Motorcycle Rally Calendar 2026 and 2027: Every Date We Can Verify

This is every motorcycle rally we can verify a date for, from now through the end of 2027. Eighty-four events, and not one date on this page is a guess. Each one links to the organizer, and where an organizer has not published a date yet, we say so instead of repeating a number from an aggregator that made it up.

That last part is the reason this page exists. Most rally calendars copy each other, and a wrong date on a rally calendar is not a typo, it is somebody booking a hotel for the wrong week. We verify against the rally's own site, we label anything we could only source elsewhere, and we list the rallies whose dates are genuinely not out yet rather than quietly leaving them off. Last verified August 11, 2026.

How to Read This Calendar

Every entry carries one of three states, and we would rather tell you which one than look more certain than we are:

• Confirmed. The dates come from the rally's own website or its official promoter. Sixty of the eighty-four entries here are in this state.

• Reported. A credible source such as the host city or a title sponsor published the dates, but the organizer has not posted them yet. We flag these on the line itself. Seven entries.

• Not yet announced. The rally is real and expected to run, but no date is published anywhere we trust. These are listed at the bottom with whatever recurring pattern the organizer has stated, so you know roughly when to watch. Seventeen entries.

Dates move. Organizers reschedule, and a few of these rallies have gone quiet in recent years. Click through to the official site before you book anything. If you find a date here that is wrong, tell us and we will fix it the same day.

2026 Rally Season

August 2026

• The Gila Monster Dual Sport & ADV Rally. August 13 to 16, 2026. Reserve, NM. Gila National Forest dual-sport and ADV rally out of Reserve, NM; remote high-desert and mountain routes. Dates reported by a third party, not yet on the organizer's own site.

• 10 State H.O.G. Touring Rally. August 17 to 22, 2026. Lakeville, MN to Bossier City, LA, MN. Six-day guided H.O.G. touring rally crossing ten states; suits riders who prefer a moving rally to a fixed venue.

• DirtDaze Rally. August 19 to 23, 2026. North Haverhill, NH. 10th anniversary of the Northeast's largest adventure-bike rally, with guided routes, training and demos out of the North Haverhill Fairgrounds; typically sells out.

• The Dream Roll. August 20 to 23, 2026. Shelton, WA. Tenth-anniversary women's moto camping retreat at Panhandle 4H Camp; 21+, with rides, yoga, live music and a vendor market.

• AMCA Chesapeake Chapter National Meet. August 21 to 22, 2026. Upperco, MD. AMCA-sanctioned national meet with judging and swap; suits Mid-Atlantic antique owners.

• Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials. August 21 to 28, 2026. Wendover (Bonneville Salt Flats), UT. FIM/AMA land speed racing week on the salt; open to spectators and to anyone who wants to run a record attempt.

• Overland Expo Mountain West. August 21 to 23, 2026. Loveland, CO. Front Range overlanding expo with an adventure-moto training area, gear vendors and classes; suits ADV riders building out a travel bike.

• Salute to American Veterans Rally. August 21 to 22, 2026. Cripple Creek, CO. Longest-standing veterans/POW-MIA gathering west of the Mississippi; roughly 1,500 bikes ride the procession into the mountain casino town.

• Caterpillar Peoria TT. August 22, 2026. Peoria, IL. The only TT on the Progressive American Flat Track calendar, run on the historic Peoria Motorcycle Club grounds.

• Motorcycle Ride for Dad - Red Deer. August 22, 2026. Red Deer, AB, Canada. Alberta chapter ride of Canada's national prostate cancer motorcycle fundraiser.

• Babes Ride Out Deadwood. August 27 to 30, 2026. Lead, SD. Women's motorcycle campout in the Black Hills; open to all women riders, camping-based with group rides and workshops.

• Dells Bike Week. August 27 to 30, 2026. Wisconsin Dells, WI. Inaugural four-day Wisconsin Dells rally hosted around Bobbers Island Grill with rides, vendors, music and a bike show.

