Austin Bike Zoo

This weekend the Austin Bike Zoo is taking part in a world-wide art installation called "NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH" by performing An Oddity Odyssey for all of y'all good people, and they're doing it FO' FREE! Check the details:

THE AUSTIN BIKE ZOO
[humdrum collective]
and The Encyclopedia Show present

AN ODDITY ODYSSEY
...A pedal-powered tour of the four elements and the fantastical creatures of the human imagination.

In the tradition of Wheels of Wonderland, The Austin Bike Zoo will be presenting a one-night performance installation combining theatre, dance, music, comedy and circus arts with our world-famous kinetic sculptures and the work of visual artists from Austin and around the world to create an unforgettable night of art and magic!

Featuring
[humdrum collective] Experimental Theatre
Surly Joe Jargon as The Cyclops
Luna Tart as Medusa
Goldie Candela of The Jigglewatts as The Phoenix
and performers from The 999 Eyes Freak Show, CircX Vortex and many more portraying sirens, mermaids, fairies and the beasts and being of myth and legend!

Music by The Inheritance

ONE NIGHT ONLY
Saturday, August 21st at 9PM
91 Red River Drive
Free of charge!

Part of NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH: An international art installation taking place simultaneously in eight cities across four continents. Visual artwork is being gathered from artists in Austin, Chicago, El Paso, Seattle, Tampa, Oslo (Norway), Melbourne (Australia) and Thiumphu (Bhutan) to be displayed in neighborhoods creating an globe-spanning public art gallery on Saturday, August 21st.

Participating Austin Artists include:
Robin Eagleton
Heyd Fontenot
Sara Jane Parsons
Sonja Rainey
and more!

This happens down next to G'Raj Mahal, just south of Caesar Chavez off of Red River. There's VERY VERY VERY minimal parking so be sure to ride your bike there!

The folks from the Austin Bike Zoo are inviting the community to join them this Sunday out at the HOPE Farmers Market (5th and Waller) from 11am to 3pm for a costume building workshop:

New Years is fast approaching and the Bike Zoo is inviting folks to come celebrate with us during the 1st Night Austin Grand Procession. Bicycle animals will be rolling the streets and we will be creating a bit of new performance work. We would love to have folks join us to celebrate the joy, grace and beauty of riding bicycles by creating beautiful costumes that embody what makes them feel beautiful, graceful and amazing while pedaling. We will be doing costume making workshops around town prior to the event so come out and join us, get ideas and/or work on your own gorgeousness at home and come ride with us on New Years Eve. More details to come, but in the meantime we hope to see you this Sunday for costume fun and farmer's market goodies!

If you want to know what all this "First Night" business is all about, check out Brian Birzer's photos from last year:

Who WOULDN'T want to ride in that parade? And that was just the first year! This time around they're going to go even BIGGER, and to do it they need your help so show up Sunday and get your costuming on!

Halloween falls squarely on the WEEKEND this year, which means ripe opportunities for multiple costumed rides! I've already mentioned one of them on here, but check out what's happening later in the eventing: a ZOMBIE RIDE being hosted by PONG, the Austin Bike Zoo, and the ZOMBIE BALL:

This one's going to cruise from Cafe Mundi around 7:30pm on HALLOWEEN DAY (Saturday), ride around a bit to the tunes of PONG, meander through the East Side, and then cruise down to the Longhorn Dam area to watch some excellent fireworks. After that, they head to the ZOMBIE BALL!

Get bloody, eat some brains, and ride your bike this Halloween!

Some of y'all may have caught this show last spring, but from the sound of things the Austin Bike Zoo has a few new things cooked up for this go-round:

Due to way too much fun had by the cast we have decided to re-stage our Wheels of Wonderland show from May.
It has a few new scenes, more music and of course more bikes. I have attached the poster with more info.
Dates are
September 26th and 27th, 6pm
October 3rd and 4th, 11am
all shows will take place at Brush Park
folks are highly encouraged to ride their bikes!

