Bike Month 2025
Every May is National Bike Month! See all the Downtown Raleigh events happening this May below. Roll on over for these fun and free events.
Oaks and Spokes Bike Month Social + Kick-off
May 1st, 6-8pm | The Bend Bar, 853 W Morgan St.
Join Oaks & Spokes for an evening to mingle with organizations and friends advocating for safe streets and easy connectivity around the city of Raleigh.
Food and drink will be available to purchase at the venue. Oaks & Spokes is sponsoring a drink ticket for every Oaks & Spokes member attending the social.
First Friday Slow Roll + Bike Parade
May 2nd, 6-8pm (Meet: 6pm / Roll out: 6:30pm) | Oak City Cycling Project, 707 N Person St.
Part bike ride, part parade, all fun. Join us for our First Friday slow roll from Oak City Cycling Project to Downtown Raleigh - this ride will bring you to the heart of downtown for all the First Friday festivities.
This family friendly "slow roll" is appropriate for all ages and abilities but will occur in street, so if your little one is not comfortable riding at a 10-12 MPH pace, a burley, cargo bike or bike seat is a better fit.
Get ready for some dino-themed fun once we get to Downtown, with selfie stations set up for a brief ride interlude where rollers can win a $100 gift card to a Downtown Raleigh retailer of their choice.
Dress up or dress down - this is a casual cruiser ride and a fun celebration kick-off event for our month of fun.
Registration encouraged.
Historic Bike Ride with RHDC & BPAC
May 3rd, 10am-12pm | Nash Square Park
May is Preservation Month and Bike Month! Hop on your bike for a ride into history. The Raleigh Historic Development Commission (RHDC), in partnership with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC) and Raleigh Sister Cities, is hosting the 2nd annual Raleigh Historic Bike Ride.
This year, the 4-mile route includes stops at sites identified in our recently completed LGBTQIA+ Historic Context Study! RHDC volunteers at each site will share a brief history of the property.
The stops include:
- Nash Square (200 S. McDowell St.)
- Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel (400 Fayetteville St.)
- Cameron Court Apartments (905 Hillsborough St.)
- Women’s Culture Collective Coffeehouse (119 Hawthorne Rd.)
- Pullen Memorial Baptist Church (1805 Hillsborough St.)
- Legends Nightclub (330 W. Hargett St.)
Bike to Work Day
May 15th, 4-6pm | Moore Square Park, 201 S Blount St.
Downtown Raleigh Alliance will be hosting a Super Stop this year with Toole Design from 4p - 6p in Moore Square Park. We will have complimentary refreshments from Lucky Tree, which will be debuting in Moore Square as the new cafe later this spring. Those that roll over to this event will have the opportunity to enter in a drawing to win a $100 gift card to a Downtown Raleigh retailer of their choice.
Raleigh artist Katie Stewart will also be onsite doing fun sticker and keychain crafts with recycled materials. Join us for an afternoon of fun!
Find all the Bike to Work day stations here
Produce Peddler
May 20th, 4-7pm | Weaver Street Market, 404 W Hargett St.
Make your weekly grocery run by bike! Roll over to Weaver Street on May 20th and pick up all your essentials. All those that arrive by bike will be entered for a $100 gift card drawing to Weaver Street. There will also be a $50 Weaver Street “wild card” giveaway for the most creative carry home.
Calling all cargo bikes, backpack wearers and burley trailers – let’s go! Downtown Raleigh Alliance will have snacks out front to celebrate all the calories you burned hauling your stash home.
To see all events held city-wide, reference the Oaks and Spokes website, here.