📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
What is the VeloRution? Velo means bicycle in French, so this is a bicycle revolution!
The VeloRution is an individual and collective endeavour. YOU are the Velorution!
Let all of us do the VeloRution on a daily basis:
- let’s leave the car in the garage
- let’s ride in groups of cyclists so we are more visible.
- And let’s never forget: a bicycle is legitimate on the road !
It’s a good apportunity to:
- overturn the balance of power usually discrimating against cyclists
- demand more space in urban surroundings for soft transport and living
- share and keep developping these ideas
- tempt everybody to ride a bike
- take over the street and use it together
It is important that this event be non violent, participatory, festive and militant.
💼 What the programme involves
You will be invited to participate in the organisation of the VeloRution demonstration and festival. What is the VeloRution? Velo means bicycle in French, so this is a bicycle revolution! You'll work with the local volunteers on: preparation of the campsite (camping), the construction of dry toilets, welcoming (reception) of the participants and you will participate during festival which schedule is below:
Thursday 6 July
From 3 pm: Campers are welcome to settle on the brewery site
open scene: Cyclopedic solo concert with NW on the brewery site.
Friday 7 July
From 10 am: bike polo, games, self organised debates. Radio interviews by RCN.
12 noon: Daily General Assembly. (Brewery)
2 pm Decorate your bike (Dynamo),
3 pm neighbourhood velorution « How nice! A city full of bicycles ! » (Place Carrière)
From 5 pm: fiesta with « le collectif Nos 3 Maisons » and the FAT, at the former school of Trois Maisons, 14 Rue Fontenoy Nancy.
Saturday 8 July
From 10 am : bike polo, games, self organised debates.
12 noon : Daily General Assembly. (Brewery)
2 pm maxi musical velorution ‘Evening dress recommended’ (Place carrière),
7 pm Dynamo’s birthday (www.atelierdynamo.fr/10ans) party (admission : free contribution) (Brewery).
Sunday 9 July
11 am debriefing /sunbathing and vote for the next Universal VeloRution host city.
3 pm Start of country Velorution (Brewery).
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accomodation will be on a camping site. A disused football ground (Stade Laurent Luzzi) will be made available by the municipality of Maxéville for the velorutionaries who have brought their camping gear.There will be dry toilets (self maintained by the users themselves), DIY showers (no hot water provided, so bring your own solar kit), electric power and a rain shelter (although not closed). There’s a wire fence around the stadium with a number coded padlock (and as we trust you guys, we’ll even let you know the code when you get there :-) ).
ℹ️ Additional information
You'll be a group of 6 international volunteers working with around 30 local volunteers!