A weekend of blues music and BBQ on Friday evening and all day
Saturday, family fun rides on Saturday morning, as well as an
omnium - time trial Saturday morning, criterium Saturday afternoon
and evening, and road races Sunday morning. The crit is the Iowa
State Criterium Championships.
We'll have vendors this year like Wayne's Bike & Ski, Bike Rags, BIKEIOWA.com and others.
The party starts on Friday night at 5:30 PM in City Park, downtown Clear Lake. Eat a helping (or two!) of barbecue and enjoy some soul-revivin’ blues BANDS TBD.
Saturday’s activities begin at 8:00 AM with a Tour De Fields. Choose
from several different rides–onsite registration will be held at City
Park from 7 AM to 10 AM.
At 11 AM, the BBQ starts heating up, and the blues music continues
into the evening. All eyes turn to the BBBQ Criterium Event at 11:30 AM
for fast bike race action at City Park. At 8:30 PM Lamont Cranston Band with special guest Bruce McCabe will take the stage to close to the Blues Music Festival.
The weekend races are in an ‘omnium’ format, where cyclists will be
competing for the over-all best racer of the weekend in three cycling
disciplines: time trial, criterium, and road race. Racers are also
competing for the Midwest Flyover Omnium Race Series, the BBBQ is race
weekend #4.
There is a$15,000 race purse plus $3,500 in merchandise prizes for the weekend bicycling events.
MORE about the Festival.
Proceeds from the Bicycle, Blues and BBQ Festival support improving the
healthy lifestyle through bike-related activities to include creating
and improving bike trails, bike safety training, supporting cycling
events and activities, and improving the amenities related to cycling.
WEEKEND BBBQ AGENDA
Friday, July 12:
BBBQ Blues Music Festival Sponsored by Dean Snyder Construction
5:30 PM: BBQ vendors open
5:30 – 7:30 PM: Mooseknuckle Brothers
8:00 – 10:00 PM: Sena Ehrhardt Band
Saturday, July 13:
Tour De Fields and Family Fun Rides Sponsored by Wayne’s Ski and Cycle
7:00 AM:
Fun Ride registration opens
Breakfast by the Lake -Clear Lake Lions Pride event featuring Dad’s Belgian Waffles
7:30 AM:
BBBQ Omnium Race Weekend sponsored by Raymond James kicks off with a 7 mile time trial starting at Lions Field.
11:00 – 9:00 PM: BBQ vendors will be serving
11:30 – 8:30 PM:
BBBQ Criterium Race featuring the Iowa Criterium State Championship
Races and Iowa Cup Series Event. See race flyer for detailed schedule
and prize lists.
2:30 – 3:00 PM:
FREE Kids Race Sponsored by Kingland Systems
FREE kids races for children ages 11 and under.
BBBQ Blues Music Festival Sponsored by Dean Snyder Construction
6:00 – 7:00 PM Clear Lake Municipal Band
6:55 – 8:15 PM: Raymond James BBBQ Professional and Category 1/2 Criterium Race – race awards immediately following.
8:30 – 10:30 PM: Lamont Cranston Band with special guest Bruce McCabe
Sunday, July 14:
Raymond James Omnium Race Weekend – Road Race
8-9:30 AM: Registration at the Tourist Park.
10:00 AM: USCF-sanctioned road race sign-in takes place from our new
location at Tourist Park is located at 1600 block of South Shore Drive,
Clear Lake, IA