The World’s Largest Biker Bar, Michael Ballard’s Full Throttle Saloon, is the epicenter of the infamous Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The annual celebration in South Dakota each August attracts roughly 700,000 partygoers. The Saloon is proud to announced Disturbed will headline the planned events on Tuesday, August 5.
Disturbed recently released a deluxe box set titled The Sickness 25th Anniversary Edition on March 21. Timed to street date, the band shared a new single titled “Glass Shatters.” For tickets: https://fullthrottlesaloon.com/. For more detail on Disturbed: https://qprime.com/artist/disturbed/. .
Thursday evening Jackyl will take the stage at the Full Throttle Saloon. Considered by many to be a must attend event during the rally, this specific evening is known far and wide as Jackyl Night. For 25 electrifying years, the band has delivered an unmatched mix of rock, rebellion, and wild stunts that perfectly captures the biker spirit. The Monday prior, Tesla will be the featured headliner. Jesse James Dupree shares, “Jackyl night at Full Throttle Saloon is always the highlight of our Year and in the middle of our show someone will win our 2025 Rolling Sturgis Harley-Davidson motorcycle. LET’S GET ALL UP IN IT!”
The annual Pappy Hoel Memorial Ride will take place on Wednesday, August 6. Registration begins at 9:00 AM and the ride will leave the Full Throttle Saloon at 10 AM. There is a $50.00 per bike donation required with proceeds supporting local charities. Lunch is provided. Full Throttle Saloon owner Micheal Ballard, Angie Ballard, Jesse James Dupree of Jackyl and other celebrities will host this year’s event. For more detail on the historical significance of the founder of the Sturgis Rally Pappy Hoel, please visit https://fullthrottlesaloon.com/pappy-hoel/, while additional information on the ride is here: https://fullthrottlesturgis.com/products/hoel-ride.
Other events planned for 2025 include Michael Ballard’s Charity Fish Fry from 1-4 PM on Sunday, August 3. The 19th Annual Old School Chopper Show is planned for Monday, August 4.
On Tuesday the 5th, The Urban Rides Bagger Show, which was established in 2019 will be hosted. On Wednesday the 6th, the Mama Tried Motorcycle Show featuring races and events will be staged. The famous 100 year-old bridges on the original site have been moved and will reopen this year with VIP viewing available of this year’s performances.
Michael Ballard, Owner of Full Throttle shares, “Appreciation for Todd Phillips and John Foy of Noon Solutions, and our supporters who have stayed with us throughout all the years. Noon Solutions and our fans and supporters is the only thing that pulled us up out of the ashes from the fire that happened ten years ago and helped us to achieve this new incredible rebuild of the Full Throttle Saloon. I want to express to all the young entrepreneurs out there ‘Live Your Life Full Throttle!!!! Do something you love and have a passion for and you will excel and move mountains!!!’”
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Steve Karas
SKH Music
ABOUT MICHAEL BALLARD’S FULL THROTTLE SALOON
Michael Ballard founded the Full Throttle Saloon in 2000. After many years of being a primary attraction during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, the famous site faced the adversity of a fire destroying the historical infrastructure on September 8, 2015. Just a year later, Michael and long-time friend and partner Jesse James Dupree moved the location to a 600 acre parcel of land and reopened just a year later in 2016. In addition to the Pappy Hoel Campground, the landmark features an Olympic size swimming pool, all you can eat buffets for the Sturgis attendees, a home base for Harley Davidson, and many other attractions with daily staged events planned each year.
The distilleries started before the throttle burned down have now grown to include the Estes Park Distilling company and the Full Throttle Distillery and Smokehouse in Estes Park, Colorado, the Full Throttle Distillery in Trimble, TN, the Deadwood Distilling Company in Deadwood, SD, the Full Throttle Distillery and Smokehouse in Branson, MO and the Full Throttle Distillery in Sturgis, SD. These distilleries have supported the emergence of Full Throttle becoming a respected, beloved national brand.
ABOUT DISTURBED
Emerging out of Chicago at the turn of the century with an insidious, infectious, and inimitable vision without comparison, Disturbed have quietly dominated hard rock on their own terms. They make the kind of music that pushes you to hold on tighter, fight harder, and persevere forever. It’s why they’ve claimed a place at the forefront of 21st century rock with record-breaking success, sales of over 17 million-plus units, nearly 8 billion streams, and sold out shows around the globe. The band have six RIAA album certifications, and singles from all eight albums have reached the top ten of the Mainstream Rock chart.
The three-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated quartet have notched five consecutive #1 debuts on the Billboard Top 200 for Believe, Ten Thousand Fists (3x platinum), Indestructible (2x platinum), and Asylum, occupying rarified air alongside Metallica—the only other hard rock group to accomplish this feat. Since their influential 5x-platinum debut The Sickness in 2000, they have built a bulletproof catalog highlighted by a procession of smashes, including the 2x platinum “Stupify,” “Inside The Fire,” and Platinum “Land of Confusion,” 3x-platinum “Stricken,” 8x-platinum “Down With The Sickness,” and 9x-platinum “The Sound of Silence,” to name a few. The latter notably received a GRAMMY® Award nomination in the category of “Best Rock Performance” as the band earned “Best Rock Artist” at the 2017 iHeartRadioMusic Awards. Still, Disturbed never stop, and their most recent 2022 album Divisive featured their 17th #1 at Rock Radio “Hey You,” “Unstoppable,” and more.
