5th Annual Boot Ride & Concert Roars into Texas
Fall in Texas is a perfect time to hop on your motorcycle and ride with a few hundred of your closest friends. Boot Campaign’s 5th Annual Boot Ride & Concert is revving up to rock Fort Worth, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 7 and San Antonio, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 14, in what will be the biggest, baddest Boot Ride yet.
Part of Boot Campaign’s celebration of Veterans Day, the Boot Ride & Concert gives motorcyclists and music-lovers two opportunities to have fun and help raise money and show their support for veterans and service members while experiencing a truly unique, Texas-sized bash.
BOOT RIDE AND CONCERT FORT WORTH – November 7, 2015
- Ride start: Cabela’s Retail Store, 12901 Cabela’s Drive, Fort Worth, TX, 76177
- Registration: 12 p.m., kickstands up at 2 p.m.
- Route: Riders travel an hour-long route through north Texas to the concert
- Concert: Adam Smith’s Texas Harley-Davidson, 1839 Airport Fwy., Bedford, TX 76021
- Gates: 3 p.m. Live performances by a special headliner and Jonathan Tyler
BOOT RIDE AND CONCERT SAN ANTONIO – November 14, 2015
- Ride start: Caliente Harley-Davidson, 7230 NW I-410 Loop, San Antonio, TX 78245
- Registration: 12 p.m., kickstands up at 2 p.m.
- Route: Riders travel on an hour-long route through the Texas hill country to the concert
- Concert: John T. Floore’s Country Store, 14492 Old Bandera Rd, Helotes, TX 78023
- Gates: 3 p.m. Live performances by Turnpike Troubadours and Mike and the Moonpies
Tickets to Boot Ride Fort Worth and Boot Ride San Antonio go on sale Friday, Sept. 18 at 10 a.m. CST, with individual concert tickets starting at $20 for Ft. Worth and $25 for San Antonio. Rider/concert combo tickets and special VIP packages also available. For information on tickets, local and national sponsorships and general event details, visit BootRide.com.
ABOUT BOOT CAMPAIGN
Established in 2009, Boot Campaign is a national 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to promoting patriotism for America and our military community; raising awareness of the unique challenges service members face during and post-service; and providing assistance to military personnel, past and present, and their families. Retail sales of combat boots, apparel and mission-focused merchandise, general public donations and corporate sponsorships fund programs that support military families. Join the #BootsOn conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @BootCampaign and visit BootCampaign.org to learn more, including the most recent financial reports to see how your donations are put to great use.
ABOUT TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS
A gritty, country-leaning roots rock band out of Oklahoma, the Turnpike Troubadours feature singer and guitarist Evan Felker, and bassist R.C. Edwards, fiddler Kyle Nix, guitarist Ryan Engelman, and drummer Giovanni Carnuccio. Their third album, 2012’s “Goodbye Normal Street,” hit number 57 on the Billboard 200.
ABOUT JONATHAN TYLER
Dallas native Jonathan Tyler has toured the United States alongside Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kid Rock, O.A.R., and AC/DC and played some of the hottest summer music festivals around. The Dallas Observer 2009 and 2010 “Best Male Vocalist” and 2009 “Best Blues Act” has received critical acclaim from multiple regional and national news outlets including USA Today and Chicago Sun Times.
ABOUT MIKE AND THE MOONPIES
Mike and the Moonpies are the modern face of the outlaw country music movement. Led by Texas-born songwriter Mike Harmeier, the Moonpies rejuvenate honky tonk and traditional country music and appeal to a wildly eclectic audience. Currently touring the U.S. in support of their third studio album, “Mockingbird,” they continue to live up to their reputation as one of the hardest working and veracious bands in independent country music.