{"id":29587,"date":"2026-09-18T21:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T01:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=29587"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:39:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T01:39:35","slug":"lowell-kinetic-sculpture-race-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2026\/09\/18\/lowell-kinetic-sculpture-race-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race: Part Bicycle, Park Raft, Part Art, Part Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This year’s Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race<\/a>–featuring “human powered sculptures racing for glory through stone, mud and water”–is Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026. Admission is free. It’s one of my favorite spectacles in New England each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First held in 2016, the madcap contest challenges racers to create human-powered, all-terrain sculptures that can survive the streets of Lowell, Massachusetts, as well as sand, water, and mud. The contraptions are mutant hybrids of bicycles, rafts, art and comedy–sometimes resembling dogs, a snail, a train, ships, the Millennium Falcon, or a giant lobster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schedule:<\/strong>
9 to 11 a.m.: Check out the contraptions and racers on Market Street between Shattuck and Palmer streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:30 a.m.: Race begins, heading down Middle Street, into the Merrimack River, etc., to finish back at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hightlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n