Thanks for putting this production on again, Sachi, Jeremy, and the rest of the Zoo. It's VERY audience-participatory, so if you're a regular biker, or ESPECIALLY if you're an irregular biker, make sure to bring your human-powered steed to the show and join in the fun! This is also a very kid friendly event, so if you have some younger bike fans in the family, talk about a perfect opportunity to get them involved.

Some of y'all may have caught this show last spring, but from the sound of things the Austin Bike Zoo has a few new things cooked up for this go-round:

Due to way too much fun had by the cast we have decided to re-stage our Wheels of Wonderland show from May.
It has a few new scenes, more music and of course more bikes. I have attached the poster with more info.
Dates are
September 26th and 27th, 6pm
October 3rd and 4th, 11am
all shows will take place at Brush Park
folks are highly encouraged to ride their bikes!

Thanks for putting this production on again, Sachi, Jeremy, and the rest of the Zoo. It's VERY audience-participatory, so if you're a regular biker, or ESPECIALLY if you're an irregular biker, make sure to bring your human-powered steed to the show and join in the fun! This is also a very kid friendly event, so if you have some younger bike fans in the family, talk about a perfect opportunity to get them involved.

Some of y'all may have caught this show last spring, but from the sound of things the Austin Bike Zoo has a few new things cooked up for this go-round:

Due to way too much fun had by the cast we have decided to re-stage our Wheels of Wonderland show from May.
It has a few new scenes, more music and of course more bikes. I have attached the poster with more info.
Dates are
September 26th and 27th, 6pm
October 3rd and 4th, 11am
all shows will take place at Brush Park
folks are highly encouraged to ride their bikes!

Thanks for putting this production on again, Sachi, Jeremy, and the rest of the Zoo. It's VERY audience-participatory, so if you're a regular biker, or ESPECIALLY if you're an irregular biker, make sure to bring your human-powered steed to the show and join in the fun! This is also a very kid friendly event, so if you have some younger bike fans in the family, talk about a perfect opportunity to get them involved.

Some of y'all may have caught this show last spring, but from the sound of things the Austin Bike Zoo has a few new things cooked up for this go-round:

Due to way too much fun had by the cast we have decided to re-stage our Wheels of Wonderland show from May.
It has a few new scenes, more music and of course more bikes. I have attached the poster with more info.
Dates are
September 26th and 27th, 6pm
October 3rd and 4th, 11am
all shows will take place at Brush Park
folks are highly encouraged to ride their bikes!

Thanks for putting this production on again, Sachi, Jeremy, and the rest of the Zoo. It's VERY audience-participatory, so if you're a regular biker, or ESPECIALLY if you're an irregular biker, make sure to bring your human-powered steed to the show and join in the fun! If you miss the show this Saturday you still have THREE chances to see it. This is also a very kid friendly event, so if you have some younger bike fans in the family, talk about a perfect opportunity to get them involved.

Woah, talk about deja vu. This month's Frankenbike swap meet is going to be taking place at a familiar spot for many of us, the Austin Bike Zoo HQ! Cruise on down to 1706 17th St, and try to be there early if you want to find the good good stuff. Last time I went to one of these at the bike Zoo I walked away with a wheelset, bars, bartape, an external BB crankset/bottom bracket combo and a bash guard, and spent less than 60 bucks for EVERYTHING. Yes, the deals are just that insane. Like I said, get there earlier rather than later so all the scumbags who buy local and resell on ebay (fuck you guys, seriously) don't snatch all the good shit before you get there.

Due to the cancellation of Pedal Fest, the Bike Zoo folks are going to be performing their incredibly awesome Wheels of Wonderland show at 6:00pm tomorrow, around the vicinity of 91 Red River St.

All shows are free and open to the public. Make sure to bring a bike, as there are a few moments of audience participation if you're a cyclist.

Cancelled due to "swine flu". I'm not joking.