Event Schedule
This page will be continually updated.
Planning your race, ride, and festival weekend is part of the fun. Stay tuned here for exciting activities, important deadlines, and more. This schedule is subject to change up to and during the event.
Event Location & Parking:
LOCATION: The festival, expo, concert, and Start / Finish all take place right across the street from Brues Alehouse, 120 Riverwalk Pl, Pueblo, CO 81003.
PARKING: Parking can be found at two separate downtown parking garages as well as numerous public lots and on-street parking. Do not park in private businesses or on private property!
Friday, October 10
Day 1 of the festival: packet pickup, vendor expo, community ride, concert, and more!
The festival venue is right across the street from Brues Alehouse, 120 Riverwalk Pl, Pueblo, CO 81003.
Schedule subject to change.
2:00 - 6:00 PM - Festival and Packet Pickup
WHERE: The festival venue is right across the street from Brues Alehouse, 120 Riverwalk Pl, Pueblo, CO 81003.
The Festival & Expo
Connect with dozens of industry-leading vendors, local artists, local food trucks, and more. Festival & Expo details
Packet Pickup - Look for the Grassroots Gravel tents
ID or copy of registrant ID required.
3:45 pm - Community Ride staging
Join us on this community ride along the scenic Arkansas River in Pueblo! The Ride For Racial Justice and Adaptive Adventures will be leading and supporting the ride - so check them out and support their great work!
The community ride is open to all - just sign up and complete the waiver here. Everyone who’s signed up could win sunglasses, Grassroots Gravel swag, bike gear, and more!
What: This is a ride for everyone. We’ll be keeping a casual pace and enjoying people, bikes, and Pueblo on a route overlooking the Arkansas river.
Distance: The ride will be be along the Arkansas River with options ~3-8 miles long
Where: Meet on Alan Hamel Avenue between Union Avenue and Main Street, right behind Pueblo Memorial Hall / Across from Brues Alehouse
Safety notes: This is a rules-of-the-road ride, which means all riders are expected to follow standard traffic laws and signals. Riders are strongly encouraged to bring lights for their bikes and wear appropriate safety equipment including helmets.
4:00 PM - Community Ride Depart
5:00 PM - Community Ride Social Hour at Analogue Bar by Solar Roast Coffee
Hang with old and new friends and chat with folks from Ride For Racial Justice and Adaptive Adventures at this awesome downtown spot
Cocktails, beer, NA options, and food available!
6:30 PM - The Concert at Grassroots Gravel
Groove with us and celebrate community and connection with award-winning bands Los Mocochetes and The Savage Blush
Enjoy powerful sets from two incredible Colorado-based bands. CLICK HERE FOR CONCERT DETAILS
Concert is open to all.
Access is based on venue capacity and security.
9:00 PM - Concert winds down
Grab merch to support these great bands!
9:15 PM - Festival venue closes for the night
You don’t gotta go home. But you can’t stay here.
Friday Evening: The Concert
A Friday concert with music to move you
Enjoy powerful sets from two incredible Colorado-based bands. Concert is open to all. Access is based on venue capacity and security.
When: Friday, October 10th 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Where: The concert will take place at the festival venue right across the street from Brues Alehouse, 120 Riverwalk Pl, Pueblo, CO 81003.
Concert made possible by:
Los Mocochetes
"Los Mocochetes moves audiences with its lyrics of revolution-rock and its booty-shaking Latin grooves, mixing Spanish and English to remind us that – except for the indigenous – we are all immigrants and we all have the responsibility to love and accept each other and ourselves and fight for justice. Fist-in-the-air tracks like “Rocks” touch on vital issues like police brutality and apathy, begging Americans who’ve had enough to “take back control,” and Los Mocochetes’ founding members are not just exciting local musicians on the rise but important community activists. Spanish slang for “snot-nosed brats with machetes,” Los Mocochetes is as rooted in Mexico as Colorado, and its diverse influences entrance listeners to both get down on the dance floor and get out in the streets to 'be the change.'"- 105.5 The Colorado Sound
Click here for Los Mocochetes music, merch, and upcoming shows
The Savage Blush
Denver-based The Savage Blush is a psychedelic rock band, projecting reverb-washed atmospheres of phaser modulated melodies, punchy rock and Latin rhythms, and vocals that soar and echo throughout.
The band creates a sound that blends the familiar textures and dynamic structures of classic psychedelia with the ethereal spaces and darker fuzzed out psych rock of the present age.
Click here for The Savage Blush music, merch, and upcoming shows
Saturday, October 11
The big day! Plan accordingly, check in on yourself and your friends, stay fueled & hydrated.
Schedule subject to change leading into event day.
