The Tricky Ricky Rides Again – Ride for Wishes & Music Festival will be Saturday, June 1.

The event is organized by AuthoraCare Collective community volunteers Allison Nichols and Doug Shambley.

Registration is at 10 a.m. and the ride begins at noon, leaving from 3 Stooges Cycle Center, 1004 Hwy. 87 North, Elon. Registration fee is $20 per bike and $15 per passenger.

Gates for the music festival open at 3 p.m. at 877 Shallowford Church Rd., Elon. Admission is $20 per person. Back Porch Orchestra, Bangers Ball, Dear Sister, and The Mason Lovette Band will perform. The concert will end at 11 p.m. Prizes, raffles, vendors, and food trucks also will be offered.

The event is a fundraiser for Sam’s Wish Fund and the Kids Path program at AuthoraCare Collective.

Sam’s Wish Fund was named for Samantha “Sam” Harvell, a Kids Path patient at Hospice and Palliative Care Center of Alamance-Caswell. For more information on Sam’s Wish Fund, visit https://www.authoracare.org/give/sams-wish-fund

Kids Path, a service of AuthoraCare Collective, is a distinctive program for children coping with illness and loss. The program, which began in Greensboro, has been highlighted in The Wall Street Journal and was recognized by the Duke Endowment as a model program. Currently, there are five Kids Path providers in North Carolina and West Virginia.

The Tricky Ricky Ride first began as a motorcycle fundraiser in memory of Shambley’s brother, Ricky. The second year, it assisted one of Sam’s friends. This is the first ride/concert fundraiser since the COVID-19 pandemic.

For more details, contact Allison at 919.482.8601 or Doug at 336.214.0414.