Armonico's Great Charity Bike Challenge 2026!
Support the bike challenge team in raising funds for Armonico Consort's community singing projects where they're needed most.
Generously sponsored by Isola Garden Design and supported by Micropathology Ltd and BluDog.
Team Armonico are back in the saddle for an eighth formidable bike challenge (8-11 September 2026) to raise vital funds for the charity's community singing projects.
With the irrepressible wine expert and former professional singer and actor Oz Clarke at the helm, Armonico's singing cyclists will tackle a strenuous and hilly 100-mile ride along the Jurassic coast from Exeter to Wimborne, Dorset.
Along the way, they'll burst into song at charming pubs and buzzing cafes; bring joy to people living with dementia in care homes; and drop in to give singing workshops at local schools.
They'll also give thrilling concert performances at Budleigh Salterton, Lyme Regis and Wimborne where they'll perform highlights from the greatest oratorio of them all - Handel's Messiah - and the iconic Zadok the Priest. At each venue, Oz and Armonico's sensational musicians will be joined by special guests for a spectacular hour of music, storytelling and entertainment.
Every penny raised supports Armonico Consort's vital community outreach work, to establish children’s choirs and dementia choirs across the region, bringing the transformative power of music to people of all ages.
How to donate
Will you sponsor Oz and the team in their Charity Bike Challenge? Please give whatever you can, all donations are hugely welcome, and help us bring vital community singing projects where they're needed most. Thank you.
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2026 SUPPORTERS
Many thanks to our sponsor Isola Garden Design for their generous support. