Schedule of Events
2026 schedule coming soon
Tuesday
- 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM Merch Sale | UNBOUND Gravel HQ
Wednesday
- 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM Merch Sale | UNBOUND Gravel HQ
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Gravel Cycling Hall of Fame Group Ride | Merchant Cycles
- 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Gravel Cycling Hall of Fame Banquet | Granada Theatre
- 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Gravel Cycling Hall of Fame After Party | Merchant Cycles
Thursday
- 8:30 AM Serena Gordon’s Femmes & Friends Shakeout Ride, Fueled By GU Energy Labs | Merchant Cycles | RSVP
- 10:00 AM ENVE Shakeout Ride with Alexey Vermeulen and Sir Willie | 8th and Commercial | RSVP
- 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM The Table – A Women’s Brunch | Union Street Social | RSVP
- 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Packet Pickup (200 Mile Elite Only) | Lyon County History Center
- 12:30 PM More Women More Miles Shakeout Ride | 8th and Commercial St | RSVP
- 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Lora McDonald Music Set | Expo Stage
- 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM All Things Gravel Expo presented by City of Emporia | Expo |
- 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Family Zone | Expo
- 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM UNBOUND Gravel Merch Sale | Expo
- 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Packet Pickup (Kids Crit Only) | Expo
- 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Packet Pickup (All Athletes) | Lyon County History Center
- 1:00 PM Shimano x Dirt Squad No Drop Shakeout Ride | 8th and Commercial St | RSVP
- 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Emporia Public Library Story Time With Gravel Cycling Hall of Fame | Expo Family Zone
- 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Novo Nordisk & Shimano | Expo Stage
- 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM Bob Cat & Rhett Shull Music Set | Expo Stage
- 3:00 PM Boundless Shakeout Ride | 8th and Commercial St | RSVP
- 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM Trent Wagler Music Set | Expo Stage
- 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM Lael’s Ride Around The World | Granada Theatre
- 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Emporia Public Library Story Time With Gravel Cycling Hall of Fame | Expo Family Zone
- 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Life Time Grand Prix Athlete Autograph Session | Expo Stage
- 6:00 PM Ventum Party | Merchant Cycles
- 6:30 PM Chamois Butt’r Welcome Party | Mulready’s Pub
- 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM XL Athlete Meeting | Granada Theatre
- 8:00 PM LIVE MUSIC featuring Western Cuts | Bourbon Cowboy
Friday
- 9:00 AM Annual Cutty Cap Challenge Scavenger Hunt | Merchant Cycles
- 9:00 AM Chamois Butt’r Shakeout Ride hosted by Sarah Sturm, Alexey Vermeulen, and Danni Shrosbree with Coffee and Donuts | 8th and Commercial St | RSVP
- 9:30 AM Kodiak Cakes Shakeout Ride with Alex Howes & Meg Fisher | 8th and Commercial St | RSVP
- 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM Family Zone | Expo
- 10:00 AM Yuri Hauswald’s Benefit Shakeout Ride for Bloomhouse, Fueled By GU Energy Labs | 8th and Commercial St | RSVP
- 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Packet Pickup (Kids Crit Only) | Kids Zone in Expo
- 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Packet Pickup (XL Only) | Lyon County History Center
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Packet Pickup (25, 50, 100, 200 Only) | Lyon County History Center
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM All Things Gravel Expo presented by City of Emporia | Expo |
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM UNBOUND Gravel Merch Sale | Expo
- 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Emporia Public Library Story Time With Gravel Cycling Hall of Fame | Expo Family Zone
- 10:30 AM Zero-Proof Shakeout Ride with Matthew Accarrino | 8th and Commercial St | RSVP
- 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM Joe Foster Music Set | Expo Stage
- 11:00 AM Gravel Cycling Hall of Fame Mocktail Hour | Granada Theatre
- 12:00 PM Kids Crit | Commercial St (in front of Granada Theatre)
- 12:05 PM Balance bikes – all ages (staging at 12 PM)
- 12:20 PM Pedal ages 3-4 (staging at 12:15 PM)
- 12:35 PM Pedal ages 5-6 (staging at 12:30 PM)
- 12:50 PM Ages 7-8 (staging at 12:45 PM)
- 1:05 PM Ages 9-10 (staging at 1:00 PM)
- 1:30 PM Podium Awards at Finish Line
- 12:00 PM Major Taylor Kansas City Shakeout Ride | 8th and Commercial St | RSVP
- 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Shimano Gravel Alliance | Expo Stage
- 1:00 PM Garmin x GU x Ventum Giveaway | Garmin Booth (B30)
- 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Life Time Grand Prix Panel | Expo Stage
- 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM TallGrass Express Music Set | Expo Stage
- 2:00 PM Wheels of Welcome x All Bodies on Bikes Shakeout Ride | 8th and Commercial St
- 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Emporia Public Library Story Time With Gravel Cycling Hall of Fame | Expo Family Zone
- 3:00 PM Life Time UNBOUND Gravel XL Start | 8th and Commercial St
- 3:30 PM Ron Wilson Cowboy Poet | Expo Stage
- 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Athlete Meeting | Granada Theatre
Saturday
- 5:50 AM Elite Men 200 Mile Start | Commercial St
- 6:05 AM Elite Women 200 Mile Start | Commercial St
- 6:30 AM 200 Mile Start | Commercial St
- 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM 25/50 Mile ONLY Packet Pickup | Lyon County History Center
- 7:30 AM 100 Mile Start | Commercial St
- 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM Merch Sale & Athlete T-Shirt Exchange | UNBOUND Gravel HQ
- 8:30 AM 50 Mile JUNIOR Start | Commercial St
- 9:00 AM 50 Mile Start | Commercial St
- 9:30 AM 25 Mile Start | Commercial St
- 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM Family Zone | Expo
- 2:00 PM 50 Mile Awards | Granada Theatre
- 5:00 PM 100 Mile Awards | Granada Theatre
- 6:00 PM – 1:00 AM Crew for Hire Drop Bag Pickup | 702 Mechanic St
- 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Life Time Grand Prix Podium | Granada Theatre
Sunday
- 3:00 AM Finish Line Cutoff | Commercial St
- 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM Crew for Hire Drop Bag Pickup | 702 Mechanic St
- 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM XL and 200 Mile Awards | Granada Theatre
- 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Merch Sale & Athlete T-Shirt Exchange | UNBOUND Gravel HQ
