86th Sturgis Rally Events Schedule - 2026!
This schedule is compiled by Sturgis.com from official venue listings, organizer submissions, and verified local sources.
High Octane Ride In Bike Show
Bike Shows
See Customs of All Kinds Battle It Out Kickoff your rally with the High Octane Ride In Bike Show at the Buffalo Chip CrossRoads, and you could ride home a winner! This show welcomes all brands and awards prizes in 10 classes, giving guests a huge variety to view and participants a greater chance of winning! Friday, Aug. 7, 2026 Registration – 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Awards – 4 p.m. Free-Access CrossRoads at the Buffalo Chip These are the pros who run the Boardwalk Bike Show in Daytona! They have a class for every bike, and they have the experience…
See Customs of All Kinds Battle It Out
Kickoff your rally with the High Octane Ride In Bike Show at the Buffalo Chip CrossRoads, and you could ride home a winner!
This show welcomes all brands and awards prizes in 10 classes, giving guests a huge variety to view and participants a greater chance of winning!
Registration – 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Awards – 4 p.m.
These are the pros who run the Boardwalk Bike Show in Daytona! They have a class for every bike, and they have the experience to evaluate each bike on its own merits.
FREE to view. Entry fee – $20 per bike
9th Annual School’s Out Chopper Show
Bike Shows
Presented by Stoopid Chopper Show If you want to see Choppers…not baggers, not sport bikes, not mopeds, not cafe racers…JUST CHOPPERS, then this is the show for you! Fans of everything chopped, raked and rigid need to make their way to the Buffalo Chip’s free-access Crossroads for the epic Schools Out Chopper Show Presented by Stoopid Chopper Show. Awards for classes including Best Knucklehead, Best Panhead, Best Shovelhead, Best EVO, Best Twin Cam, Best Metric are offered. Lately, traditional bike shows with classes and trophies have been eclipsed by invitationals. But going old school has its benefits. And that’s exactly…
Presented by Stoopid Chopper Show
If you want to see Choppers…not baggers, not sport bikes, not mopeds, not cafe racers…JUST CHOPPERS, then this is the show for you! Fans of everything chopped, raked and rigid need to make their way to the Buffalo Chip’s free-access Crossroads for the epic Schools Out Chopper Show Presented by Stoopid Chopper Show. Awards for classes including Best Knucklehead, Best Panhead, Best Shovelhead, Best EVO, Best Twin Cam, Best Metric are offered.
Lately, traditional bike shows with classes and trophies have been eclipsed by invitationals. But going old school has its benefits.
And that’s exactly what’s up for grabs at the 9th annual Buffalo Chip School’s Out Chopper Show on Saturday, Aug. 8. The first campers to pass through the Buffalo Chip gate in 1981 rode in on choppers, so it’s only fitting that the Custom Series includes a show for these classic, raked-out rides.
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026
Registration: 11 a.m.. – 1 p.m.
Judging: 2 p.m.
Awards: 3:00 p.m.
Where: Free-Access CrossRoads at the Buffalo Chip in the horseshoe
Why: Celebrate choppers, & win tons of cash and prizes
How:
Ride in and register! It’s free to enter, free to attend.
David Mann Chopperfest Sturgis Featuring Cary Brobeck of Choppers Magazine
Bike Shows
For the first time, the iconic chopper culture event is coming to Sturgis. Founded to honor the legend David Mann, whose artwork basically defined biker culture for decades, Chopperfest is one of the most respected custom motorcycle shows in the U.S. with events in Ventura, Kansas City and now Sturgis. This show is less about mainstream bikes and more about hand-built, artistic, old-school choppers. The inaugural David Mann Chopperfest Sturgis will kick off Motorcycles As Art featuring “MANN MADE” a David Mann Archive Exhibit. Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026 4:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Where: The Buffalo Chip East Gardens Why: Cary…
For the first time, the iconic chopper culture event is coming to Sturgis.
Founded to honor the legend David Mann, whose artwork basically defined biker culture for decades, Chopperfest is one of the most respected custom motorcycle shows in the U.S. with events in Ventura, Kansas City and now Sturgis. This show is less about mainstream bikes and more about hand-built, artistic, old-school choppers. The inaugural David Mann Chopperfest Sturgis will kick off Motorcycles As Art featuring “MANN MADE” a David Mann Archive Exhibit.
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026
4:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Where:
The Buffalo Chip East Gardens
Why:
Cary Brobeck brings the David Mann Chopperfest Sturgis for the very first time, to kick off the Motorcycles As Art Exhibition featuring “MANN MADE”, a David Mann Archive Exhibit.
How:
The East Gardens and the Event Center are Free to Access! A wristband is required to exit the Event Center into the Amphitheater.
