How to dress for the weather
Tweed Ride style is about preparing yourself for the weather. Yes, it looks gorgeous but it’s a style that has always been based on functionality. The current forecast for Saturday (ride day) is 11 degrees and cloudy. This is how you style for the weather. Choose sensible footwear. Even on a warm day, open-toed shoes…
Tweed Fair and Dance
This year we will finish the ride at the St Patrick’s Cathedral Hall on Dawson St South for an afternoon of dancing, treats and artisans. Entry is FREE The hall will be open from 11am until 2.30pm The dance floor will begin at 12pm. The post-ride event will have tables and chairs and you are…
Ride in Bendigo
Would you be interested in developing a Bendigo Tweed Ride? To make an official event, we will first get together and see what works. To help establish what the ride will look like, all you have to do is join in on April 2At 11am We’ll gather at the giant Bendigo sign at the entrance…
Nominated for Community Event of the Year
In January of this year, this little event was nominated for the 2023 Ballarat Community Event of the Year. Ride founder Liana Skewes also received the honour of 2023 Ballarat Citizen of the Year for her decade of work organising this event and her volunteer contributions to the theatre arts community over the last several…
Save the date for 2023
We’ve got a date set for the 2023 event after planning with the Ballarat Heritage Festival team. The 2023 ride will take place on May 20. No two years of the Ballarat Tweed Ride are alike, and this year the ending venue is set to change. The Ballarat Antiques Fair which has had a hiatus…
Bendigo Tweed Ride
Well, the cat is out of the bag a little sooner than I was anticipating, but yes, I’m hoping to expand to Bendigo as well. Thanks to Chris Pedler for the brief phone chat and article in the Bendigo Advertiser. Now, everyone keeps asking when the Bendigo Tweed Ride will be. The answer is that…
Style Awards 2022
Each year as part of the ride, we give out some small awards to those who put in the most effort to their outfit and their bike. Participant feedback has been used to adjust this year’s awards to best suit the event. The following adjustments should be noted for this year: Awards are given at…
Save the Date 2022 Tweed Ride
We’re currently planning for the 2022 Ballarat Tweed Ride. Save the date: Saturday 21st May You can follow us on social media or subscribe to our mailing list to stay up to date with event announcements such as COVID changes or when bookings open. For now, why not check out the ride route with our…
Postcards worldwide
For the month of May, we’re sending postcards to tweedy friends all over the world for free. To get one, tweedsters send us an email of private message with the postal address of the recipient, and we send a commemorative card from our 2021 ride. So far we have sent out cards to Australia, New…
2021 Fashion Awards
This year we changed the format of the fashions to give them more prominence, instead of our previous informal and relaxed approach. We introduced a single new category: Tweed Style Icon. This was to give an overall award to one of the category winners. We had some fantastic prizes donated by local businesses so that…
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