September 2026

• Tour of Valor H.O.G. Touring Rally. September 1 to 9, 2026. Pensacola, FL to Madison, WI, FL. Nine-day H.O.G. touring rally themed around military memorials between the Gulf Coast and Wisconsin.

• Chief Blackhawk AMCA Davenport Swap Meet. September 3 to 5, 2026. Davenport, IA. 55th annual Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds swap meet, the biggest antique motorcycle parts hunt in the Midwest.

• Four Corners Motorcycle Rally. September 3 to 6, 2026. Durango, CO. A Labor Day weekend rally at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, built around San Juan Mountain riding including the Million Dollar Highway. Suits riders who come for the roads first. Dates reported by a third party, not yet on the organizer's own site. Read our full guide.

• Caterpillar Springfield Mile I. September 5, 2026. Springfield, IL. Labor Day weekend AFT mile at the Illinois State Fairgrounds; the classic American flat track venue.

• Caterpillar Springfield Mile II. September 6, 2026. Springfield, IL. Second half of the Springfield Mile doubleheader on Labor Day Sunday.

• AMCA Black Hills Chapter National Road Run. September 8 to 10, 2026. Hill City, SD. AMCA national road run: multi-day riding of pre-1976 machines through the Black Hills rather than a static show.

• Delmarva Bike Week / OC BikeFest. September 9 to 13, 2026. Salisbury / Ocean City, MD. Sprawling Eastern Shore rally split between the Salisbury fairgrounds and the Ocean City inlet; suits East Coast cruiser riders who want a beach-town party. Dates reported by a third party, not yet on the organizer's own site.

• National H.O.G. Rally. September 9 to 12, 2026. Branson, MO. Harley Owners Group's flagship US rally, in Branson for 2026; Ozarks riding plus H-D-run entertainment and demos.

• Wailin Wayne Weekend. September 9 to 13, 2026. Nelsonville, OH. 13th annual five-day ADV rally with 130 miles of Wayne National Forest trails; suits mid-size adventure and dual-sport riders.

• Wisconsin BMW Motorcycle Club Dells Rally. September 10 to 13, 2026. Portage, WI. Long-running club campout rally at Sky High Camping Resort near the Dells; open to all brands, low-key and ride-focused.

• Thunder in the Smokies Fall Rally. September 11 to 13, 2026. Maggie Valley, NC. Compact three-day festival-grounds rally at the doorstep of the Blue Ridge Parkway and Tail of the Dragon; suits mountain-road riders.

• 2026 Virginia Ride for Kids. September 12, 2026. VA. Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation escorted charity ride; family-friendly and open to all bikes.

• Motorcycle Ride for Dad - Montreal. September 12, 2026. Montreal, QC, Canada. Quebec chapter ride benefiting prostate cancer research via the Institut du cancer de Montreal.

• 2026 Northern California Ride for Kids. September 13, 2026. CA. Northern California leg of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation's Ride for Kids series.

• ADV Cannonball Rally. September 14 to 24, 2026. Plymouth, MA to Monterey, CA, MA. Coast-to-coast timed adventure-bike rally from Plymouth Rock to Monterey; for riders who want a competitive long-distance format.

• AMCA Music City Chapter National Road Run. September 15 to 17, 2026. Dickson, TN. Middle Tennessee AMCA national road run for antique machines on backroads west of Nashville.

• Bikefest Lake of the Ozarks. September 15 to 20, 2026. Osage Beach, MO. Six-day Missouri lake-country rally spread across bars and resorts around the Bagnell Dam Strip; suits riders who like a bar-hopping rally. Dates reported by a third party, not yet on the organizer's own site.

• Trail of Tears Commemorative Motorcycle Ride. September 17 to 21, 2026. Bridgeport, AL. Multi-day commemorative ride whose main Saturday leg runs Bridgeport, AL to Waterloo, AL with thousands of riders; free to join.

• Motorcycle Ride for Dad - Eastern Counties. September 19, 2026. Cornwall, ON, Canada. Eastern Ontario Ride for Dad group ride starting in Cornwall.

• Motorcycle Ride for Dad - Golden Horseshoe & GTW. September 20, 2026. Golden Horseshoe region, ON, Canada. Southern Ontario Ride for Dad chapter ride covering the Golden Horseshoe and Greater Toronto West area.

