Lone Star Motorcycle Rally - everythingfrom camping to music

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Lone Star Motorcycle Rally - everything from camping to music
Friday, November 3, 2006 - From staff reports - The Galveston County Daily News - news.galvestondailynews.com




GALVESTON — The Lone Star Motorcycle Rally is roaring into Galveston for the weekend.

Organizers expect 250,000 to 300,000 motorcycle enthusiasts and 400 vendors to attend this year’s four-day event.

To accommodate the event’s new rally site, an additional five blocks of Seawall Boulevard are being closed, from 20th to 25th streets.

In downtown, 21st through 24th streets between Mechanic Street and Harborside Drive have been closed.

The Strand is accommodating one-way traffic only.

Finally, Mechanic Street will be open to motorcycle parking only today.

Additions to the rally this year include the use of Fort Travis Park campground on Bolivar Peninsula, where 88 acres have been prepared for campgrounds and an entertainment venue has been created.

Lighthouse parking will provide a shuttle service between the campground and the rally site.

Activities will include several live music performances by artists such as Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad at 8 p.m. today and Brian Howe and Bad Company and John Kay and Steppenwolf at 8 p.m. Saturday at the campground. Radio personality Outlaw Dave from Rock 103.7 will also appear there today.

Organizers plan to have several other bands perform on two stages on Galveston Island, one in Saengerfest Park, at 22nd Street and The Strand, and another on 23rd Street and Seawall Boulevard.

Schedule Of Events For Today

10 a.m.: Poker Run Sign-up begins, Balinese Room, 21st Street and Seawall

Noon: Poker Run Sign-up ends — Last Bike Out, Balinese Room, 21st Street and Seawall

2 p.m.: Adrenaline, Bud Stage, Saengerfest Park, 23rd Street and The Strand; All-Most Famous, Laguna Harbor Stage, Budweiser Rock 103.7 Rock Block, 23rd Street and Seawall Boulevard

3:30 p.m.: Wide Open Throttle, Laguna Harbor Stage, Budweiser Rock 103.7 Rock Block, 23rd Street and Seawall

4 p.m.: Love of Peace, Bud Stage, Saengerfest Park, 23rd Street and The Strand

5 p.m.: Poker Run Check-in begins, Balinese Room, 21st Street and Seawall

5:30 p.m.: Victim, Laguna Harbor Stage, Budweiser Rock 103.7 Rock Block, 23rd Street and Seawall Boulevard

6 p.m.: Liz Dexic: Bud Stage, Saengerfest Park, 23rd Street and The Strand; Gates open for concert at Fort Travis Campground, Fort Travis, Bolivar Peninsula

7 p.m.: Poker Run Check-in closes — Last Bike In, Balinese Room, 21st Street and Seawall

7:30 p.m.: Tribal Tongue, Laguna Harbor Stage, Budweiser Rock 103.7 Rock Block, 23rd Street and Seawall Boulevard

8 p.m.: Mean Gene Kelton & The Diehards, Fort Travis Campground, Bolivar Peninsula; Soul Junkies, Bud Stage, Saengerfest Park, 23rd Street and The Strand

10 p.m.: H-88, Bud Stage, Saengerfest Park, 23rd Street and The Strand; Mark Farner & Grand Funk Railroad, Fort Travis Campground, Bolivar Peninsula