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Handel Family's Favorite RidesÂ
2025: September 9th-14th Join Us!
We may be biased - but this is the best motorcycle festival in the northeast. You won't run out of things to do with our large vendor expo, stunt shows, live entertainment, bike runs and more!
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Catskill Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Festival is hosted at Blackthorne resort each September. The grounds include over 100 acres of camping amenities, motel rooms, inground pool, Tiki Bar, pavillion, a field that gets filled with vendors, bike builders competing in a bike build off, bike games, bike artists, MX stunt show, bands, bars including a martini bar & so much more. Standard camping amenities apply, and there is also a huge indoor bar with food, drinks and hosting some of the best musicians in the region. A dining room, beer garden, aerial burnout pit, multiple outdoor bars and a huge outdoor stage for the headline bands.Â
Taco Bout a Party
Check into your room or your favorite campsite earlyÂ
Then join us for our FREE taco party.
Why:Â Why not ? I mean it is Tacos :-)Â
CMT folks started getting here early, so
it seemed like a great idea.Â
Truth be told, we literally stole the idea from Charity who was doing an amazing Taco Tuesday at her campsite. We had so much fun we decided to do it for everyone ;-)Â
Enjoy
Early bird gets the nacho!Â
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 Dale HandelÂ
​Great night, foggy memory, message us for credit if you took this photo 🤣
 Attendee Shot Stolen from the Facebook Group
​This may have been taken by BOLD Endeavors or an attendee, pub crawl nights get hazy fast, if you took this pic let us know :-)Â
Pub Crawl - Meet outside of the bar for a fun-pregame party before we load up on busses.Â
We stop at multiple bars, a snack stop along the way, and return to Blackthorne just in time for some live entertainment with some of the best bands in the region.
You can have smiles like these as well, no one is shocked to learn this was not the first stop 🤣.
We always end up back home at the Blackthorne Phoenix bar for a great regional band to kick the festival into high gear before it has even officially started.​
This pre-party gets bigger every year and features FREE BBQ and beer at the pavilion!
This is the perfect opportunity to mingle with some of the vendors, performers, and other attendees!
 When not playing around, these lead singers are consummate entertainers and the crowd loves them 🧡
Call of the Wild Photography
Call of the Wild Photography
Call of the Wild Photography
Call of the Wild Photography
 Dale HandelÂ
​Great night, foggy memory, message us for credit if you took this photoÂ
Taco Bout a Party
Check into your room or your favorite campsite earlyÂ
Then join us for our FREE taco party.
Why:Â Why not ? I mean it is Tacos :-)Â
CMT folks starting getting here early,
so it seemed like a great idea.Â
Truth be told, we literally stole the idea from Charity who was doing an amazing Taco Tuesday at her campsite. We had so much fun we decided to do it for everyone ;-)Â
Enjoy
Early bird gets the nacho! ​
 Attendee Shot Stolen from the Facebook Group
Pub Crawl - Meet outside of the bar for a fun-pregame party before we load up on busses.Â
We stop at multiple bars, a snack stop along the way, and return to Blackthorne just in time for some live entertainment with some of the best bands in the region.
You can have smiles like these as well, no one is shocked to learn this was not the first stop 🤣.
We always end up back home at the Blackthorne Phoenix bar for a great regional band to kick the festival into high gear before it has even officially started.​
Call of the Wild Photography
This pre-party gets bigger every year and features FREE BBQ and beer at the pavilion!
This is the perfect opportunity to mingle with some of the vendors, performers, and other attendees!
Call of the Wild Photography
Call of the Wild Photography
Call of the Wild Photography
Handel Family's Favorite RidesÂ