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Battle of the Bands & Bike Night - Oh My !!
Wednesday, August 07, 2024
FREE! Watch the Battle of the Bands !!
Winner Snags a Catskill Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Festival Paid Gig
Battle of the Bands. In the movies it is the pinnacle moment when a band comes out of nowhere to win it all and snag their place in history and on stage just like some famous names. For CMT, this is no different and bands battle it out to win a coveted spot on stage & a paid gig at the Catskill Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Festival.
Wednesday August 14th, 2024 is the final Bike Night and 2nd Annual Battle of the Bands by Red Barn Riders RC Bike Nights at Blackthorne Resort. And yes, the winning band gets a paid gig at the 2024 Catskill Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Festival!!
Last year, the Battle of the Bands and Bike Night was “EPIC”! It felt like a real concert with so many great bands and so many people coming out to enjoy the night. Everyone was thrilled to participate. Those in attendance were over the moon hearing all these great bands and the Red Barn Riders RC was happy to see so many come out for the Bike Nights Battle of the Bands at Blackthorne Resort. There were many bikers, but there were also so many locals from the area who came out to listen to all the great music.
It's called a Battle of the Bands because there can be only one winner, but all these bands are friendly with each other and many have known each other for years.
This year the bands competing for the coveted spot of playing at the 2024 Catskill Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Festival will be Geezer, Mixtape Revival, Delta 9, Breakout Kings, and Phantom Sleeze. The winner will be picked by impartial judges.
Let’s not forget that Bike Night will also be going on, with trophies awarded in 3 categories that will not be released until the night of the event.
Red Barn Riders RC does these Bike Nights for multiple reasons, but the 2 most important are to get to know all the local bikers and people in the area, and to raise money to continue helping those in our area.
Many have asked the Red Barn Riders RC to continue into September the Bike Nights that are held the 2nd Wednesday of June, July, and August, but September is the Catskill Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Festival… like just about everyone else in our area who ride, we will be partying at CMT !
But have no fear; 2025 Bike Nights are already in the works, and there are some truly awesome things being planned.
We all look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday August 14th 7pm to 10pm and as always, the Bike Night is a free event and everyone is welcome!
Guest Blogger Bio ....
Thanks to Guest Blogger LJ James. LJ James has been attending the Catskill Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Festival at the Blackthorne Resort since 2003 +/-. His favorite part of the Catskill Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Rally is Day 1, setting up camp with his Club Brothers, meeting up with old friends and all the possibilities of next few days to look forward to. As a member of the Red Barn Riders RC (a charity, AMA , 501(c)(3) Organization), he/ they started Bike Nights at the Blackthorne ending the Season with an epic Battle of the Bands Contest. LJ James is a freelance writer, published in Motorcycle Magazines all around the World. He can be found on Facebook at Facebook.com/AmericanBikerX, with lots of cool pictures of his adventures.
Mike embraced CMT & Blackthorne resort early. This old school walk down memory lane brings us back ! way back!
Motorcycle accident, a passion for photography & a landing at Catskill Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Festival.
Battle of the Bands. In the movies it is the pinnacle moment when a band comes out of nowhere to win it all and snag their place in history and on stage just like some famous names. For CMT, this is no different and bands battle it out to win a coveted spot on stage & a paid gig at the Catskill Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Festival.
Guest Bloggers
The Regular Suspects: Entertainers, Bikers, Builders, Attendees, & Other Troublemakers !
Tellin' It Like it Is
Catskill Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Festival is open to the public, held annually in mid-September at the Blackthorne Resort nestled in the Catskill Mountains of New York.
Not only does the festival boast some of the best riding around, but we so fortunate to call so many of you our friends and family - perhaps best coined friends that are like family!
We look forward to seeing you each year and can't wait to see the stories y'all come up with as Guest Bloggers.
Each blog is written by someone that has touched our event or been touched by our event .. OK, that is a lot of touching, get you heads out of the gutter.
There are attendees, vendors, bike builders, bike show participants, stunt riders, entertainers, daredevils of all kinds, bands both national headliners and regional talented AF bands, bike games participants, photographers, staff, volunteers and of course the crazy folks which covers all of the above.
You have the best stories and you are the ones that truly experience Catskill Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Festival, so who better to tell everyone the stories? Just try to keep it PG or PG adjacent anyway 😜
We have been thrilled by the response from folks and there are so, SO many stories to be told. We look forward to hearing all of them & hope all of you get a kick out of the stories as well.
Catskill Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Festival is held Mid-September every year. For practice, two runs are held in April and June. The September festival is an event like no other, held on the grounds of Blackthorne resort. You can ride through the Catskills, or settle in and enjoy the resort grounds. The field is filled with bikes, bike games, a bike build-off, bike artists & builders, stunt shows (MX, Wall of Death) , bike games, a bike show, loads of vendors, bars & bands! You can make your own fun or we can instigate a little.
Join us for all the fun and be sure to read the stories here by our very own guest bloggers, some folks ya know and some you may get to know.
2025: September 9-14th See Ya There!
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