BMAD Motorbike Festival, 29 April - 1 May
This year's Festival will take place over the May Bank Holiday Weekend, starting on Friday 29th April. Gates open as usual at 6pm. Stuff will go on until 11pm. Saturday the 30th April sees the gates opening at 10am and the same on Sunday 1st May with a full programme of arena events.
It started in 2002 with an idea by the founders of Bikers Make A Difference - BMAD, Kelvin and Jane Halloran. That idea was to have a social gathering of bikers on Paignton Seafront in Devon. He wanted to raise money for charity and have a good time as well. Which is exactly what has happened.
Paignton Bike Night finally saw its birth in 2003 and has gone on to become the longest running largest regular social gathering of bikers in the South West of England.
Each year on Paignton Seafront there is regularly a mile of bikes parked side by side every Wednesday evening from the beginning of June to the end of Sept.
Due to the success of Paignton Bike Nights the organisers created a Bike Festival weekend - the Paignton Bike Festival .
The first Festival was in May 2005 and proved to be a total success not just for our charities but also for all concerned including the many sponsors and traders that attended.
All the money raised at both the Wednesday Bike Nights and the Festival go to charities, which include - sick and disabled children and their families/carers of Torbay, Devon Air Ambulance and St John Ambulance. In addition we have given to individuals that benefit from extra support.
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