Looking for something to do around town this this summer? Try these:

<p style=”text-align: left;”>If you do it right, summer in Cache Valley can be as enjoyable as one anywhere else. While a day trip to Bear Lake or hiking up Logan Canyon are always good options for summer activities, the following is a list of unique events that happen during Cache Valley in the summer.

<p style=”text-align: left;”><strong>Bike With Brent</strong>

<p style=”text-align: left;”><strong>June 12, 9:30 a.m.</strong>

<p style=”text-align: left;”><strong>Willow Park, Logan</strong>

If you live in Logan, there is a good chance you’ve seen Brent Carpenter wave, honk and smile at you as he’s rode past on his bike. He has been doing it for years, and each summer everyone gets a chance to ride around town with him.

According to Kae Lynn Beecher, executive director of Cache Employement Training Center (CETC), the organization hosting the event, the event was started five years ago to help raise money for the program and to raise community awareness about people with disabilities in Cache Valley.

“We were talking about what an amazing figure (Carpenter) was, showing that he can do whatever he puts his mind to and he’s not going to let his disability keep him down,” Beecher said. “Everyone in the community knows Brent riding around, honking his horn and waving at everybody. That gives the community someone to focus on that has a disability and to come and support him and support all people with disabilities.”

Since its inaugural year, the event has expanded and grown. Beecher said about 200 people showed up the first time, last year there were more than 850 people. It has also increased from two sponsors to 23. The event will include many activities and events to entertain the kids. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. and the ride takes place at noon. Preregistration can be done at <a target=”_blank” href=”http://bikewithbrent.com”>bikewithbrent.com</a>.

<p style=”text-align: left;”><strong>Summerfest</strong>

<p style=”text-align: left;”><strong>June 18-20</strong>

<p style=”text-align: left;”><strong>Logan Tabernacle</strong>

It comes just in time to find your Father’s Day present.

Every June the sidewalks around the Logan Tabernacle are packed with vendors that come from near and far. In addition to vendors selling works of art, food vendors provide plenty of eating options and frequent musical performances keep crowds entertained.

According to the Summerfest website, the featured artist for 2015 is <a target=”_blank” href=”http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/local/article_bdb8053a-a294-11e4-abc9-1fdb26598cc5.html”>Shane Ross</a>, a local painter and landscape artist.

<strong>Freedom Fire</strong>

<strong>Friday July 3</strong>

<strong>Maverik Stadium, Logan</strong>

Logan’s Independence Day celebration takes place the night before the 4th of July. According to Logan Parks and Recreation Director Russ Akina, a preshow will start at 7 p.m. and the main show, which features a concert by Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band and a military tribute, starts at 8 p.m.

“Everything in the show leads up to the fireworks at 10,” Akina said.

Tickets are $8 if purchased individually. They can also be purchased in a pack of 6 for $36.

<strong>Cache Valley Cruise-In</strong>

<strong>July 2-4</strong>

<strong>Logan</strong>

For just $5, anyone can get a ticket to the Cruise-In. The ticket is good for all three days of the event, and it may take that long to see all the cars, motorcycles and trucks that show up to the annual car show – more than 1,000 vehicles arrive each year.

According to the Cruise-In website, the event started with just five different people getting together to organize the first Cruise-In. Now attendance has reached the 30,000 mark. Every year one lucky person that attends the show wins a car. This year’s car is a 1949 Mercury Eight.

<strong>That Famous Preston Night Rodeo</strong>

<strong>July 30 – August 1</strong>

<strong>Preston, Idaho</strong>

For rodeo chairman Kris Beckstead, Preston’s rodeo is more than just a rodeo. She said she thinks it is the biggest event in the valley.

“More people come home for the rodeo than come home for Christmas,” she said. “All the class reunions, everything that happens to draw people back happens during rodeo week. We’ve all been going to the rodeo since we were little people and its tradition for so many families.”

The three day event is in its 80th year. It normally sells out every night and attracts the nation’s top cowboys. It became famous by being the first night rodeo in the United States. In addition to bull riders and barrel racers, the town hosts a number of other events during rodeo weekend, including a nightly parade, a fun run, a golf tournament and an air show.

<strong>Martin Harris Pageant</strong>

<strong>July 31, August 1, 4-8, 11-15</strong>

<strong>Clarkston</strong>

Martin Harris moved to Cache Valley late in life and was buried in Clarkston’s cemetery after his death in 1875. Every other summer a pageant is held telling the story of the man who was one of the earliest members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of the Three Witnesses of the origin of the Book of Mormon.

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