Live the MTB Dream: NW Tune-Up Festival is Almost Here

Get ready to experience a mountain biker’s dream, because the Northwest Tune-Up festival is almost here. The third annual bike and music festival in Bellingham, WA will draw over 60 industry-leading brands to the festival grounds July 12–14, 2024, transforming the Waterfront District into an epicenter of local craftsmanship, community, culture, and innovation within the mountain bike industry.

Whether you're a hard-core mountain biker or casual urban commuter, Tune-Up is a hands-on festival that celebrates the connection and camaraderie of trail users. With three-day and one-day festival passes, you’ll have unlimited demos from 15+ top brands and have direct access to 45+ other brands and non-profits, letting you explore Bellingham’s renowned trails and cycling culture, all while enjoying the fresh Pacific Northwest terrain.

Attending bike manufacturers: 

• Transition Bikes
• Evil Bikes
• Scott
• Orbea
• Giant Liv
• Pivot Cycles
• Propain
• Mondraker USA
• Devinci
• Kona
• GT Bicycles
• Cannondale
• Scor
• Knolly Bikes
• Murf Bikes
• Sage Titanium Bicycles

With bike-centric activities happening all weekend, spectators, riders, and racers are invited to get their fill of dirt and gravel from every angle. Events like athlete group rides, family-friendly competitions, skills clinics, airbag jump session, Zero Gravity Bike trials show, the Maxxis Jump Jam, the Shimano Pump Track Drag Race, the Evil Gravel Gran Fundo and the Oudoor Research Galbraith Mountain Enduro race provide ample opportunities to design your ultimate fantasy bike weekend in a town which welcomes unique cycling expression. 

After a stacked day of riding or racing, the après energy cranks up and brings everyone back together at the all-ages waterfront venue with 20+ musicians supplying hard-hitting beats—including Lupe Fiasco, RJD2 and Yonder Mountain String Band—and an abundance of leisure activities, including 21 local and regional breweries, live art, family-friendly lawn games, and 3 late-night after parties with special music guests extending each night of the festival.

Over at the Beer Garden, all drink proceeds go towards local MTB infrastructure and development. Beer sales help fund local nonprofit; Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition. Also, to promote this sense of stewardship, storing bikes inside the protected Bike Parking zone benefits supporting organizations like Galbraith Gravity Racing, Shifting Gears, and the Whatcom Rowing Association. 

"Northwest tune up fest is an idea so obvious I'm shocked somebody hadn't done it yet. The sort of fantasy had during post-ride drinks with the homies while the threat of work looms."

- James Joiner, Bikepacking.com

"We're not just showcasing products; we're fostering a space where the industry and attendees alike can connect in new ways and share experiences,” says Tune-Up Exhibitor Manager Forrest Montgomery. “Our PNW spirit is to explore, create, and care—which is what truly makes the Northwest Tune-Up festival such a unique event in the mountain biking world."

The Northwest Tune-Up is a three-day bike, music, and beer festival celebrating the culture of the Pacific Northwest - held annually in Bellingham, Washington. A community-driven event showcasing world-class mountain biking, live music performances, craft beer, and local art. The festival's mission is to support organizations that further cycling access, education, and recreational development, building infrastructure and knowledge to solidify a heritage around the outdoors for generations to come. 

For tickets and more festival information, visit www.nwtuneup.com and follow NWTU on Instagram or Facebook.

Respecting the Land that Came Before Us

NWTU acknowledges that we are residing on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Nooksack, Lummi and other Coast Salish peoples, the original inhabitants of Washington's northernmost coast and Southern British Columbia. Since Time Immemorial they have celebrated life on their land, waterways and on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of their People to perpetuate their way of life.

The organizing team would like to thank the following festival partners who make this event possible to the community - Vital MTB, Cascadia Daily, KEXP, Rainier, Shimano, Maxxis, Mtn. Dew, Transition, Superfeet, Evil, Freehub MTB Magazine, Port of Bellingham, and City of Bellingham.