Lyn Lake Street Festival and 2nd Annual Rides of Spring 2010
This year’s festival on Sunday May 16th builds upon the same concepts as last year, with biker’s embarking on a fun filled bike rally with special boot camp activity stations, trivia contests, and a long and a short course around Minneapolis scenic bike trail. The end of the ride has bikers returning to Lyn Lake ending in a secure bike corral in the H-Design Salon parking lot. There the generous restaurants of Lyn Lake, including Caffrey’s Deli, and Country Bar, will feed the riders. Summit Brewing also donates kegs of beer for the riders. All riders are entered in a drawing for a Trek Lime Auto Shifting 3 Speed Bike, as well as lots of other prizes.
At noon the Festival begins with The Mood Swings, followed by EL.No, Mark Mallman, Sims (+Lazerbeak and Mictlan of Doomtree), and Har Mar Superstar. This year’s talent booking is supplied by Sauce Soundbar. Look for times on the music page.
Over 25 businesses are supporting the event. This year the festival is proud to have Scion as the event’s title sponsor. New businesses at Lyn Lake, Ducati Minneapolis, TruStone Financial, and Lake Wine Cheese will be participants. Returning food sponsors include Fuji Ya, and Galactic Pizza. Strong support comes from Lyn Lake business sponsors Smitten Kitten, Top Shelf, It’s Greek to Me, the LynLake Business Association, Blue apartments, and the Blaisdell YMCA. The Alt Bike Shop will once again be one of the bike rally sponsors, along with Peace Coffee, Caffrey’s Deli, Country Bar, and Corporative Incentives. Summit Brewing is our official beer sponsor, and our media partners this year are the Current 89.3 and City Pages.
Fire jugglers, balloon artists and strider bike races are just a couple of the festive side elements in this event. The festival is conceived as a multi-faceted partnership bringing together the 4 neighborhoods surrounding the Lyn Lake intersection, the Blaisdell YMCA as one of the less visible crown jewels of South Minneapolis, and the local business community to simply welcome spring, and showcases the vitality of one of Minneapolis’s most vibrant and eclectic corners. It’s free and family friendly, the music is local, and the crowd is sure to be entertaining.