FXR Show & Dyna Mixer Featuring Joe Mielke of Sturgis Custom Cycles
Bike Shows
Ride in and register for free for this no-nonsense motorcycle event coordinated by Joe Mielke that brings together fans of Harley-Davidson’s classic, best-handling models to have fun and talk motorcycles. The show is all about the riders, their stories and their ride. Tons of great prizes and hand-crafted trophies will be awarded based on popular vote thanks to the support of many of the biggest names in the motorcycle world and aftermarket parts industry. One hundred percent of the revenue generated from donations and t-shirt sales at this show go directly to LifeScape of SD. Classes The classes are straightforward…
Ride in and register for free for this no-nonsense motorcycle event coordinated by Joe Mielke that brings together fans of Harley-Davidson’s classic, best-handling models to have fun and talk motorcycles. The show is all about the riders, their stories and their ride. Tons of great prizes and hand-crafted trophies will be awarded based on popular vote thanks to the support of many of the biggest names in the motorcycle world and aftermarket parts industry. One hundred percent of the revenue generated from donations and t-shirt sales at this show go directly to LifeScape of SD.
Classes
The classes are straightforward
FXR
Dyna
Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026
Registration – 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Show – 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Awards – 2:00 p.m.
Where: Buffalo Chip CrossRoads
Why: See the biggest and baddest collection of FXRs and Dynas anywhere during the Sturgis Rally, and have a great time for a great cause with fellow enthusiasts.
How: FREE to see. FREE to enter.
Camp Zero Contraption Show Presented by Martian Machine
Bike Shows
Celebrate What Happens when Martian Imagination Meets Earthly Engineering Join the crew of the bizarre and the builders of the ingenious at Camp Zero’s Contraption Show presented by Martian Machine. If you’ve crafted something that’s part engineering marvel and part creative madness, we want you and your contraption to take center stage at this showcase of the outlandish. This show will park itself at the heart of Camp Zero to display the wildest creations you’ve ever seen on Sunday, Aug. 9. Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026 – 3-5 p.m. Where: Camp Zero Feast your eyes on the most ingenious and outlandish machines. Bring…
Celebrate What Happens when Martian Imagination Meets Earthly Engineering
Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026 – 3-5 p.m.
Where: Camp Zero
Feast your eyes on the most ingenious and outlandish machines.
Bring your contraption or your curiosity. Attendance is free for all.
6th Annual Evo Entanglement Bike Show Presented Kenny’s House of Horsepower
Bike Shows
Celebrate Harley-Davidson’s classic and reliable workhorse engine at the Buffalo Chip’s 6th annual Evo Entanglement Bike Show presented by Kenny’s House of Horsepower – specialize in v-twin engine restorations, hotrod v-twin engine builds, and street to strip performance. On Monday, Aug. 10, the free-access CrossRoads at the Buffalo Chip will be packed to the edges with Dynas, Softails, FXRs, Sportys, touring bikes and even CVOs, all outfitted with these long-revered engines. Monday, Aug. 10, 2026 Registration: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Judging: 2 p.m. Awards: 3 p.m. Where: Free-Access CrossRoads at the Buffalo Chip Why: Celebrate Evos and win valuable prizes!…
Celebrate Harley-Davidson’s classic and reliable workhorse engine at the Buffalo Chip’s 6th annual Evo Entanglement Bike Show presented by Kenny’s House of Horsepower – specialize in v-twin engine restorations, hotrod v-twin engine builds, and street to strip performance.
On Monday, Aug. 10, the free-access CrossRoads at the Buffalo Chip will be packed to the edges with Dynas, Softails, FXRs, Sportys, touring bikes and even CVOs, all outfitted with these long-revered engines.
Monday, Aug. 10, 2026
Registration: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Judging: 2 p.m.
Awards: 3 p.m.
Where: Free-Access CrossRoads at the Buffalo Chip
Why: Celebrate Evos and win valuable prizes!
How:
Ride in! It’s free to enter, free to attend.
Global Getdown Bike Show
Bike Shows
Get Down and Dirty Classes for all foreign makes and models creating a home for custom motorcycles that have yet to find a home at the Sturgis Rally on Monday, Aug. 10 at the Global Getdown Bike Show hosted by Kevin Dunworth of Dunworth Machines! The show will have five classes– Modern, vintage, custom, Asian, and European. More information to come! Monday, Aug. 10, 2026 – 10:00 – 2:00 pm Where: Free to Access CrossRoads Why: Find a home for your foreign make and model not previously offered at the Sturgis Rally! How: FREE to see. FREE to enter. Ride…
Get Down and Dirty
Classes for all foreign makes and models creating a home for custom motorcycles that have yet to find a home at the Sturgis Rally on Monday, Aug. 10 at the Global Getdown Bike Show hosted by Kevin Dunworth of Dunworth Machines!