6:30 AM - 9:30 AM - Late Packet Pickup (pauses during race departs)
We STRONGLY encourage getting your packet on Friday. Race departs will leave promptly at designated times. Be sure to show up EARLY on this day to get your packet if you must.
Location: Look for the Grassroots Gravel tents
In the festival right across the street from Brues Alehouse, 120 Riverwalk Pl, Pueblo, CO 81003
ID required (or copy of registrant ID)
7:04 AM
Sunrise
7:30 AM - Staging for The Whole (113 mile)
Staging begins for The Whole (110 mile) depart
Location: Main street, across the street from Brues Alehouse, 120 Riverwalk Pl, Pueblo, CO 81003
7:45 AM - The Whole (113 mile) Rider Safety Meeting (at staging/start)
8:00 AM - The Whole (113 mile) depart
Neutral depart led by law enforcement
Location: Main street, across the street from Brues Alehouse, 120 Riverwalk Pl, Pueblo, CO 81003
Timing begins at the start of gravel on Red Creek Springs road
8:30 AM - Staging for The Half (75 mile)
Staging begins for The Half (75 mile) depart
Location: Main street, across the street from Brues Alehouse, 120 Riverwalk Pl, Pueblo, CO 81003
8:45 AM - The Half (75 mile) Rider Safety Meeting (at staging/start)
9:00 AM - The Half (75 mile) depart
Neutral depart led by law enforcement
Location: Main street, across the street from Brues Alehouse, 120 Riverwalk Pl, Pueblo, CO 81003
Timing begins at the start of gravel on Red Creek Springs road
9:30 AM - Staging for The Lil Chile (39 mile) and The Mild (15 / 19 mile)
Location: Main street, across the street from Brues Alehouse, 120 Riverwalk Pl, Pueblo, CO 81003
Timing begins at the start of gravel on Red Creek Springs road
9:45 AM - The Lil Chile (39 mile) and The Mild (15 / 19 mile) Rider Safety Meeting (at staging/start)
10:00 AM - The Lil Chile (40 mile) and The Mild (15 / 19 mile) depart
Neutral depart led by law enforcement
Location: Main street, across the street from Brues Alehouse, 120 Riverwalk Pl, Pueblo, CO 81003
Timing begins at the start of gravel on Red Creek Springs road
All Day - Cheers, festival, and celebration for every finisher
Participants will can redeem their meal ticket for exclusive local food truck options at the festival, and their drink ticket for a brew from Brues Alehouse Brewing or Athletic Brewing in the festival
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM - Grassroots Gravel Festival
Grassroots Gravel Expo (open to public) featuring cycling industry vendors, regional partners, & more
Location: Main street, across the street from Brues Alehouse, 120 Riverwalk Pl, Pueblo, CO 81003
Bike valet for participants so you can focus on enjoying the expo!
11:00 AM - Bike Valet Opens
Free Bike valet opens
Bike wash available for participant use
Location: In the festival right across the street from Brues Alehouse, 120 Riverwalk Pl, Pueblo, CO 81003
~12:00 PM - Podium Awards for The Lil Chile
Podiums for the Lil Chile (39 mile). Top five Mens/Womens/Nonbinary from each route.
Location: In the festival right across the street from Brues Alehouse, 120 Riverwalk Pl, Pueblo, CO 81003
~1:00 - 2:30 PM - Podium Awards for The Half
Podiums for The Half (75 mile). Top five Mens/Womens/Nonbinary from each route.
Location: In the festival right across the street from Brues Alehouse, 120 Riverwalk Pl, Pueblo, CO 81003
~2:00 - 4:00 PM - Podium Awards for The Whole
Podiums for the Whole (113 mile). Top five Mens/Womens/Nonbinary from each route.
Location: In the festival right across the street from Brues Alehouse, 120 Riverwalk Pl, Pueblo, CO 81003
5:00 PM - International Bicycle Flat Tire World Series CHAMPIONSHIP
Top finishers from this year’s International Bicycle Flat Tire World Series presented by UC Health will throw down some flat-fixin’ excellence to define the year’s reigning champion. These folks will be competing for a custom top-of-the-line pump from Silca, a carbon wheelset from Quality Wheels, bikes from State Bicycle Co, tires from Teravail, and more.
4:30 PM - 8:00PM Grassroots Gravel Finish Line Party presented by Adaptive Adventures
Photo and video highlights from the day, music, giveaways, Food & Drink, & more!
More Finish Line Party Details to come!
6:24 PM - Sunset
7:30 PM - Bike Valet closes
Parking
Downtown Pueblo has multiple public lots & garages.
Park in designated public lots and garages. On-street parking will be limited. Parking at the event location will be accessibility-only. Use common city sense and stow valuables and bags out of sight.
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