FESTIBAL WITH B FOR BIKE 11

Festival to celebrate the cleanest, most efficient and most fun means of transport. There will be concerts for all audiences – including a very special one, Minimúsicas, for the youngest visitors, with Russian Red, La Bien Querida and Margarita – bike polo tournaments, BMX exhibitions, exhibition and sale of books, clothes, art and accessories for the bike.  Also, slow races, food, drink, an exhibition, bikes available in case you haven’t brought yours and maintenance tips for if you have. It will be a party with space for reflection with the showing of documentaries and with participative discussions for sharing knowledge about more sustainable mobility. Remember and share: #conBdeBici

PROGRAMME

·    Bike Polo Tournament. From 10am to 2pm and from 4 to 6pm. Plaza Matadero
An urban bike polo tournament, a discipline which is a growing one in Spain and, like other street sports, it is developing its own parallel culture. Fun for those who play and a spectacle for those who watch it.

·    Market. From 11am to 9pm. Nave 16.4
You will be able to find an exhibition of traditionally made bicycles, books, clothes, art and bike accessories on sale.

·    Challenge. From 11am to 3pm Nave 16.5
The La Traba collective offers us a series of tests to challenge our cycling skills.

·    Ramps and half-pipe for BMX. From 12 noon to 9pm Nave 16.5
To enjoy BMX skills and tricks. It will include a demonstration at 6pm.

·    Minimúsicas. From 12 noon to 1pm Plaza Matadero
The idea is to bring young children closer to modern music through an educational show. This is the aim brought to us by the “Los Transportes” tour, with performances by Russian Red, La Bien Querida and Margarita, who will perform songs for our youngest visitors reflecting on sustainable transport and encouraging people to use it.
Admission free until capacity is reached. Children will have preference.

·    Bici Cine + Debate. 5pm El Taller.
A showing of Cambio de sentido (Change of direction), a documentary dealing with our addiction to the car. A bike film picnic, where the cyclists will see the documentary and debate the dominant mobility model.

·    Round Tables. 6.30pm El Taller.
Space for meetings, dialogue and reflection. Many different agents involved with mobility will form four tables, with the general public also invited to take part:
1.- Bikes, mobility and town planning
2.- Bikes, the economy and green jobs
3.- Bikes, activism and communication
4.- Bikes, infrastructures and public hire systems.
A parallel debate will also be generated in real time on the Net. To achieve this, on each table will be a figure whose role will be to organise the reflections being made and tweet them.

·    Concert by Los Chicos. 7pm Plaza Matadero
Rock and Roll + Rhythm & Blues + Soul + Punk + Pub-rock + Country= PARTY

·    Slowrace+DJ Set. 8pm Plaza Matadero Resident DJs from independent venues in the capital will offer us their view of music talking about bikes, making you feel as if you were pedalling along.

·    The exhibition Lo normal es muy raro (What’s normal is very strange) all day in Plaza Matadero as well as preparation, skilling and mobility workshops and the test bench (from 11am to 6pm).