Moonlight Ride Paducah

About the Event

Saturday, August 1, 2026

The 13th Annual Moonlight Bike Ride - Saturday, August 1st, 2026

• 8:00 PM Festival
• 10:00 PM Ride

8:00 PM - Booths Open

• "Day-of" registration begins
• Live music begins
• Free ice cream
• Free watermelon
• Free crafts & activities
• Bike decoration and glow stick sales

10:00 PM - RIDE!!!

The 10-mile route may not be long enough to capture all the fun! Riding in the dark makes even an everyday route feel mysterious and new again. The heightened alertness created by the surrounding night sky makes riding feel more intense and can lead to an exciting adrenaline rush, even when pedaling at a leisurely pace. There's no chance of sunburn. The temperature usually cools after dark, which can improve energy and lead to surprisingly better performance. A well-illuminated bicycle at night is more eye-catching to a driver than a bicycle during the day.

Riders pedal at their own pace along marked city streets. People of all ages, sizes, and riding abilities on all kinds of bicycles love this ride! Kids with adults are welcome. Youth groups, poker clubs, date-night couples, neighborhood groups, sports teams, out-of-towners—anyone who wants their entertainment dollars to do double duty for a good cause will find that the Moonlight Bike Ride fosters a sense of unity, closeness, and adventure.

The ride starts and finishes at BikeWorld (809 Joe Clifton Dr). Bikes are required to have front and rear lights to legally be on the street after dark. Additional creative lighting of all kinds is encouraged. Helmets are required.

All proceeds from this memory-making ride benefit Paducah Cooperative Ministry (PCM). PCM assists those in need of housing and/or food. PCM provided groceries to an average of more than 400 food-insecure households and 404 low-income seniors each month in 2025. Additionally, PCM provides transitional housing for women, mothers, and their children in the ministry’s Fresh Start Village and works to assist anyone in a situation of homelessness.

Registration Information:
• Register on this site with a credit/debit card. To pay with cash or check, pick up a paper registration at BikeWorld or PCM (402 Legion Drive, Paducah).
• To receive a t-shirt, you must register before July 15th, 2026.
• T-shirt price: $10

For more information, Contact:
270-442-0751 - BikeWorld, Bikes & Fitness
270-442-6795 - Paducah Cooperative Ministry

Races Offered

Aug 01, 2026

straighten

Distance — 10 Miles

terrain

Type — Cycling

timer

20:00

sell

$25.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for August in Paducah.

thermostat Temperature

21.1° / 30.4°

wb_sunny Feels like

23.2° / 32.2°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

11h 48m

water_drop Avg rainfall

1.3 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

—

air Avg wind speed

7.7 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

Very high

terrain Course conditions

Hard and dry surface

sunny Max UV Index

High (7.0)

humidity_mid Humidity

73.1%

wb_twilight Sunrise

06:11

nightlight Sunset

19:43

About Paducah

Learn more about the host city, Paducah.

Paducah is a small city on the Ohio River about midway between St. Louis, Missouri and Nashville, Tennessee. The county seat of McCracken County and the largest city in the Jackson Purchase area of western Kentucky, Paducah has a booming riverfront restaurant trade and arts scene in part driven by the city's artist relocation program which offers interest-free housing loans and other subsidies for established artists willing to relocate. Paducah is the hometown of humorist Irvin Cobb and former Vice President Alben Barkley. Fans of contemporary Christian music will know it as the hometown of Steven Curtis Chapman, one of that genre's most iconic artists.