• AMCA Fort Sutter Chapter National Road Run. September 21 to 23, 2026. Jackson, CA. Sierra foothills AMCA national road run out of Jackson in California's Gold Country.

• Route 66 West H.O.G. Touring Rally. September 22 to 28, 2026. Amarillo, TX to Marina Del Rey, CA, TX. Second half of H.O.G.'s Route 66 touring pair, running the western leg to the Pacific.

• Street Vibrations Fall Rally. September 24 to 26, 2026. Reno, NV. Downtown Reno music-and-metal rally spilling out to Carson City and Virginia City, running since 1993. Suits riders combining a rally with high-desert and Sierra riding. Read our full guide.

• Babes Ride Out Oregon. September 25 to 27, 2026. Crescent, OR. Central Oregon edition of the Babes Ride Out women's campout, with high-desert and Cascades riding.

• Myrtle Beach Bike Week Fall Rally. September 25 to October 4, 2026. Murrells Inlet / Myrtle Beach, SC. Ten-day Grand Strand fall rally centered on Murrells Inlet and Highway 17 bars; a mellower alternative to the May spring rally. Read our full guide.

• Oyster Run. September 27, 2026. Anacortes, WA. Free, unstructured one-day ride billed as the Pacific Northwest's largest; riders converge on downtown Anacortes with no set route.

• Bikes, Blues & BBQ. September 30 to October 3, 2026. Rogers, AR. A charity rally in the Arkansas Ozarks - the organizers call it the world's largest charity motorcycle rally, with more than $3 million donated locally since 2000. Suits riders chasing Ozark twisties.

October 2026

• Slimey Crud Cafe Racer Run (Fall). October 4, 2026. Pine Bluff to Leland, WI. Unorganized, unsanctioned point-to-point gathering between two Wisconsin villages; no route, no fee, heavy on cafe racers and oddities.

• 3 Step Desert Rodeo. October 7 to 11, 2026. Moab, UT. Moab-based desert riding event on the BDR partner calendar; suits ADV riders comfortable with slickrock and sand. Dates reported by a third party, not yet on the organizer's own site.

• Colonial Beach Bike Fest. October 8 to 11, 2026. Colonial Beach, VA. 12th annual free four-day Potomac riverfront festival about an hour from D.C., with three stages and a bike show.

• 21st Annual Barber Vintage Festival. October 9 to 11, 2026. Birmingham, AL. Three days at Barber Motorsports Park of vintage road racing, flat track, motocross, a swap meet with roughly 400 vendors and manufacturer demo rides. Suits vintage and classic bike people above all. Read our full guide.

• AMCA Southern National Meet. October 9 to 10, 2026. Denton, NC. AMCA national meet at Denton Farmpark; a long-running Southeast antique motorcycle show and swap.

• Barber Vintage Festival. October 9 to 11, 2026. Birmingham (Leeds), AL. 21st annual vintage festival at Barber Motorsports Park with racing, a ~400-vendor swap meet and the museum; the premier US vintage weekend. Read our full guide.

• Ride Home H.O.G. Touring Rally. October 14 to 19, 2026. Hickory, NC to Milwaukee, WI, NC. Guided fall run from North Carolina to Harley-Davidson's Milwaukee home; ends at the factory and museum.

• Biketoberfest. October 15 to 18, 2026. Daytona Beach, FL. Daytona's smaller, four-day autumn rally - same Main Street and Speedway scene as Bike Week but easier crowds and better weather. Good for riders who found Bike Week too much. Read our full guide.

• Born-Free Texas 5. October 15 to 18, 2026. Mt Enterprise, TX. Four days of camping, bands, racing and swapping on 120 acres at Yellow Rose Canyon; the Texas edition of the Born-Free chopper show.

• RawHyde Wildcard Rally at ZAKAR. October 16 to 18, 2026. Mojave Desert, CA. RawHyde Adventures' fall desert rally at its ZAKAR property; training-heavy weekend for big adventure bikes. Dates reported by a third party, not yet on the organizer's own site.

