Gophers and Cheese

Heavy Thursday returned to Litt Pinball Bar in uptown Minneapolis in June 2026.  It started off very wet, but the sun came out and the bands went on as planned. Zac rode up in the rain. The rain meant bike night was off to a slow start but it didn't keep everyone away. I see a rainbow! There's the sun! American Muscle's van: American Muscle They played using (and licking, sorry no pics) some of Psychic Vampire's equipment. Psychic Vampire : There's no Heavy Thursday in July, just Full Tilt Boogie .  Don't miss it!!!

Heavy Thursday kicked off its series of 2026 bike nights at 331 Club in Northeast Minneapolis.  This bike night moves around so you need to follow Heavy and pay attention to where it will be each month.  I rode my 2004 Sportster.  Later this year, this bike and I will be celebrating 20 years together, which is crazy.  Time flies!

I missed the first two Heavy Thursdays of the year but was glad to catch the last one at 331 Club in Northeast Minneapolis.

In September 2024, Zac assembled a truly remarkable amount of his Heavy Clothing items that he has made and sold over the past 10+ years and hosted the Cult of Heavy Art Show at Neverest Studio in St Paul.  It lasted 2 days, September 6th & 7th.  I attended the night of the 6th.

The last Heavy Thursday  Summer Tour pop-up bike night of the year was held at the White Squirrel in St. Paul on August 8th.

The 3rd pop-up location of  Heavy Thursday Summer Mystery Tour was Disco Death Records in the Uptown area of Minneapolis on July 11, 2024.

The Heavy Thursday Summer Mystery Tour was at Litt Pinball Bar in Minneapolis on June 6, 2024.  It was a beautiful night and there was great turnout.  Thanks to Zac for organizing another great event.

Heavy Thursday  "Summer Mystery Tour" kicked off the 2024 season at 331 Club in Northeast Minneapolis, former home of the Bearded Lady Motorcycle Freakshow .  Heavy Thursday has been around since 2016 (see my last post ) but new for this year is the "mystery" part where the location isn't shared until 24 hours before.  You have to follow @heavyclothing for details.  The parking lot was blocked off for bikes & vans and bands played inside.  The weather certainly wasn't perfect, but most of the rain fell earlier in the day making for decent evening.  It was great seeing people I hadn't talked to in a while.

I left bike night at Dulono's Pizza and headed over to The Joint / Cabooze for the very first Heavy Thursday .  Heavy Thursdays would end up replacing the Moto Mania bike night that was held at the Uptown VFW.  It would be about another year before Dulono's Pizza would move locations and the era of First Thursday bike nights in Uptown would come to an end.

Heavy Thursday was held at The Joint in Minneapolis in May 2023.  A good mix of bikes and vans showed up.  I rode my Sportster.