May 30, 2026: Year 7 of THE Freedom Ride poker run
Join THE FREEDOM RIDE!
All proceeds to Freedom Ride Rescue, your friendly neighborhood non-profit dog rescue based in Raleigh/Durham/Clayton.
Schedule of Events
11:15 am: Kick Stands Up!
- Registration opens at 10:30 am
- 11:15: Poker run begins
- Four venues:
Lonerider Wake Forest (start/finish)
Owl’s Roost Brewing
Tar Banks Brewing
Artisan Beer & Cheese
- Cars & Motorcycles welcome
- Register for poker cards early to make sure you get a string bag!
Noon to 5pm: Festival Time!
- At the Lonerider
1839 South Main Street. Wake Forest, NC - Food trucks
- Raffle prizes and a 50/50
- DJ Rob (time tba)
- ADOPTABLE DOGS and PUPS!
AND VENDORS:
NC Rescue Treats Surf/Skate dog Brindle Besties Whispering Yak Cigar Chad Biggy Haze No Bake Cakes Simply Nicolette Boopin Snoots Camp Bow Wow Rocky’s Bridge Patti Clapper Carolyn Carson The Teachers Pet Training Fur Friends Pet Care Health House Pawsitive Creations Pawsitive Creations Dr D’s BBQ sauces Enchanted Beads Enchanted Beads
If you are interested in being a vendor or food truck – please email kristy@freedom-ride.org
Services
What We Do
Rescue Dogs
We are proud to be the crazy dog lovers who skip out on work to transport dogs from all over the state to their excited fosters’ homes … who stay up late searching shelter pages for that next “Freedom Ride” potential …. who volunteer countless hours making rescue a reality!
Provide Medical Care
Freedom Ride Rescue provides all supplies (crates, food, bowls) and gets the animal in for a vet visit (for a spay, neuter and/or vaccines); we’ll also provide flea and heartworm preventatives. Anything and everything to make a happy and healthy pet!
Find A Home
We love, rehabilitate and nurse an unwanted, unloved animal until they prance away with their fur-ever person as they start their most life’s wonderful chapter: the one as a cherished pet.