Motorcycle riders cruise up Dickson Street during Bikes, Blues & BBQ 2011
Staff photo
Bikes, Blues & BBQ 2012 is set to officially begin on Wednesday, Sept. 26, but the first attendees have already arrived in Fayetteville for what is considered to be on of the largest motorcycle rallies in the country.
In other words, I think it was that little blonde girl from Poltergeist who said it best. “They’re here.”
The four-day event will once again feature a ton of outdoor live music, the annual barbecue competition, a Miss Bikes, Blues & BBQ pageant, a bike parade, and of course, thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts from all over the world.
Here’s a list of what we know is happening at Bikes, Blues & BBQ 2012.
2012 Bikes Blues & BBQ live music and events schedule
Wednesday, Sept. 26
4 p.m. – Boston Mountain Playboys at Dickson Street Main Stage
6 p.m. – Ruckus at Dickson Street Main Stage
8 p.m. – Mountain Sprout at Dickson Street Main Stage
10 p.m. – The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band at Dickson Street Main Stage
10 p.m. – Miss Bikes, Blues & BBQ semifinals at Jose’s
Thursday, Sept. 27
1 p.m. – The Sickness Riders Stunt Team Exhibitions at Baum Stadium Motorcycle Village
2:30 p.m. – The Sickness Riders Stunt Team Exhibitions at Dickson Street Beer Garden
3 p.m. – Left of Center at Dickson Street Main Stage
4:30 p.m. – NighTTrain at Dickson Street Main Stage
6 p.m. – The Odds at Dickson Street Main Stage
7:30 p.m. – Hambone Express Pig Races at Washington County Fairgrounds
8 p.m. – Big’Uns at Dickson Street Main Stage
8 p.m. – E & the Boys at Saloon at Washington County Fairgrounds
10 p.m. – Trick Bag at Saloon at Washington County Fairgrounds
10 p.m. – The Nace Brothers at Dickson Street Main Stage
10 p.m. – Miss Bikes, Blues & BBQ Semifinals at Jose’s
Friday, Sept. 28
12:30 p.m. – The Sickness Riders Stunt Team Exhibitions at Baum Stadium Motorcycle Village
2 p.m. – The Sickness Riders Stunt Team Exhibitions at Dickson Street Beer Garden
2:30 a.m. – Chase Missy – at Dickson Street Main Stage
4:30 p.m. – Isayah’s All Stars at Dickson Street Main Stage
5 p.m. – The Sickness Riders Stunt Team Exhibitions at Baum Stadium Motorcycle Village
5 p.m. – Wild Card Karaoke Preliminary at Saloon at Washington County Fairgrounds
5:30 p.m. – Hambone Express Pig Races at Washington County Fairgrounds
6 p.m. – Bikes, Blues & BBQ Car Cruise-In at Northwest Arkansas Mall
6:30 p.m. – People’s Choice BBQ Competition at Washington County Fairgrounds
6:30 p.m. – Hambone Express Pig Races at Washington County Fairgrounds
6:30 p.m. – Earl & Them at Dickson Street Main Stage
7 p.m. – Japton Social Club at Washington County Fairgrounds
7 p.m. – Karaoke Finals at Saloon at Washington County Fairgrounds
7:30 p.m. – Hambone Express Pig Races at Washington County Fairgrounds
8:30 p.m. – Red Ambition at Dickson Street Main Stage
8:30 p.m. – Jeff Fox at Saloon at Washington County Fairgrounds
9 p.m. – Joe Giles & The Homewreckers at Washington County Fairgrounds
10 p.m. – Miss Bikes, Blues & BBQ Semifinals at Washington County Fairgrounds
10:30 p.m. – Oreo Blue at Dickson Street Main Stage
10:30 p.m. – Southern Corruption at Saloon at Washington County Fairgrounds
Saturday, Sept. 29
7:30 a.m. – Poker Run Registration – at Baum Stadium Motorcycle Village
8 a.m. – Bike Show Registration at Dickson Street Main Stage
8:30 a.m. – Poker Run Departs from Baum Stadium Motorcycle Village
9 a.m. – Bikes, Blues & BBQ Car Show at Northwest Arkansas Mall
12 p.m. – Stokes Air Battle of the Bikes at Dickson Street Main Stage
12 p.m. – BBQ Competition Judging at Washington County Fairgrounds
1 p.m. – The Sickness Riders Stunt Team Exhibitions at Baum Stadium Motorcycle Village
2:30 p.m. – Hambone Express Pig Races at Washington County Fairgrounds
3 p.m. – The Sickness Riders Stunt Team Exhibitions at Dickson Street Beer Garden
3 p.m. – David Starr at Dickson Street Main Stage
3:30 p.m. – Parade of Power from the Washington County Fairgrounds to Dickson Street
4:30 p.m. – Hambone Express Pig Races at Washington County Fairgrounds
5 p.m. – The Sickness Riders Stunt Team Exhibitions at Baum Stadium Motorcycle Village
5 p.m. – Fashion Show at Dickson Street Main Stage
6:30 p.m. – Rich Fabec Band at Dickson Street Main Stage
6:30 p.m. – Hambone Express Pig Races at Washington County Fairgrounds
7 p.m. – Ruckus at Washington County Fairgrounds
8:30 p.m. – Full House at Dickson Street Main Stage
8:30 p.m. – Hambone Express Pig Races at Washington County Fairgrounds
9 p.m. – Another Fine Mess at Washington County Fairgrounds
10:30 p.m. – Chubby Carrier at Dickson Street Main Stage
10:30 p.m. – The Fabulous Hightops at Saloon at Washington County Fairgrounds
12:00 a.m. – Miss Bikes, Blues & BBQ Finals at Dickson Street Main Stage
Beer Garden Hours
