The Golden Aspen Rally, formerly Aspencade, is an annual

motorcycle rally A motorcycle rally is a gathering of motorcycle enthusiasts. Rallies can be large or small, and one-time or recurring. Some rallies are ride-in events, whereas some like the Iron Butt Rally involve days of riding and an actual gathering only at t ...

. Along with Americade in New York and the Lone Star Rally in Texas, it is one of the American Motorcyclist Association's three annual rallies, drawing an estimated 30,000 attendees. It is held annually on the third week of September in

Ruidoso, New Mexico Ruidoso (Spanish for "noisy") is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, adjacent to the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 7,679 at the 2020 census. The city of Ruidoso Downs and the unincorporated area of Alto ar ...

and was ongoing from 1969 to 2019, and will resume in 2021. The

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

caused 2020's rally to be cancelled.

References

Motorcycle rallies in the United States Festivals in New Mexico 1986 establishments in New Mexico Recurring sporting events established in 1969 {{motorcycle-stub