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Every night lands in a different host town, and the camp goes up in whatever that town has offered — a park, a fairground, a school field. You roll in, find your bag, get clean, and the evening takes over from there.
Three ways to do the week
A patch of ground at the night's venue, every night of the week. Bring your own tent and sleeping kit — this is where nearly everybody sleeps, and it is where the week actually happens.
If you are traveling in an RV, there is a fee for the week to cover the space and arrangements at each venue.
Host towns have rooms and you are welcome to book one, but for the Delta Blues Edition they are extremely limited and sell out early — the Village Creek and Mississippi River State Park nights have almost nothing nearby. You arrange your own transfers to and from any private lodging, and luggage delivery to private lodging is not guaranteed. Your bag still travels to the camp venue, so plan how you will collect it before you head off to a bed.
What's waiting
when you
roll in
Available at the venue when you get in. Worth being unfussy about — everybody is in the same queue.
Moved from the last town and waiting, numbered against your rider number.
Hot, served at camp, cooked by the town you are staying in. Go back as many times as you like.
Delta blues at camp in the evening, played close enough that you feel it in the chair.
Charging stations at the venue every day for e-bike batteries.
Phat Tire on site in the evening, so a problem from today does not become a problem tomorrow.
The evening is
the event.
A fire going. String lights over long tables. Dinner cooked by the town you are in, live music from people who grew up on it, and several hundred riders working out that they have more in common than a bike.
Nobody wants to be first to bed. Everybody is up at six anyway.
What's on the table →Five nights on the ground after five days of riding is a different proposition to a weekend. A proper mat, earplugs, and something warm for the small hours matter more out here than any component on your bike.
