Official Biketoberfest Calendar

Official Biketoberfest® Festival Weekend
October 18 - 21, 2007
WWW.BIKETOBERFEST.ORG
2007 EVENTS SCHEDULE

Join us for Biketoberfest®, a festival celebrating the joy of motorcycling. Activities include rides, shows, concerts & more. Contact the Daytona Beach Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, toll free at (866) 296-8970 or email info@biketoberfest.org for details.


Official Biketoberfest® Festival Weekend

October 18 - 21, 2007
Join us for Biketoberfest®, a festival celebrating the joy of motorcycling. Activities include rides, shows, concerts & more. Contact the Daytona Beach Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, toll free at (866) 296-8970 or email info@biketoberfest.org for details.

10/18-10/21 Official Biketoberfest® Event Welcome Centers - Complete listing of all events, activities and loads of information. Sign in and pick up an official event poster and wallet card. For information call (866) 296-8970 or visit www.Biketoberfest.org. Visitor Information Centers located inside: The Daytona 500 Experience, 1801 West International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach and inside Destination Daytona, 1637 North U.S. Hwy. 1, Ormond Beach.

10/18-10/21 Main Street Rally - The place to see and be seen. Festival includes vendors, entertainment and more. For information call Main Street Merchants Entertainment at (386) 252-1922 or (386) 255-9525.

10/18-10/21 Cruisin Café - Live bands, souvenirs, t-shirts, daily entertainment. For information call (386) 253-5522
or visit www.cruisincafe.com. 2 South Atlantic Avenue, Daytona Beach.

10/18-10/21 Froggy’s Saloon - Music day and night, souvenirs and more. For information call (386) 254-8808.
800 Main Street, Daytona Beach.

10/18-10/21 Dirty Harry’s - Three bands daily including the Scott Yvonne Band, Avarice and Groove Bone. Wet t-shirt contests at 2:00PM, 5:00PM and 7:00PM. T-shirts, souvenirs and more. Open 8:00AM to 3:00AM. No cover. For information call (386) 257-1944 or visit www.dirtyharrysdaytona.com.
705 Main Street, Daytona Beach.

10/18-10/21 Bank & Blues Club - The best in rockabilly with the Razorbacks. Also enjoy performances by Gil Dubois and Grammy nominee Tony O., all in a historic bank building. Open 11:00AM to 3:00AM.
No cover. For information call (386) 257-9272 or visit www.thebankdaytona.com. 701 Main Street, Daytona Beach.

10/18-10/21 Full Moon Saloon - Live Southern and Biker rock on two stages. On the inside stage enjoy the music of Kabin Fever. On the outside stage see performances by Martian Dope, KGB and Stone Throw. Contests, souvenirs and more. For information call (386) 253-1944 or visit www.fullmoonsaloondaytona.com. 700 Main Street, Daytona Beach.

10/18-10/21 Wise Guys Watering Hole - Great entertainment and fun. For information call (386) 253-8251. 415 Main Street, Daytona Beach.

10/18-10/21 316 Main Street Station Restaurant & Saloon - Daily activities, food and more. For information call (386) 248-0085. 316 Main Street, Daytona Beach.
www.Biketoberfest.org

Biketoberfest keeps tourism running, posted in the Daytona Beach News Journal

DAYTONA BEACH -- Hotel operators in Volusia County, especially the east side, have looked forward to Biketoberfest for the past few years to help overcome a summer tourism season cut short by the early arrival of back-to-school in Florida.

But this year when the fabled special event rolls into town today through Sunday, it will serve more as the icing on the cake, according to a local tourism official.

"Biketoberfest is always a great economic pop for the economy," said Lori Campbell Baker, spokeswoman for the Daytona Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. "Every year it brings quite a bit of money into the county and this year will be no different."

But this year, thanks to a later-school start (Aug. 20), area properties finished the summer season on the upside for a change. A check of public records shows through the first eight months of the year, the bed tax collected countywide is at about $6.34 million, an increase of about 3 percent despite the fact that late spring and early summer tourism -- specifically April and June -- were off this year.

"We're pretty excited about the figures we're seeing so far," Baker said.

Bob Davis, president of the Hotel-Motel Association of Volusia County, said occupancy for this year looks very promising based on comments he has heard from members of his group.

"Yes, (Biketoberfest) helps. Yes, it is a good event. And yes, it is a big boost," Davis said recently.

The Ocean Waters chain, with more than 2,000 hotel rooms spread among two dozen local hotels, is also expecting a boon from Biketoberfest after strong late summer bookings.

"Special events, in general, are very important to the Daytona Beach economy," said Tim Stockman, a vice president at Ocean Waters. "We look forward to a great event, with lots of visitors from all over the area coming to Daytona to enjoy our wonderful fall weather and everything that our city has to offer."

As a hotelier, I can tell you that I love these events but I have seen a sharp decline in the number of visitors over the last 2 years. At my hotel, I am running about 50% occupancy so far for the weekend. I expect to be at 80-85% occupancy, but 2 years ago I could have filled. Hopefully, things will turn around and the events will start bringing more bikers back into the area. I am looking forward to many more years of successful events in the Daytona Beach area.

