Come and join us for a bike ride from Haymarket (5:30pm) to the Star and Shadow (6:00pm) to celebrate the kick off of the bicycle festival: short films (8:30pm) followed by a political debate before the party, music and fun start (10:00pm). 

Food available from 6:30 until 8:00pm Short movies are:

- Beauty and the bike on tour: Newcastle Cycling Campaign (Darlington Media Group, 7:48min); 

Moving beyond the automobile (streetfilms):

Bicycling (3:36min) followed by Traffic calming (4:45min); 

Copenhagen's public space, car-free streets and low speed zones (Streetfilms, 7:22min); 

Break: Political debate (30min); 

Beauty and the bike (Darlington Media Group, 20min version)