adelaide and you can receive anything from free coffee, cold beverages and desserts or up to 25% off your meal!
Check-in on your smartphone with the Yelp app for your chance to win a FUJI Instax Mini 8 plus two cartridges of film every day of Bike2Eat week. Log in to Yelp, check-in and publish your check-in on Yelp, Twitter or Facebook with the hashtag #Bike2Eat. Information on the full offers and participating eateries are coming soon. Save up to 25% at over 25 eateries across Adelaide CBD and North Adelaide with discounts and freebies for people that ride their bike to dine! Simply ride in and show your helmet to the staff and you can receive anything from free coffee, cold beverages and desserts or up to 25% off your meal! Check-in on your smartphone with the Yelp app for your chance to win a FUJI Instax Mini 8 plus 2 cartridges of film every day of Bike2Eat week. Log in to Yelp, check-in and publish your check-in on Yelp, Twitter or Facebook with the hashtag #Bike2Eat. Getting out and cycling with your family or friends has never been more rewarding!
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Event type: Rides Date: 25 May 2014 Time: 1000-1500 hours Location: Meet at Victoria Square at the park adjacent to the Cathedral Age: 18+ Cost: Free to attend
A relaxing 20km ride from Adelaide CBD to the wetlands at Salisbury. Riders can choose to return on The Levels Bikeway, or by train. Please bring lunch.
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Event type: Rides Presented by Darren Wilson-Roberts Date: 25 May Time: 1200-1600 hours
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Event type: Visual art & design Time:
Location: Start at Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide Cost: Free for all ages
Go on a walking tour through the city’s emerging spaces of creativity and activation. Featuring Carclew Youth Arts’ special Projector Bike and showcasing moving image pieces by local South Australian artists, the tour will depart from North Terrace in front of the Adelaide Convention Centre and conclude at the intersection of Rundle Mall and Pulteney St, where participants will be invited to interact with the Rundle Lantern.
Bookings are essential via
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Date: 28 May 2014 Location: Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga, Adelaide Time: breakfast from 0700 hours, ride from 0830-0900 hours Cost: Free to ride, breakfast will only be served to people who have pre-registered
> Register here!
Register by 20 May to guarantee breakfast.
Brought to you by Adelaide City Council, the Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure, South Australia Police, the University of Adelaide, MAC and Boileau Business Solutions Join ABC TV and radio personality Adam Spencer and enjoy free breakfast and entertainment in Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga, then take over the streets in a bike parade that makes its way through the CBD to the Torrens Riverbank. Anyone can ride in the parade but you must register for breakfast, just so we know numbers. There’ll be prizes at the end of the ride for ‘Best Pimped Bike’ and ‘Best/Most Interestingly Dressed’, so get creative! Dress in purple and green, the Velo-city conference colours. If riding’s not your thing, show your support – form a cheer squad, do a bike-themed flash mob or bring your school choir down to entertain the riders as they pass.
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Cycling themed greeting cards and scrapbook layouts Event type: Workshop Presented by Fiona Meier - Independent Kaszazz Consultant Date: 28 May 2014 Location: Blackwood Hills Baptist Church, 72 Coromandel Parade, Blackwood
Make your own cycling themed greeting cards or scrapbook layouts, with Independent Kaszazz Consultant Fiona Meier. Suitable for beginners. All materials provided. Check blogsite for choice of projects, dates, cost and location. Bookings essential on 0424 269 039.
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Event type: Tour Date: 28 May 2014 Time: 1200-1240 hours Location: Meet at Golf Links Par 3 car park, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide Age: 13+ Cost: Free to attend
891 ABC Adelaide’s roving reporter Spence Denny takes you on a bike tour of some of Adelaide’s hidden gems. Visit the 891 ABC Adelaide website to download the audio tour and ride along with Spence.
WIN the chance to ride with Spence! Tune in to 891 ABC Adelaide to win a spot for you and a friend on the exclusive 891 listener tour. Simply tune in to 891 Mornings with Ian Henschke on Wednesday 14 May between 9am – 11am and phone in when you hear the bicycle bell! Good luck! |
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Cycle my City with Lord Mayor Stephen Yarwood Hosted by Bicycle SA Date: 29 May 2014 Time: 0700-0800 hours Location: Meet at Bicycle Express, 124 Halifax St, Adelaide Cost: Free for all ages
Join Lord Mayor and Bicycle SA Patron, Stephen Yarwood, for a cycling tour of his favourite city locations. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear personal insights from the leader of the Velo-city Global conference host city and see first-hand the progress of cycling infrastructure being implemented across Adelaide. Registrations essential. Limited numbers, so be quick!
