9/3/10-9/5/10 New York City Unicycle Festival

Friday t0 Sunday, September 3 to 5, 2010 Main Event: September 4 on Governors Island

New York City Unicycle Festival: Three Days of One-Wheel Madness
Cost: Free
For all ages

The first NYC Unicycle Festival will be rolling across New York City September 3 to September 5, 2010. Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts, Inc. is producing this three-day event featuring a grand gathering on Governors Island on September 4. The festival features unicycle races and games, trials demonstrations, public shows, a long-distance ride, and the largest group of one-wheeled enthusiasts ever to gather in the five boroughs. 2010 will be the first year of a festival that is intended to become an annual tradition for the Big Apple.

New York City is already home to the New York Unicycle Club (biweekly meetings at Grant's Tomb), the King Charles Troupe (the most famous unicycle troupe in the world), and most recently, the NYC Unicycle Bridge Tour. The growing popularity of this quirky pastime, combined with the city's initiatives to encourage cycling, make this a timely opportunity for a celebration of the unicycle.

Although you may witness one wheelers all over town, including a mass ride on Friday, September 3, the main event will take place on Governors Island on September 4. From noon to 5 pm people can enjoy rolling on one wheel in an automobile-free area, attempt unicycling for the first time, participate in games of unicycle basketball and hockey, and witness some of the most daring feats imagined by legends in the mono cycle world.

The NYC Unicycle Festival on Governors Island features:

1. A fun-filled day of riding unicycles on Governor's island
2. Organized games such as unicycle basketball and unicycle hockey. Rules will be based on the International Unicycling Federation's guidelines.
3. Workshops, ranging from learn-to-ride sessions to advanced skills instruction.
4. Races and competitions. Rules will be based mostly on the International Unicycling Federation.
5. A unicycle trials course. As in skateboarding and BMX, there is a community of unicyclists who will attempt to run obstacle courses on one wheel.
6. A unicycle-vending area that invites dealers and vendors from across the country.
7. Interboro tunnel ride through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, entering Governors Island through the stairway in the air shaft (pending MTA permission) .
8. International unicycle film series.
9. A public show featuring the best unicycle entertainers from around the world.


http://www.nycunifest.com/info.html