The show will have five classes– Modern, vintage, custom, Asian, and European.
More information to come!
Monday, Aug. 10, 2026 – 10:00 – 2:00 pm
Where: Free to Access CrossRoads
Why:
Find a home for your foreign make and model not previously offered at the Sturgis Rally!
How:
FREE to see. FREE to enter. Ride in to win!
Biker Belles Women’s Bike Show Presented by Renegade Babes
Bike Shows
Ride into this All-Women’s Bike Show – the Biker Belles Bike Show! You don’t have to have a fully custom built motorcycle to show it off – we want to see what you ride! Whether you’ve got a mile muncher covered in dirt, which may win the Dirtiest Bike award, a mild custom, an insanely clean bike that might win the Cleanest Bike Award, or even a really great story behind your ride, roll down on Tuesday to show it off at the Biker Belles Women’s Bike Show Presented by Renegade Babes! Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. –…
Ride into this All-Women’s Bike Show – the Biker Belles Bike Show!
You don’t have to have a fully custom built motorcycle to show it off – we want to see what you ride! Whether you’ve got a mile muncher covered in dirt, which may win the Dirtiest Bike award, a mild custom, an insanely clean bike that might win the Cleanest Bike Award, or even a really great story behind your ride, roll down on Tuesday to show it off at the Biker Belles Women’s Bike Show Presented by Renegade Babes!
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. – Registration
2:30 p.m. – Judging
3:00 p.m. – Awards
Where:
Buffalo Chip CrossRoads
Why:
To Feast Your Senses On Some of the Coolest Female-Owned Bikes, Learn the Stories Behind Them, Win Prizes!
How:
It’s FREE! to enter and attend! Ride in to register.
Sportster Showdown Bike Show & Party
Bike Shows
Sportster Showdown Bike Show & Party – Presented by Harley-Davidson and Led Sled Customs & Featuring Pat Patterson, Flat Out Friday, Cycle Source Magazine and Danger Dan Join a communal event that celebrates the history, culture and diversity of one of the coolest bikes in existence, the Harley-Davidson Sportster, with Led Sled, Harley-Davidson, Chop Machine, V-Twin Visionary, Biltwell, Lowbrow Customs, Whiteknuckler Brand, Chop Cult, Garage Built Podcast and Cycle Source. The Sportster Showdown Bike Show & Party is held Tuesday, Aug. 11 at CAMP ZERO next to the Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s PowerSports Complex. It’s free to enter and attend and…
Sportster Showdown Bike Show & Party – Presented by Harley-Davidson and Led Sled Customs & Featuring Pat Patterson, Flat Out Friday, Cycle Source Magazine and Danger Dan
Join a communal event that celebrates the history, culture and diversity of one of the coolest bikes in existence, the Harley-Davidson Sportster, with Led Sled, Harley-Davidson, Chop Machine, V-Twin Visionary, Biltwell, Lowbrow Customs, Whiteknuckler Brand, Chop Cult, Garage Built Podcast and Cycle Source.
The Sportster Showdown Bike Show & Party is held Tuesday, Aug. 11 at CAMP ZERO next to the Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s PowerSports Complex. It’s free to enter and attend and features a mind-blowing collection of customized Sportster models and a large dose of memorable mayhem including Cycle Source Magazine Dirt Drags, Flat Out Friday Minibike Races, and Danger Dan’s Kickstart Competition!
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026
Registration: 1-3 p.m.
Judging: 4-5 p.m.
Awards: 5 p.m.
Where: CAMP ZERO
Why: See the Rally’s Best Customized Sportsters
How:
FREE to Attend. FREE to Enter. Ride Yours in to Register.
Camp Zero Mini Bike Show Presented by The Ornery One
Bike Shows
Pull Start Your Mini and Pin It Over to Camp Zero for Zero Fun They say it’s not the size of the bike that matters, but rather how you customize it. Nowhere will that simple truth be more evident than the Camp Zero Mini Bike Show Presented by The Ornery One on Tuesday, Aug. 11 at Camp Zero! Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026 – 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 pm Where: Camp Zero Why: Push the tiny envelope of custom mini bike possibilities and hang with your fellow weirdo friends for an afternoon of ZERO FUN! How: FREE to see. FREE to…
Pull Start Your Mini and Pin It Over to Camp Zero for Zero Fun
They say it’s not the size of the bike that matters, but rather how you customize it. Nowhere will that simple truth be more evident than the Camp Zero Mini Bike Show Presented by The Ornery One on Tuesday, Aug. 11 at Camp Zero!
