The Tennessee Motorcycles & Music Revival (TMMR) 2025 ranks at the top of the list for motorcycle rallies we’ve experienced. It is a family-friendly environment. Loretta Lynn’s Ranch is amazing for this type of event. The river, the hills, and trees offer the perfect outdoor setting. Everyone we encountered was friendly. Everyone was there to have. Great time with music and motorcycles.
Some notable rally events we witnessed were:
- Charity Rubber Duck Race. Ducks were numbered and released in the creek. The ducks raced down the current to a designated finish line. Someone scooped up the first duck to check the number to declare the winner. About a dozen folks with fishing nets captured all the rubber ducks as they passed the finish line.
- Hill Climb. The Ranch has a designated hill to host the famous hill climb. Picture-perfect location with old grain silos across the road where visitors park in the grass. We saw motorcycles of all types - dirt bikes and full dressers (touring bikes) race up the hill. There were a few riders that were probably 12 years old who raced up the hill competing with the gray-bearded riders.
- Belly Flop Contest. There is a pool near Honky Tonk Central camping area. The pool had guys and gals of all ages competing in the belly flop contest, splashing as they landed chest-first in the pool.
- Dirt Track Race. This was awesome to watch as bikes raced around the track and through the dust.
- Slow Race. These are always fun to watch. All ages and all types of motorcycles. This one was elimination. Winners kept circling the track to race again until the slowest rider was remaining.
- Classic Motorcycle Bike Show. I always get excited admiring the details of classic bikes with unique assessors and their paint.
- Burn out contest. Exciting. Bring ear plugs and stay down wind from the smoke!
- Kick Start Contest. This one was interesting. Need to know “how” to kick start a bike to win. It is more than just kicking the pedal!
- Cage of Death. I think there were two motorcycles and a person inside the round cage. The motorcycles were orbiting the person standing in the middle.
- Bands. It impressed me that the Pledge Of Allegiance and the National Anthem were played each night during opening ceremonies before the bands performed.
This was a family friendly music and motorcycle event. Brad and I felt like it was definitely a revival - we enjoyed it and consider the rally the best we’ve attended!
