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...........(Photos: L to R - The Ginger Ninjas playing, Emila making the power for the music and the other power making bikes)
I had no idea where I was going to on Saturday afternoon, except that it involved bike riding and music.
My flatmate Veronica had me kitted out with a bike and helmet and off we went cycling down the seawall to the Vancouver Museum for the Bike Music Festival. When we got there I was literally stuck in a bike jam with every kind of bike known to man. Some bikes had prams attached to them, others with trailers and a few very special bikes decorated with flowers.
The festival showcased groups of musicians who had cycled from San Francisco up the coast holding free concerts fully powered by pedal power. No electricity was used to power the PA for the electric guitars, mics or drums and man was there some volume!
The Ginger Ninjas had the whole crowd jumping while our friend Emila volunteered to cycle one of the power bikes to keep the music flowing. They are the only music festival in the world to be literally hauling their own weight carrying all their instruments and equipment by bike. Read more about their trip here.
It blew me away how great the music was, accompanied by a gorgeous backdrop of the Vancouver city skyline and not an ounce of electricity used, it certainly made me happy to be using my own pedal power to bike my way home.
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