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026 – 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 pm
Where: Camp Zero
Why:
Push the tiny envelope of custom mini bike possibilities and hang with your fellow weirdo friends for an afternoon of ZERO FUN!
How:
FREE to see. FREE to enter. Ride in to win!
Pretty Fast Bike Show Show presented by SLYFOX Performance
Bike Shows
Custom Series’ Show Pins it during the Sturgis Rally at the Buffalo Chip CrossRoads Burn rubber and haul ass to one of the most badass bike shows to ever set up shop during the Sturgis Rally. Indian, Harley, and Victory owners are throttling into the Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s Pretty Fast Show Presented by Slyfox Performance at the free-access CrossRoads on Wednesday, Aug. 12. The Pretty Fast Show rounds up the industry’s top Indian and Victory customs, making room for bikes with both bravado and beauty. All years and models welcome. Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026 Registration – 10:00 a.m. – 12:00…
Custom Series’ Show Pins it during the Sturgis Rally at the Buffalo Chip CrossRoads
Burn rubber and haul ass to one of the most badass bike shows to ever set up shop during the Sturgis Rally. Indian, Harley, and Victory owners are throttling into the Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s Pretty Fast Show Presented by Slyfox Performance at the free-access CrossRoads on Wednesday, Aug. 12.
The Pretty Fast Show rounds up the industry’s top Indian and Victory customs, making room for bikes with both bravado and beauty. All years and models welcome.
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026
Registration – 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Judging – 1:00 p.m.
Awards – 1:45 p.m.
Where: Buffalo Chip CrossRoads
Why: Come to witness the cutting edge of performance built custom motorcycles of all makes and models!
How: FREE to see. FREE to enter. Ride in to win!
Bikini Beach Bike Show Presented by Led Sled Customs & Harley-Davidson
Bike Shows
Cruise down to Bikini Beach for an all new bike show! New this year is the Bikini Beach Invitational Bike Show, the place to be to get your Mojo back! 60 custom motorcycles on the beach deck curated by Pat Patterson of Led Sled Customs and Joe Mielke of Sturgis Custom Cycles. Think you’ve got what it takes to be King or Queen of the beach? Submit your custom motorcycle online right away as space is limited. Guests of the Buffalo Chip Campground are encouraged to submit their customs for the show. Whether your motorcycle is in the show or…
Cruise down to Bikini Beach for an all new bike show!
60 custom motorcycles on the beach deck curated by Pat Patterson of Led Sled Customs and Joe Mielke of Sturgis Custom Cycles.
Think you’ve got what it takes to be King or Queen of the beach? Submit your custom motorcycle online right away as space is limited.
Guests of the Buffalo Chip Campground are encouraged to submit their customs for the show. Whether your motorcycle is in the show or you’re just hanging at the beach sunning your buns you’ll be rubbing elbows with celebrity builders and our celebrity judges. Be sure to come and participate in the Hair of the Dog Beach Games.
The party never dies at Bikini Beach!
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026
Registration: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Show: 12 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Awards: 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where: Bikini Beach
Why:
An all new bike show for all makes and models!
How:
Submit your bike for consideration below!
Rat’s Hole Custom Chopper Show
Bike Shows
Rat’s Hole Displays Colossal Collection of Custom Motorcycles during the 38th Anniversary of Its Sturgis Rally Bike Show Custom Series’ Show is Longest Running Bike Show in the World Featuring Ted Smith and Big Daddy Rat Get ready to drool all over the asphalt as you take in the sea of magnificent motorcycles at the world-famous Rat’s Hole Custom Bike Show. Over 100 of the Sturgis Rally’s finest will be competing in 14 different classes, and each will be begging you to get an up-close look. The Rat’s Hole show displays the work of the world’s best builders, whose handiwork…
Rat’s Hole Displays Colossal Collection of Custom Motorcycles during the 38th Anniversary of Its Sturgis Rally Bike Show
Custom Series’ Show is Longest Running Bike Show in the World Featuring Ted Smith and Big Daddy Rat
Get ready to drool all over the asphalt as you take in the sea of magnificent motorcycles at the world-famous Rat’s Hole Custom Bike Show. Over 100 of the Sturgis Rally’s finest will be competing in 14 different classes, and each will be begging you to get an up-close look.
The Rat’s Hole show displays the work of the world’s best builders, whose handiwork is judged on personality, function and a progressive sense of motorcycle culture.
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026 – 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Onsite Registration – 10 a.m.
Judging – 3 – 5 p.m.
Awards – 5 p.m.
Where: The Buffalo Chip Crossroads in the Horseshoe
Why: See some of the Sturgis Rally’s most unique custom motorcycles and win the coveted trophy in biking
How: Pre-Registration will get free Rat’s Hole stuff!