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Bristol Cycle Festival will be taking place in September, and the organisers are appealing to the local community to get involved with ideas about ways we can celebrate cycling in Bristol.

The Bristol Cycle Festival is the result of collaboration between a number of organisations including Bristol’s Neighbourhood Arts team, Spoke n Chain, Team Rubber, The Bike Forum and Shambala Festival. The event has been made possible through the financial support of Bristol City Council’s Cycling City fund.

The idea of the festival is to get the city focussed on the fun that can be had through cycling, and over two weeks the organisers want the city to hold a number of different events. They are looking for ideas from the community about how this can be done. Ideas so far suggested include wacky bike races, bicycle decorating and bike sculptures as well as bicycle rides, bike building workshops and cycling film nights.

It is expected that there will be more than fifty cycling related events over the two week festival, which runs from 11-26 September.

The main events will happen over the weekend of 18 September, as it is the closest weekend to National No Car Day. There will be installations and activities across Bristol City Centre, including the UK’s first dedicated bike carnival. There will also be bike games across the city with IgFest, Bristol’s street game organisation.

The Bristol Cycle Festival will also be used to celebrate 15 years of the National Cycle Network, which is administered by Bristol sustainable transport organisation Sustrans.

If you are interested in contributing ideas to the Bristol Cycle Festival, or perhaps would like to be involved in other ways such as stewarding or leading an event, please contact the festival via the Bristol Cycle Festival website.

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