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Once Upon a Time... on a bike! Event type: Performance Time: 1900-2000 hours Location: to be confirmed Ages: 15+ Cost: $10 at the door
www.onthefly.org.au
A scriptless theatre show, where the only common ingredient is bikes. Over the course of an hour, three separate stories (inspired by audience suggestions) will unfold and magically intertwine. What will it be? Love on two wheels? A tale of shattered dreams? A life turned around? The choice is yours… |
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Event type: Skills session Presented by Tina McCarthy, Level 1 NCAS AustCycle Coach and Wheel Women Director Date: 29 May 2014 Location: Meet at the Rotunda, Elder Park, Adelaide
Register via: http://www.wheelwomenaustralia.com/#!events-/cmsj
Wheel Women is dedicated to getting women onto bikes. No matter where you are at with your bike riding, at Wheel Women, we aim to provide a fun, social, recreational and non-competitive environment for women to learn to ride. It doesn’t matter if you are a total beginner who hasn’t ridden before, a beginner rider, someone returning to riding or an experienced rider looking for more skills, we have something for you. In this special session for Velo-fringe, we’d like women, and supportive males who can ride a bike, to come along and enjoy a short skills session and then ride a ride with Wheel Women. Let’s explore a little bit of Adelaide… no lycra necessary! Bring your bike, a helmet, full water bottle, closed-toe shoes, money for coffee/cake! www.wheelwomen.com.au
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Cycling themed greeting cards and scrapbook layouts Event type: Workshop Presented by Fiona Meier - Independent Kaszazz Consultant Date: 30 May 2014 Location: Charlie’s Coffee Lounge, Central Market Plaza, Grote St, Adelaide
Make your own cycling themed greeting cards or scrapbook layouts, with Independent Kaszazz Consultant Fiona Meier. Suitable for beginners. All materials provided. Check blogsite for choice of projects, dates, cost and location. Bookings essential on 0424 269 039.
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Event type: Tour Location: Meet at Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga Time: Rides from 0930-1600 hours, festivities from 1630-2030 hours Cost: $250 - includes commemorative jersey (additional family members welcome to dinner and festivities for an additional $50 per head) An exciting blend of cycling and culture with the Kaurna people of Adelaide. Learn about significant sites, such as ‘Karraundongga’ and ‘Witungga’ along Linear Park. Then visit Glenelg, the Kaurna Information site at the Desalination Plant, the Onkaparinga River mouth and Southern Veloway and end at Warrapairnga Kaurna Living Village, for bushtucker, learning the didgereedoo (Yukari), making clapsticks, basket weaving and sitting around campfires talking to Kaurna Elders of their lands and experiences.
To register and pay, visit: www.cyclingforculture.com.au. |
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Flinders Rangers By Mountain Bike Presented by Escapegoat Tours Location: Pick up from 111 Franklin St, Adelaide Age: 12+ Cost: AllTix $995
‘Flinders Ranges by bike‘ is a 200km adventure, starting at Wilpena Pound, and taking in some of the most stunning areas of this amazing location. The loop takes you through private properties as well as national park and covers sections not normally open to the public. It takes 4 days to ride, with an average of 50km a day. Some sections are technically challenging so novice riders will need to test themselves. You’ll need plenty of stamina but a reasonably fit rider should have no problems.
Includes: 4 nights twin-share accommodation in comfortable outback properties, riding/guiding for 4 days at the Flinders Ranges, pick-up/transfers from Adelaide via luxury 4WD, full vehicle support on the ride, breakfast, lunch and evening meals. Bike hire extra $200. www.escapegoat.com.au/bookings
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Community Celebration for the Opening of the Southern Expressway Duplication Date: to be confirmed Location: New carriageway on the Southern Expressway - event hub at Panalatinga Interchange Time: 1100-1600 hours Cost: Free for all ages
The Community Celebration will be an affordable, family fun day, appealing to people of all ages. It includes a cycling event, community parade, entertainment, displays, food and beverages.
www.facebook.com/SouthernJunction
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For an overview of running your Velo-fringe event, download a copy of the participant's handbook.
For all enquiries please email .
The winner of the Velo-fringe logo competition is Michael List.
Michael’s design uses a hand-drawn bike to suit the fringe nature of the event. The centre part of the bicycle has been shaped to represent South Australia.
Several versions of the logo will be made available to registered Velo-fringe events, for placement on posters, flyers or other advertising material. The logos are copyright and may not be altered in any way from their original design.
If you'd like to know more contact or phone 08 8203 7111.