• 2026 Dallas/Fort Worth Ride for Kids. October 17, 2026. Dallas/Fort Worth, TX. North Texas Ride for Kids charity ride benefiting pediatric brain cancer research.

• Thunder Beach Autumn Rally. October 21 to 25, 2026. Panama City Beach, FL. A free Gulf-coast rally across several Panama City Beach venues, twice yearly in spring and autumn. Suits riders who want beach, seafood and no admission charge. Read our full guide.

• Overland Expo East. October 23 to 25, 2026. Arrington, VA. East Coast edition of Overland Expo at Oak Ridge Estate in the Blue Ridge foothills; strong ADV-moto training program.

November 2026

• Lone Star Rally. November 5 to 8, 2026. Galveston, TX. A four-day free rally taking over Galveston's Strand historic district in November - billed as the largest four-day motorcycle rally in North America. Suits riders who want a late-season Gulf coast event. Read our full guide.

• Port Dover Friday the 13th. November 13, 2026. Port Dover, ON, Canada. Ontario's one-day Lake Erie pilgrimage that runs every Friday the 13th regardless of season; suits riders who want a genuinely odd tradition.

2027 Rally Season

March 2027

• Daytona Beach Bike Week. March 5 to 14, 2027. Daytona Beach, FL. Ten days of Main Street and Beach Street cruising built around Daytona International Speedway race week - the spring opener of the US rally season, good for riders who want racing plus a street party. Read our full guide.

• Overland Expo SoCal. March 13 to 14, 2027. Costa Mesa, CA. Two-day Southern California overland show at the OC Fair & Event Center; the season opener for ADV shoppers.

April 2027

• Leesburg Bikefest. April 23 to 25, 2027. Leesburg, FL. A free three-day downtown street festival billed as the world's largest three-day motorcycle and music event, in the Central Florida lakes country. Suits riders who want a big rally with no gate fee.

• The 2027 Texas Adventure Rally. April 29 to May 2, 2027. Junction, TX. Hill Country adventure rally out of Junction, TX; one of the few 2027 ADV dates already on the calendar. Dates reported by a third party, not yet on the organizer's own site.

May 2027

• Overland Expo West. May 14 to 16, 2027. Flagstaff, AZ. The flagship Overland Expo at Fort Tuthill County Park; the largest of the series for adventure motorcyclists.

• Rolling to Remember. May 30, 2027. Washington, DC. A one-day POW/MIA and veteran-suicide-awareness demonstration ride staging at the Pentagon North Lot and running through DC to a National Mall rally - the successor to Rolling Thunder. Suits riders here for the cause, not the party.

June 2027

• Americade. June 1 to 5, 2027. Lake George, NY. A touring rally rather than a party rally - guided Adirondack rides, demo fleets and a large expo in Lake George Village. Suits touring and sport-touring riders and couples.

• Laconia Motorcycle Week. June 12 to 20, 2027. Laconia, NH. Billed as the world's oldest motorcycle rally - nine days around Weirs Beach and the Lakes Region with the Loudon Classic road races and the Peter Makris Memorial Ride. Suits riders who want New England back roads. Read our full guide.

• BMW MOA National Rally. June 17 to 20, 2027. Great Falls, MT. The BMW Motorcycle Owners of America annual rally, at Montana ExpoPark in 2027 - seminars, vendors, camping and organized rides. Suits BMW and adventure-touring riders; the venue rotates each year.

• Overland Expo PNW. June 25 to 27, 2027. Redmond, OR. Pacific Northwest Overland Expo at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, with high-desert riding on the doorstep.

August 2027

• Sturgis Motorcycle Rally (87th Anniversary). August 6 to 15, 2027. Sturgis, SD. The 87th Black Hills rally; Buffalo Chip publishes the official rally window years ahead for trip planning. Read our full guide.

• Port Dover Friday the 13th. August 13, 2027. Port Dover, ON, Canada. The summer 2027 edition of the Port Dover Friday the 13th gathering, historically the best-attended because of the weather.

