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Trails that Connect Us
April 20, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join Us for Trails that Connect Us
Thursday, April 20, 5-8pm. (Rain date: April 21, 5-8pm)
Free State’s Eastside Bottling Facility, 1927 Moodie Road
There will be food trucks, music and beer. Enjoy kid-friendly activities, go on a brewery tour, get area trail information.
More than 27 organizations will share information about various activities in our region. Drop by the Friends of Lawrence Area Trails table for trail updates and maps.
Sunflower Outdoor & Bike will have demos and maintenance tips.
Lawrence Arts Center will be on hand with an activity for kids. Kids can make a drawing using a bike spirograph at the Topeka Community Cycle Project table.
Buskerfest will be there entertaining everyone. Balloon Man will there making balloons.
There is easy access from the Burroughs Trail, so cycling or walking is encouraged! There will be free bicycle valet parking — ride and park your bike to receive a beer sample ticket!
Dogs on leash are welcome outside.
Bid on Lucky Chance Drawing Baskets
You can Buy tickets at the event!
Do not need to be present to win.
Family Trail Adventure Pack — $300 value
A Day on (or Around) the Loop — $100 value
Runner’s Race Training Basket — $250 value
The fabulous Lawrence-based bluegrass trio Signal Ridge will be entertaining us at Trails that Connect Us! We are so excited!
https://www.signalridgemusic.com/
Sunflower Devo will be providing bike valet parking at Trails that Connect Us. Ride your bike to the event and get a free beer!
Sunflower Devo is a NICA approved youth mountain biking team for 6-12 grade student athletes.
Here are the organizations who will be at Trails that Connect Us:
- Friends of Clinton State Park
- Friends of the Kaw
- George Frazier author of The Last Wild Places in Kansas
- Jayhawk Audubon Society
- Kansas Trail Council
- Kaw Valley Bluebird Society
- Lawrence Bike Club
- Lawrence Busker Festival 2023 (not available on the rain date)
- Lawrence Mountain Bike Club
- Lawrence Parks and Recreation
- Lawrence Public Library
- Lawrence Trail Hawks
- LiveWell Douglas County
- Love Grub
- Pawsh Wash
- Seed Library
- Sunflower Outdoor & Bike
- Top City Trail Alliance
- Topeka Community Cycle Project
- University Press of Kansas
- Watkins Museum of History (not available on the rain date)
- Wild Douglas County
Please check back for updates as they become available.
We will have food trucks at Trails that Connect Us.
The Burger Bus (not available on the rain date)
Tropical Treats Shaved Ice & Lemonade
