| Friday the 13th Motorcycle Rally | |
| Prev: | October 13, 2023 |
| Next: | September 13, 2024 |
| Frequency: | Every Friday the 13th |
| Location: | Port Dover, Ontario, Canada |
| First: | 1981 |
| Attendance: | Over 100,000 |
| Genre: | Motorcycle rally |
| Organised: | Port Dover Board of Trade |
The Friday the 13th Motorcycle Rally is a motorcycle rally held every Friday the 13th[1] in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada since 1981. Its typical summer attendance exceeds 100,000 bikers.
The event has been described as "the biggest single-day motorcycle event in the world,"[2] a title also claimed by the Rolling Thunder rally in the United States. Although hundreds of attendees arrive during winter months,[2] [3] [4] attendance is at its highest when the date falls on a summer day. In August 2010, the rally drew more than 150,000 attendees.[5] Estimates for the July 2012 event ranged from 90,000 to more than 170,000.[6]
An attempt in 2008 to surpass the previous Guinness world record for the largest motorcycle parade failed due to a technicality. More than 10,000 motorcycles would have exceeded the record set in 2006 by the Republic of Texas Biker Rally.[7] Although the organizers were able to document participation by more than 12,000 motorcycles at Port Dover,[8] they entered through multiple portals to the city and were disqualified by Guinness as a single parade.[9]