October 2027

• Slimey Crud Cafe Racer Run (Fall). October 3, 2027. Pine Bluff to Leland, WI. The 2027 fall running of Wisconsin's semiannual Slimey Crud Run.

Rallies With No Date Announced Yet

These are real events with no published date for the window this calendar covers. Where the organizer has stated a recurring pattern, we have noted it so you know when to start checking. We are not going to invent a date to fill the row.

• Arizona Bike Week. Scottsdale, AZ. Usually Organizer FAQ: 'Arizona Bike Week is always held as close to the first week of April as possible. The dates fluctuate slightly so as not to coincide with Easter weekend.' 2026 ran April 8-12; the site says to stay tuned for the 30th anniversary event in 2027. Source: https://azbikeweek.com/faq/. A ticketed multi-day festival at WestWorld of Scottsdale with national music acts, bike shows, demo rides and on-site camping. Suits riders who want a concert-festival format in spring desert weather.

• Arizona Bike Week (30th Anniversary). Scottsdale, AZ. Usually Historically late March / early April. Southwest desert rally at WestWorld of Scottsdale; the 2027 30th-anniversary dates had not been posted as of this research.

• Atlantic Beach Bikefest (Black Pearl Cultural Heritage and Bike Festival). Atlantic Beach, SC. Usually Town of Atlantic Beach states the festival is held 'every year during Memorial Day weekend'. No specific 2027 dates published as of Aug 11, 2026.. The Memorial Day weekend rally historically known as Black Bike Week, centered on the town of Atlantic Beach inside the Grand Strand. Suits riders who want the cultural-heritage festival side of the SC coast.

• Babes Ride Out East Coast. Narrowsburg, NY. Usually Historically early June. Catskills-area women's campout on the Delaware River; 2027 dates listed as TBD on the official events page.

• Babes in Borrego. Borrego Springs, CA. Usually Historically late April. Desert edition of Babes Ride Out in Anza-Borrego; 2027 dates listed as TBD on the official events page.

• COG National Rally (National COG-clave). Concours Owners Group's annual national gathering; the 2026 edition was held in Helen, GA and 2027 details were not yet published.

• Hollister Independence Rally. Hollister, CA. Usually Held over the July 4th weekend each year per the City of Hollister; the 2026 rally ran July 3-4, 2026. No 2027 dates published as of Aug 11, 2026.. The free downtown rally in the town of the 1947 Hollister riot that inspired The Wild One - heavy on history and Central California riding. Suits riders who want the origin story.

• International Female Ride Day. Global. Usually First Saturday in May. MOTORESS-founded global one-day 'just ride' campaign; 2026 was 2 May and the 2027 date had not been published at time of research.

• Love Ride 35. Glendale, CA. Usually Historically a Sunday in the fall. Southern California's landmark charity ride out of Glendale Harley-Davidson; the official site says the date is still to be announced.

• Mama Tried Motorcycle Show. Milwaukee, WI. Usually Historically a February weekend. Indoor winter custom show at The Rave/Eagles Club paired with the Flat Out Friday indoor flat track race; 2027 dates not yet posted.

• Myrtle Beach Bike Week Spring Rally. Myrtle Beach, SC. Usually Organizer states the rally 'takes place in May each year'. The 87th Annual Spring Rally ran May 8-17, 2026; no 2027 dates published as of Aug 11, 2026.. A ten-day Grand Strand rally spread from North Myrtle Beach down to Georgetown, heavy on coastal cruising, vendor lots and beach bars. Suits riders who want warm weather and a long, loose event. Read our full guide.

• Republic of Texas Biker Rally (ROT Rally). Austin, TX. Usually Historically Thursday through Sunday on the first, second or third weekend after Memorial Day (pattern per Wikipedia, not the organizer). No 2026 or 2027 dates found from any source.. Austin's June rally, historically a four-day ticketed event plus a Congress Avenue parade. STATUS UNCERTAIN - the official site is unreachable and no edition has been credibly reported since 2023; verify before publishing.

