June BikeFest is back in 2025. This year we’re spending a whole month celebrating getting around by bicycle!
Overview of the Month
Things are different this year. Here’s a rundown of all that’s happening:
- Community Events calendar: there are so many bike-related events happening in June, from the mayor declaring it Bike Month, to City of Calgary events, to local business events, to Community Association events. Check our calendar to see what’s happening throughout the month.
- 30-day Bike Challenge: this is a variation on our classic bike bingo format, with a choose-your-own adventure format spread over the whole month.
- Film Screening and Wrap-up: think free family-friendly film, celebration of the bicycle, panel discussion with some local heroes, and exciting prizes, all rolled (pun intended!) into one. Not to mention we’ll have a free staffed bike valet on location as well! You won’t want to miss it!
Community Events Calendar
The mayor will be declaring June Bike Month. Check our calendar for details of what’s happening throughout the month, courtesy of many of our friends and partners across the city.
30-Day Bike Challenge
To join the bingo fun, you’ll need a copy of the 30-day bingo card. You’ve got three options to grab yours:
- Screenshot the PDF (link full-colour) on your phone and mark it up on your phone as you go
- Download the PDF (link B&W) yourself and print it at home (or you can access a printer at any public library!)
- Pick one up from your local independent bike shop. NOTE: these have not been distributed yet – we intend to have these distributed by June 1st!
Fill out as much of the bingo card as you can, colour it in, frame it at the end of the month… The adventure is yours! The more you fill out, the more chances you have at prizes. Check out the Bingo Resources section below for external links to help you complete your bingo card.
Make sure to keep your bingo card, as you’ll need to present it at our film screening to gain extra entries in the prize draw. Details below.
E-bikes and multi-modal transport are strongly encouraged as always.
The Urban Explorer and ParticipACTION
PLUS, if you want to get a bit competitive, check out the ParticipACTION challenge to show the nation that Calgary is the most active city. The Urban Explorer has signed up as a Calgary-based organization, and we’re promoting them here. You can use our bingo card for inspiration on ways to get active and enter those activities into the challenge. Details and more suggested routes on their website, including suggested sights to see along the way!
Film Screening and Wrap-Up
We’ll wrap up the month with a screening of the film Motherload at the Calgary Central Library in partnership with the Downtown Core Neighbourhood Association. This will be followed by a panel discussion with some local bike heroes! We’ll close with a door prize draw. You’ll get a bonus entry in the prize draw for each 5 squares of your bingo card that you’ve completed. Note you have to be present to win.
Event details
When: 2pm – 4:30pm, Sunday June 29, 2025 (doors at 1:30pm)
Where: Calgary Central Library at 800 3 St SE
The event is free, but please register so we have an idea of numbers!
Bike Valet
We’re going to have a free staffed bike valet on location as well! It will be located in LOT 77, immediately to the northeast of the Central Library.
- Location: LOT 77 (417 7 Ave S.E.) [PDF Map]
- Hours: 1:30pm to 5:15pm
Bingo Resources
Here are links to the resources mentioned on the bingo card!
- Participate in Pedal Poll June 3 or 7
- Attend a Critical Mass ride
- Watch a bike vid from a local YouTuber/creator
- Register your bike on Bike Index
- Try a new bike route
- Bike to a community event
- BikeFest wrap-up film screening event on June 29
- Become a Bike Calgary member
Get Involved!
We’re always looking for volunteers to help with tasks leading up to the event, or on the day of the event. Reach out to us at events@bikecalgary.org if you’d like to hear more about how to get involved.
If someone is struck by a cyclist or hoverboard user, the cyclist, etc., can just take off; there’s no way to identify the drivers. Their vehicles should be licensed. Women in my Meetup group with 2,200 members (Calgary Women’s Walking and Friendship Group) have almost been struck by cyclists, hoverboards and other traffic on City pathways. My group has offered 475 – 500 walks in parks and on pathways. Cyclists are required to ring their bells so that pedestrians can hear them when they’re trying to pass our group on city pathways, which are shared with cyclists. Seventy per cent of the time we hear no bell. Excessive cycling speed is a massive issue on pathways, especially with electric bikes and hoverboards. Not all cyclists yell to warn us they are coming, which is another option. They can yell, “On your left.” My event organizers worked hard to keep everyone in their individual walking group events to stay on the right side of the pathways, but we’ve had to adopt a strategy. When any ‘walker’ sees a bike, we yell “BIKE!” This warns members of our group that cyclists are coming. But there are still huge problems. We can tell that plain clothed bylaw officers are checking to see if we’re moving to the right, but they don’t see to watch the pathways drivers. If there are walkers heading toward us in the oncoming pathway, the cyclists are supposed to stop because they can’t get between the groups as the pathway grows congested. Walking on City pathways is a dangerous sport with the way some cyclists drive after work and on weekends. These vehicles should be licensed to keep everyone safe. I was struck by a runner who ran right into the back of me, and there was no mistaking the fact that I was there. This was when I was walking to Sandy Beach park by the Elbow River with a group of women.
Hi, having thought about it, Calgary Women’s Walking and Friendship Group will throw its support behind Bike Calgary anytime you need it. Thanks.