San Francisco Bicycle Music Festival

The award-winning Bicycle Music Festival in San Francisco—the world's largest pedal-powered music festival—took place annually from 2007-2015. Co-founded and co-produced by myself and my friend Paul Freedman (Rock the Bike), Bicycle Music Festival was profiled by press outlets as diverse as Treehugger and Scientific American; heralded as "iconic" by NPR, lauded as "the best bike fest" by Outside Magazine, and awarded The City of San Francisco's "Certificate of Honor" for "redefining what a green music festival can be." 

Community-powered through and through, the festival was staged (and carried) by over 100 volunteers, without the help of corporate sponsors, and powered by the audience via a 30-bike pedal powered sound system. 

The free, all-ages event consisted of a day venue and a night venue, connected by a performance parade called "LiveOnBike" which featured live performances by bands perched atop a bicycle-drawn stage, playing for a rolling audience of hundreds.

Eschewing trucks, all festival equipment was hauled by bike.  An open-source idea, BMF-style events are now found around the world.