Asheville on Bikes (AoB) has partnered with AVLFest to provide suggested bicycle routes and additional bicycle parking at venues during the festival.
AVLFest Ride Guide
The AVLFest Ride Guide connects all the bikeable venues together via the best routes. If the venue isn’t included in the AVL Fest Guide, we do not recommend riding to it. AVLFest does provide a free shuttle service. Bikes are not allowed on shuttles.
The Ride Guide focuses on Downtown (and a few adjacent venues), The River Arts District, and West Asheville.
AoB built the AVLFest Ride Guide using Ride With GPS (RWGPS) application. It’s a mapping and route finding tool, similar to Strava. The AVL Fest Ride Guide is accessed in the “Collections” section of our RWGPS page as well as additional routes and resources for riding Asheville, NC.
To access these resources, follow these steps:
- Click this special pre-approval link, which pre-approves you as an Asheville on Bikes annual member. It will prompt you to either set up a new free account or link your existing RWGPS account to our club account. Then you’ll have access to all the members-only routes in our Club account. For any route in our Club account, you have all the pro (normally paid) features of Ride With GPS, including turn by turn navigation and offline mapping.
- Download the Ride With GPS app on your phone and make sure it is working, before riding the City!
About Riding in Asheville
Asheville, NC is recognized by the League of American Bicyclists as a Bronze Level Bicycle Friendly Community. Asheville also leads North Carolina in bicycle & pedestrian injuries and death. The city has held this dubious distinction for over 15 years. When riding in Asheville, be Ride Ready.
Ride Readiness
- Wear a helmet
- Equip your bicycle with front and rear bike lights
- Carry a lock to secure your bike when it’s parked
- Carry a water bottle and avoid dehydration
- Be predictable and communicate with other people in the public rights of way
- Anticipate conflicts & avoid unnecessary risks
- Activate the “Safe Habit of Riding”
AVLFest
AVLFest is a venue-based music festival returning to the Blue Ridge mountains August 1-4th, 2024. Presented by Asheville-based Wicked Weed Brewing and Worthwhile Sounds, AVLFest will fill 20+ area concert halls, clubs, and outdoor venues alike with an exceptional multi-genre lineup of local, regional, and national talent. Performances are set to take place throughout the 4-day festival with wristbands granting pass holders access to 200+ shows through the Asheville area.