Dickson Street
Wednesday – 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Thursday – 12 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Friday – 10 a.m. to Midnight
Saturday 8 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Baum Motorcycle Village
Wednesday – 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Thursday – 12 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Washington County Fairgrounds Saloon & Campground
Wednesday – 5 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Thursday 3 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Friday – 12 p.m. to close
Saturday 9 a.m. to close
Already noticed a few accidents with bikes. Regardless of your view of bikes blues and BBQ, please be careful of the bikes and pedestrians while driving around
Rumble!!! LOve those bikes!
The charitable and sometimes not so charitable event.
Sometimes charitable is right. For a rally that claims to be so large, the donations to charity are miniscule. They “claim” 400,000 (although that’s counting the same people 4 times), yet if they are lucky they might donate $50,000 to charity. That’s a whopping .125 cens per person (if you use their bogus attendance figures). Or its a whopping .50 if you use the realistic NWA Democrat Gazette figures of 100,000. Either way, a terrible charity fundraiser.
If you combine the years BBBBQ donated money to area charities with the years their cost overruns managed to yield zero dollars in donations, calling this a biker rally for charity should be illegal.
An area fashion show managed to gather more than 30K in donations. The chicken wing festival gathered several thousands for local charities. And yet, BBBBQ gets away with delaying their 990 forms again and again. Currently, the festival is a full two years behind on declaring exactly where the money came from and where it went.
Is Earl & Them on Saturday 4:30 the correct time? The Cate Bros are supposed to have a show down in Little Rock Saturday night at 7PM, back to back with a Levon Helm/Michael Burks tribute.
Hi Blighity Blah. The BBB website, and the schedule they posted on Facebook still includes the Earl & Them show on Saturday. Maybe something’s changed? We’ll ask.
You were right. Earl & Them have been moved to Friday at 6:30 p.m. on the main stage. We found a few other updates, and made those adjustments to the schedule as well.
Supposedly 400,000 people attending this event and yet not even one night with an A list act. Not even a B-list act.
If this rally did anywhere near the numbers they claim to have you’d see Kid Rock one night, Zac Brown Band one night etc. And on top of those acts, you’d see other venues having Pat Benatar, Styx etc each night. Face it, the attendance figures for this are highly inflated and counting the same people over and over and over again.
i, for one, say it’s a good thing that kid rock is not going to be in town. that’s the last thing i want to hear over the rumble.
I second that bc.
police are taking detailed complaints about reckless dangerous driving, excessive noise, illegal behavior this weekend and will review it all. call the fay police dept 587-3555, report what you see and hear to a dispatcher. repeated problems in your neighborhood? frequent detailed accurate reports are in order.
This is great information to have. Bikers speeding up my small residential street and revving their engines until the wee hours is not fun and freaks out my animals. I’m glad I don’t have to resort to trip wires!
Having said that, it looks like my rain dance is working. I hope the farmers in and around Northwest Arkansas get rain and rain and rain and rain.
Nah, Caltrops is the way to go.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caltrop#Tire_deflation_device
Thanks for the info. What could they potentially do with that information after reviewing it? And out of curiosity, do Fayetteville police ever issue tickets to bbbq cyclists for driving through a neighborhood with a loud bike late at night?
wondered that myself—but at least no one will be able to say there weren’t any complaints. After I called last night on a specific section of College, the noise died down. If there were police cars in highly visible areas, even just parked, it would put a damper on the bad boys.
Who is on the board of BBBbq??
How’s does one of the board members of BBBq bankrupt a Fayetteville tradition, owe several thousand in taxes to the alcohol beverage control, city of Fayetteville, local purveyors and still able to set up and profit from the beer/margarita garden at BBBQ? Plus he never paid me my last check. Someone should investigate this scam that is BBBBq. Is everyone on the take?
“Fayetteville, Arkansas in September. You will never find a more wretched hive of whining and inflated senses of entitlement. We must be cautious.”