It doesn’t matter if you’re the next Hendrix, can burp your ABCs or are simply riding a streak of luck. There’s a way for anyone to get on stage at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip. If you’d like to walk in the very footsteps of some of the most legendary names in music and spend a moment in the spotlight make sure you check out these five simple ways that can land you a spot on the Chip stage.
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Buffalo Chip Through the Decades: A Photo Journey
Come along for the ride through the Buffalo Chip’s 45 years with photos that capture the heart, soul, and debauchery.
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Busted Wide Open: Sturgis Photos That’ll Make You Wish Rally Never Ended
Every year the Sturgis Buffalo Chip® explodes with the kind of moments you can’t script. It’s the photographers who lock those memories in place and give us a way to hold onto them long after the Rally ends. These creatives see things the rest of us might miss. They catch what sparks those authentic moments and the energy that is the Sturgis Buffalo Chip Rally.
What follows are 150 moments, 25 chosen from each Buffalo Chip photographer, to encapsulate what the 2025 rally is about through their lens.
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35 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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Leaving It All Behind: The 2025 Sturgis Buffalo Chip® Lost & Found
Attending any party at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip allows you to leave boredom, normality and anything resembling an average Tuesday in your rearview. But with 2025 being the historic 85th year of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, a lot more than that was left. Headless skeletons, body-less mannequins, crazy costumes and some peculiar toys were among the hundreds of items to make their way into the Chip’s lost and found. With each item left behind, the Chip proved it’s a place to let loose, get weird and make memories…even if you misplace a few along the way.
Check out the 2025 Buffalo Chip Lost & Found below and see for yourself.
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Holiday Songs That’ll Rock Your Stockings Off
It’s that time of year again where the sound of jingle bells and holiday songs are ringing through the air just about everywhere you go. While there’s nothing wrong with cranking up some traditional tunes, those of you looking to rock will find this ready-made playlist filled with choice jams perfect for getting you rockin’ out in the holiday spirit. Vary up your listening this holiday season by checking out this list of holiday songs that’ll rock your stockings off from your friends at The Best Party Anywhere – The Legendary Sturgis Buffalo Chip.
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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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Who Screwed Up?
In September, the Sturgis Buffalo Chip® admitted that one of its staffers royally screwed up and announced the wrong on-sale date for 2024 passes. To (hopefully) make up for the mistake, the legendary Sturgis Rally destination decided to have a little fun. When they sent out an email with the correct date, they also asked who you thought was responsible for the snafu and offered up a chance to win a free 2024 pass just for guessing. In case you missed it, read the mailer
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10 Years of Weird: The 2023 Sturgis Buffalo® Chip Lost & Found
The end of the 2023 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally brings with it an important milestone. It was 10 rallies ago that you got your first glimpse of all the wild and crazy items left behind at the end of the annual two-week Sturgis Buffalo Chip party.
After a decade of documenting the debauchery, you’d think we would have seen it all. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. Each passing year seemed to up the ante, with year 10 cranking the weird all the way to 11.
With more than 250 of the most peculiar items making their way into this year’s collection, it’s safe to say no one at the Chip has outgrown having a good time.
Check out the Buffalo Chip Lost & Found for yourself and see if you can help the Chip find these items’ rightful owners.
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