• Street Vibrations Spring Rally. Virginia City, NV. Usually Held in June in Virginia City, NV. The organizer's Spring Rally page has not been updated past a June 6-8 edition and carries no 2027 date.. The smaller spring companion to Street Vibrations, centered on historic Virginia City. Suits riders who want the Comstock canyon roads without the Reno-scale crowds. Read our full guide.

• The Handbuilt Show. Austin, TX. Usually Historically the April MotoGP weekend at COTA. Revival Cycles' invitational custom and vintage show timed to MotoGP weekend in Austin; 2027 dates not yet posted.

• The Quail MotoFest. Carmel, CA. Usually Biennial; historically early May. Concours-level lawn show at The Quail Golf Club, now biennial and returning in 2027; dates not yet published.

• The Race of Gentlemen (T.R.O.G.). Wildwood, NJ. Usually Historically early October, tide dependent. Pre-war motorcycles and hot rods drag racing on the sand at Wildwood; no confirmed upcoming date was published on the official site at time of research.

• Wing Ding (GWRRA). Gold Wing Road Riders Association's national touring rally; no current-year dates were published on the official Wing Ding site at time of research.

Our Rally Guides

We have written full guides to the rallies riders ask about most. Each one covers what the event actually is, how the town is laid out, what the riding around it is like, and what to pack for that specific climate.

• Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The Black Hills roads are the real reason to go.

• Daytona Bike Week. Ten days, three separate scenes, and a lot of racing.

• Biketoberfest vs Daytona Bike Week. Same town, very different event. Which one suits you.

• Laconia Motorcycle Week. The oldest rally in the country, and what that actually means.

• Lone Star Rally, Galveston. The Strand, the Seawall, and the parking pass nobody reads about.

• Thunder Beach. Free admission changes who shows up.

• Myrtle Beach Bike Week, spring vs fall. Two different rallies with the same name.

• Street Vibrations, Reno. Three towns, and Sierra riding between them.

• Four Corners Rally, Durango. High country riding, and how cold 10,000 feet gets.

• Barber Vintage Festival. The best vintage weekend in America, and a very different crowd.

• Your first rally. What nobody tells you before you go.

• The rally packing list. Built around the failure modes, not the catalog.

What to Actually Pack for a Rally

Rally riding is not normal riding. You are doing long slab miles to get there, then short hot stop-and-go miles once you arrive, often in a crowd, usually in worse weather than the forecast promised. The gear that works for a commute is not the gear that works for a week at Sturgis.

What we tell people who ask:

• Two pairs of gloves, not one. One ventilated pair for the parade-speed heat, one solid pair for the cold morning and the ride home. The ILL DOZER Outseam Gloves at $140 are perforated for the first job, and the Classic Deerskin Gauntlets at $145 cover the second. Both are unlined, unarmored deerskin, so treat them as abrasion and wind protection, not as armor.

• A vest you can live in. Rally days run twelve hours and most of them are off the bike. A leather club vest at $179.99 blocks wind at speed and does not need taking off when you walk into a bar. If you are riding somewhere genuinely hot, a lightweight Cordura vest from $179.99 breathes better.

• Rain gear you have actually tested. Every rally in this calendar has been rained on. The failure mode is not getting wet, it is getting wet and then cold at 70 mph.

• Leather conditioner, in the saddlebag. A week of sun and road grime does more to a jacket than a winter in the closet. Obenauf's LP from $15.99 travels fine.

• Earplugs, and more than you think. Slab miles to a rally are where hearing goes, not the rally itself.

• Cash. A surprising number of rally vendors still do not take cards, and rural cell service around Sturgis and Durango is worse than you expect.

Prices verified August 2026. For the full range, the made in USA glove line and the vest range are both worth a look before a long trip. Held makes genuinely better protective gloves if certified impact protection is your priority, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.

Using This Calendar

Bookmark it. We re-verify the whole list on a schedule and update the moment an organizer posts new dates, which for most of the spring rallies happens between October and January. The rallies sitting in the not-yet-announced section at the bottom are the ones to watch over the next few months.

If you run a rally and your dates here are wrong or missing, send them over with a link to your own site and we will get it corrected. We would rather carry your listing accurately than not carry it at all.