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See all- FREE Coldwater Mountain Fat Tire FestivalColdwater Mountain Bike Trails, Anniston, AL
Yes! That's right!! The 8th annual Coldwater Mountain Fat Tire Festival is FREE!!! However, things are different. Camping is NOT avaliable at Zinn Park, nor is the YMCA being used. Friday night the pizza is free. But other meals are 'on your own'. Food trucks will be available during the daytime events. Dinner can be had from local restaurants. Read what they are saying as events are not localized this year. Rather Friday pizza dinner is at NEABA Headquarters and bike demos and other events Saturday is at the upper trailhead.
As they put it:
Welcome to the 8th annual Coldwater Mountain Fat Tire Festival! Join us for a weekend filled with epic mountain biking, good friends, and good times. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro, there's something for everyone. This year we are switching things up with a FREE Event. The Festival kicks off Friday with a skills clinic and the crowd favorite Coldwater night ride. We will return to the NEABA Headquarters for dinner and a movie. Saturday events will take place at the Coldwater upper trailhead with bike demos, vendors, group rides, gravity shuttles, and more. Hang around Saturday night for a block party in downtown Anniston with live music. Sunday events will switch to the McClellan Trail System with an Adventure Race and more group rides. Mark your calendars and get ready for an unforgettable weekend at the Coldwater Mountain Fat Tire Festival!The fest website is down but info can be found on the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cwmfattirefest/
So, where to sleep? The Coldwater Campground at the Anniston trail head or OneWorld Pet Resort near McClellan trial system or nearby hotels/airbnb. Yeah, the OneWorld Pet Resort, they apparently offering camping and some RV spaces there.
For more information see the Coldwater Mountain - FatTireFest Facebook page and the site where you can sign the wavier. https://forms.gle/AwbENfTb9rNURGxR6
- Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness AMBC Fall FestivalBaker Creek Preserve MTB Trails Entrance, Knoxville, TN
So this fest has been going on for 15 years and we have never attended? Waaat?!? That ends this year.
We have gone to the Urban Wilderness plenty time before but not during fest time. It's at the Baker Creek trailhead, you know the one next to the Devils Racetrack, so we can gather and enjoy the festivities and the madness flow trails around.
*Campground notes (from the event website):
We utilize School parking and some park space for onsite camping. No services are provided with the exception of portable toilets and hand wash stations. Fires are not allowed and everyone should plan to clean up after themselves. No reservations will be taken nor any fees be charged. We are in an urban area and for that reason, we ask you to limit the noise at your camp. For more formal camping please consider other options or spring for a hotel downtown, it’s just an uber away!Details:
https://fallfest.ambcknox.org/RIDAY November 1st:
- 5 Campground opens!
- 5:30 Beer Garden opens
- 6:00 Food Trucks open
- 6:30 Music
- 7:30 FRIDAY Night Lights at the Pump Track and Jump Line
- 9:00 Good Night – See you in the Morning!
SATURDAY November 2:
- 8:30 AM Coffee, food truck park wakes up!
- 8:30 AM Demo-land opens – demos ALL DAY!
- 9 AM Fall Fest AMBC Joy Ride! (Free Registration here!!)
- 9:30 AM Catalyst Sports aMTB Ride
- 10 AM Devils Racetrack Shuttle Service
- 10 AM Guided Rides
ALL DAY BUY BIKE RAFFLE TICKETS
- 11 AM BEER GARDENS OPEN
- 11:30 AM Food truck park serves lunch
- 11:30 AM Guided kids ride
- 1 PM Women’s Power Hour on the Asphalt Jump Line
- 2:45 Guided kids ride (beginner only)
- 3 PM Whip Off
- 5 PM Strider Race
ALL DAY BID ON SILENT AUCTION ITEMS!
- 6 PM LIVE music on stage
- 6:45 Knox Honkers and Bangers parade to the pump track
- 7 PM Best Line Invitational under lights on the pump track
- 8:15 PM LIVE music on stage!
- 8:30 PM SILENT AUCTION CLOSES!
- 9 PM BIKE RAFFLE ANNOUNCEMENT Live online and in person!
- 9:30 LIVE music on stage!
- 10:30 PM Silent Disco
- 11:59 PM NIGHT NIGHT
SUNDAY November 3:
- 2 pm Campground closes