Bret Michaels is coming to Daytona Beach

Bret Michaels is coming to Daytona Beach for Bike Week. He will be playing with his solo band at the Broken Spoke Saloon, 1151 N. U.S. 1, Ormond Beach. Tickets are $10.00 and they are going fast.

FL Ticket locations in Daytona Beach: Nerve Marketing, 118 N. Beach St.; Skips Boots, 1320 W. International Speedway Blvd.; Atlantic Sounds, 138 W. International Speedway Blvd.; Willie's Tropical Tattoos, 825 S. Yonge St.

Call (386) 257-3030 for more information.

Check back for more Biketoberfest updates.

Museum of Arts and Sciences offers full color Laser Rock Concerts.

My friends and I went to see Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, and it was a great show. I'm looking forward to seeing the Metallica show.

The Museum of Arts & Sciences announces the continuation of full color Laser Rock Concerts. These popular shows bring classic rock to life for hundreds of visitors each week. Daily admission is $4 for adults and $3 for children. Saturday evening, the show is $5 per show or $7 for the double feature. Saturday evening shows often sell out so guests are advised to come early or purchase tickets in advance. A cash bar and snacks are available at the Saturday evening shows and can be enjoyed in the planetarium.

Show Times:

Mon - Fri 3:00 pm
Sat & Sun 2:00 pm & 4:00 pm
Sat Night 7:00 pm & Special Feature at 8:15 pm

July & August Laser Concert Schedule

September 4 - 9
LASERMAGIC
Pop music hits from a variety of artists.

September 10-16
HYPNOTICA
Hypnotic electronic rock music.

September 17-23
LASERMANIA
Weird, wild and wacky rock music.

September 24 - 30
LASEROPOLIS
A world where both chaos and order exist within music and light.

October 1-7
LASER X
The alternative laser eXperience.

October 8-14
HYPNOTICA
Hypnotic electronic rock music.

October 15-21
LASER VINYL
10 Classic 60's and 70's rock groups first heard on 33 1/3 vinyl LP's.

October 22-28
LASEROPOLIS
A world where both chaos and order exist within music and light.

Saturday Night 8:15 pm Special Feature:

September 8 - Pink Floyd's The Wall
September 15 - Laser Metallica
September 22 - Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon
September 29 - Laser Zeppelin
October 6 - Pink Floyd's The Wall
October 13 - Laser Beatles
October 20 - Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon
October 27 - Laser U2

Top Daytona Beach Attractions

The Top Listof the Largest area attractions as published recently in the Daytona Beach News Journal.

Attraction, address; year established; (number of visitors)
1. Volusia County Fair & Expo Center, 3150 E. New York Ave., DeLand; 1923; (1.7 million)
2. Daytona 500 Experience, 1801 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach; 1996; (500,000)
3. Daytona Lagoon, 601 Earl St., Daytona Beach; 1997; (424,000)
4. The Daytona Cubs, 105 E. Orange Ave., Daytona Beach; 1914; (147,677)
5. Ponce DeLeon Inlet Lighthouse, 4931 S. Peninsula Drive, Ponce Inlet; 1972; (124,932)
6. Speed Park Motorsports, 201 Fentress Blvd., Daytona Beach; 1997; (100,000)
7. Volusia Speedway Park, 1500 E. State Road 40, DeLeon Springs; 1965; (100,000)
8. Museum of Arts and Sciences, 352 S. Nova Road, Daytona Beach; 1955; (96,000)
9. Marine Science Center, 100 Lighthouse Drive, Ponce Inlet; 2002; (46,088)
10. Marine Discovery Center, 162 North Causeway, New Smyrna Beach; 1997; (39,000)
11. Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1414 Art Center Ave., New Smyrna Beach; 1982; (3,000)
*Based on company reports. Figures are for total number of visitors in 2006. Not all attractions chose to participate. This list is not comprehensive. Some businesses may have been inadvertently omitted.

Interesting, huh? I have beeen to most of the attractions, but still have a couple on the list that I will need to check out.

Highlights of the Florida International Festival will air on Channel 15 this Sunday

A DBCC Channel 15 Festival News Roundup will be shown at 5:30 p.m. Sunday recapping highlights of the Florida International Festival that ends Saturday.

Throughout the festival, Channel 15 has been airing daily news updates at 9 a.m., noon, and 3, 8 and 10 p.m. that include artist interviews, performance clips and audience commentary. The updates, hosted by Monya Winzer Gilbert and Shannon FitzPatrick, will continue through Saturday.

In addition, an hour-long documentary "Back to Daytona," filmed during the 2005 festival, will be shown for the last time at 10 p.m. today on Channel 15.

Also attending many of the festival events is Dave Laing of WNDB-AM. Laing, a former cello player, is recounting his personal experiences during the festival on various Black Crow radio programs.

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