Nuit Blanche XYE Glow Roll 2025 – Sept. 20th
If you’ve ever joined one of our slow rolls and thought “what if this was at night AND a tour to see amazing art”, the Nuit Blanche Glow Roll is for you!
Nuit Blanche is a free night-time contemporary arts festival featuring projections, sculptural installations, performance, music, theatre, and other contemporary art forms that wow festival-goers late into the evening. It’s celebrated in cities all over the world, and Saskatoon has participated since 2014.
For the past few years, Saskatoon Cycles has been invited to be “part of the art”: a moving festival of lights and human powered transportation. We get to tour the festival AND add to the fun!
The Glow Roll is a slow and easy ride through Nuit Blanche. Many of the streets and paths around the festival are opened up for exclusively for walking and/or cycling, so you get to focus on the art instead of worrying about traffic.
Details for Glow Roll 2025:
- Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
- Time: Ride starts at 7:15PM (early arrival is recommended)
- Location: 5 Corners Intersection (Broadway Ave and 12th Street E)
- Nuit Blanche and Saskatoon Cycles representatives will provide an event welcome and overview
- Helmets are recommended, and we expect cyclists to be courteous and to yield to people walking through the festival
- Some installations are indoors; PLEASE bring a lock to ensure your bicycle is secured if you are visiting indoor art, even if it is “just for a second”
- You’re strongly encouraged to “light up your bike” in whatever festive way you can. Affordable fairy lights or other shiny bling can usually be found at big box stores, or you can bring your own bright inventions
- The festival runs from 7PM – midnight; you’re welcome to leave or join the tour at any point
Don’t miss this opportunity to experience your city in a totally different light!