| Daytona Beach Bike Week | |
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 Activity on Main Street, Bike Week 2008 | |
| Location(s) | Daytona Beach and DeLeon Springs, Florida, USA |
| Founded | 1937 |
| Attendance | 500,000 |
| Patron(s) | Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce |
| Website | http://www.officialbikeweek.com/ |
Daytona Beach Bike Week, also called Daytona Bike Week, is a motorcycle event and rally held annually in Daytona Beach, Florida. Events occur throughout Volusia County, including the DeLand Bike Rally in Downtown DeLand on the first Saturday of Bike Week and other events in DeLeon Springs. Approximately 500,000[citation needed] people make their way to the rally area for the 10-day event. The festivities include motorcycle racing, concerts, parties, and street festivals. The event is usually held on the first full week of March (including the Fri-Sat-Sun prior to) and contends with the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally as the most popular motorcycle rally in the United States.[1][2][3][4][5]
- ^ Bike Week at Daytona Beach: bad boys and fancy toys, by Roby Page, pg. 84
- ^ The fun seeker's North America: the ultimate travel guide to the most fun, by Alan S. Davis, Chuck Thompson, pg. 46-49
- ^ Sweet Machines & Bike Night Scenes, by Donna Madden, pg. 9-10
- ^ Daytona Beach: 100 Years of Racing, by Harold D. Cardwell, pg. 123
- ^ Born to be wild: a history of the American biker and bikes, 1947-2002, by Paul Garson, pg. 141-142