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Lone Star Rally
Galveston, TX · Quirky
- When
- November 5–8, 2026
- Where
- Downtown Galveston / Seawall Boulevard · Galveston · TX
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
Texas's biggest motorcycle rally shuts down downtown Galveston and the Seawall for four days every November, drawing hundreds of thousands of riders for bike shows, live music and a mile of vendor stalls. It has run annually since 1987 and is now one of the largest rallies in the country. Locals plan their whole November weekend around the roar of it, one way or another.
The history within reach
- Galveston hurricanesame spot
The storm of September 8, 1900, killed between 6,000 and 12,000 people and remains the deadliest natural disaster in American history.
- Lone Star Rallysame spot
Texas's biggest motorcycle rally shuts down downtown Galveston and the Seawall for four days every November, drawing hundreds of thousands of riders for bike shows, live music and a mile of vendor stalls.
Galveston revives its 1920s Bathing Beauties beauty pageant every June, when contestants in vintage swimwear compete at Saengerfest Park for the title once called the Pageant of Pulchritude.
- Juneteenth Celebration0.4 mi
The birthplace of Juneteenth, marking the 1865 announcement in Galveston that enslaved people in Texas were free, with an annual parade down Avenue H and a picnic the weekend nearest June 19.
Major General Gordon Granger announced from Galveston on June 19, 1865, that all enslaved people in Texas were free, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.