Sturgis Rider® News Blog
25 Bands That Could Rock the Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s Motorcycle and Music Festival
Securing bands for The Best Party Anywhere® is no easy feat.
It often takes the entire year before all the variables fall into place.
But the process always starts by listening to requests from fans like you.
Planning is currently underway, and lots of you have been asking about bands and listing ones you’d ride across the country naked in a blizzard to see perform.
The following is a list of 25 bands that fans like you have put on the Chip’s radar. Are these the bands you’d go nuts to see join the Sturgis Buffalo Chip lineup?
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Caught in the Act: Sturgis 2024 Through the Eyes of the Chip Photographers
Take a ride through the unforgettable moments of the 2024 Sturgis Buffalo Chip® Rally as seen through the lenses of the Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s very talented media team.
These nine photographers captured the heart and soul of this year’s rally, preserving the memories that leave you with a heavy dose of nostalgia.
Ready to relive the epic moments you may have missed or want to relive again?
Losing Yourself in the Party: The 2024 Sturgis Buffalo® Chip Lost & Found
It’s easy to lose yourself in the throes of the two-week party at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip®. But as inhibitions melt away in the roar of motorcycles and music, what’s left behind is anything but ordinary.
As spirits let loose in 2024, so did more tangible parts of attendees’ selves and surroundings. Some lost their tents. A few lost inflatable friends. One guy even lost his prosthetic leg.
These bizarre remnants prove that losing your mind at the Best Party Anywhere® means you could lose a piece of yourself in a truly unexpected way.
Buffalo Chip staffers have worked tirelessly to collect and document hundreds of items left behind during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Now it’s your turn to chip in.
Check out the 2024 Buffalo Chip Lost & Found for yourself and see if you can help the Chip solve some mysteries and reunite people with what’s rightfully theirs.
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Buffalo Chip News
Sturgis Buffalo Chip® Appoints Toni Woodruff as VP of Communications and Compliance
The Sturgis Buffalo Chip has elevated the role of executive team member Toni Woodruff to Vice President of Communications and Compliance. Woodruff steps into this role following decades of experience helping run the Largest Music Festival in Motorcycling®.
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South Dakota Rock & Rollers Hall of Fame Induct Sturgis Buffalo Chip®
The South Dakota Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Association added the Sturgis Buffalo Chip venue to the esteemed ranks of musicians celebrated for having left an indelible mark on the history of rock and roll in South Dakota.
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Big Bad Sturgis Bikers? Not Quite…Over Half a Million Dollars Raised through Sturgis Buffalo Chip® Charity Events
Generous motorcyclists, Buffalo Chip friends, celebs, and sponsors attending the 2024 Sturgis Rally raised $530,498 through Buffalo Chip Charity Events, with NASCAR Hall Of Famer Rusty Wallace leading the way with record amounts raised at the 2024 Rusty Wallace Ride
Children in need, veterans, Special Olympic athletes and the local Black Hills community will benefit from the extreme generosity of the biker community, who raised a record $530,498 through Sturgis Buffalo Chip charity events during the 84th Sturgis Rally. The altruistic nature of Sturgis Rally visitors is on display every year, but for the first time ever Sturgis Buffalo Chip events raised over half a million dollars in one year.
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