Event Timeline and Event Itenary
All Event rides start and end at or near the host hotel. Sonesta Essential 7902 Mosley Rd. Houston, TX 77061
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Tuesday April 8th, 2025
7:00 PM – Taco Tuesday – (Location TBD)
9:00pm – Night ride till late
Wednesday April 9th, 2025
No Slingshot Events Today. Event Starts Thursday April 10th, 2025
10:30 AM Staff and Planning Committee “Event Space” Set up
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Staging of vendors to prepare for order of set up.
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Early Arrival Vendors / Large Vendor Setup (Contact Planning Committee to make arrangements)
6:00 PM – Early arrival dinner meet up. (Location TBD)
Thursday April 10th, 2025
7:00 AM till 1:00PM – Vendor Setup (Vendors must be open by 1:00pm)
12:30 PM – Vendor / Sponsor Meeting (Main Tent)
1:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Vendors Open / Food Vendors Open and Registration Desk Open
1:00 PM – Ride Planning and Safety Tips Seminar
1:30 PM – Mid Afternoon – Downtown Houston Graffiti Photo Ride, Slingin’ Out Hunger (2 Hour Ride Estimated)
4:00 PM – Welcome Party – Meet and Greet
4:10 PM – Announcement
4:20 PM – Clarity Audio Competition
6:30 PM – Galveston Sunset Cruise, The Strand, Seawall – (3 Hour Ride)
9:30 PM- Slingshot DJ Battle Warm-Ups – Sonesta Hotel
11:00 PM – No Loud bass at Hotels
Friday April 11th, 2025
8:00 AM – 7:00 PM – Registration Desk Open
9:00 AM – 7:00 PM – Vendors Open
10:30 AM – Food Vendors Open
12:00 PM – Ride – Bridges and Tunnels Ride, Nasa, Kemah, and Washburn Tunnel Ride, (Bring your Water Guns) (3 Hour Ride Estimated)
4:00pm – Group/Crew Spirit Parade Entrance
4:30 PM – Audio Competition contestant Slingshot Inspection
5:00 PM – Exhaust Competition
5:30 PM – Audio Competition by Sling Experience – Flyweight, Featherweight & Lightweight will compete
7:30 PM – Lighting Contestants check in Main Tent
8:00 PM – Lighting Competition
9:00 PM – Slingshot DJ Battle
10:00 PM – Night Ride – Texans Stadium, Washington Ave, Downtown, Midtown, (3 Hour Ride Estimated)
11:00 PM – No Loud bass at Hotels
11:00 PM -After Party TBD
Saturday April 12th, 2025
8:00 AM – 7:00 PM – Registration Desk Open
9:00 AM – 7:00 PM – Vendors Open
10:30 AM – Food Vendors Open
10:00 AM – Morning Ride Galveston Beach Seawall and Cherry Hill (Bring your Water Guns) (3 Hour Ride Estimated)
2:00 PM – Show & Shine Setup/Slingshot Staging in Main Slingshot Parking Area (Judging Starts at 3PM)
2:00 PM – Audio Competition contestant Slingshot Inspection
3:00 PM – Audio Competition by Sling Experience – Welterweight, Middleweight, Heavyweight & Super Heavyweight will compete
6:00 PM – Raffle Prizes – Auction items to raise funds for Slingin for a Cure PBTF Raffles, Giveaways, Recognition Awards, Auctions Supporting Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
7:00 PM – Show and Shine Awards
7:50 PM – Sling Experience Grand Champion Awarded from Competitions
9:00 PM – Massive Night Ride – Memorial Park Tunnels, Four Leaf Clover, Downtown Skyline, Astros Stadium, Rockets Arena, (3 Hour Ride Estimated)
10:00 PM – After Party TBD
11:00 PM – No Loud bass at Hotels
Sunday April 13th, 2025
8:00 AM Registration Desk Open in Main Tent till Noon (Pick up merch before 11AM)
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM – Vendors Open
9:30 AM – Audio Grudge Matches – Parking Lot Pimping “Sunday Funday”
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Food Vendors Open
3:00 PM – Vendors Close and begin to pack up.
3:00 PM – Official Event Ends, Safe Travels
Detailed event highlights
Wednesday
Event Staff and Sponsor Set-up
Vendors Set up Thursday Morning
Thursday
Vendor Set Up starts Thursday Morning
Friday Day - Night
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Saturday - Day
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Saturday - Night
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Sunday
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