Kenny Blake grew up in Strathalbyn and loved racing.

He started racing his 1964 Triumph in 1966, and was soon taken under the wings of Les and Dean Jesser.  Blake had his first major win at the 1973 Castrol 6 hour Production Bike Race at Ameroo Park Raceway in Sydney. In 1974 he won the Australian 350cc and 500cc championships and in 1976 he won the coveted Australian 500TT race against a field of international riders.

Blake went on to win 11 national championships and compete at the Isle of Man.

For more on Kenny Blake’s racing history.

The Festival is over, but we will be back in 2020

The Kenny Blake Festival of Motorcycling, celebrates the life and achievements of racing’s ‘gentleman racer’.  See custom motorcycles, memorabilia and selected new bikes from retailers and exhibitors. Expect a motorcycle show like no other! This is NOT a motorcycle trade fair, it’s an exhibition and celebration of Kenny Blake’s life, in the town where he grew up.

Everyone is invited! Stay for the whole weekend, bring your camera, bring your mates, your better half, and the kids too. Every element of this unique event has been hand-picked by the organisers, the exhibited bikes are ‘Invitational’ and selected from the era that Kenny Blake raced.

Supported by the motorcycle industry, the event is sponsored by Strathalbyn’s SA Plasterboard, the Alexandrina Council, Phoenix Motorcycle Club, Kenny Blake Foundation, Garage Motorcycles, Shannons Insurance, Littlehampton Bricks and the Strathalbyn & Lakes Tourist Association. The Festival is a bi-annual event run by volunteers, being held in the picturesque, historic town of Strathalbyn, South Australia from Friday evening 26 October to Sunday evening 28 October, 2018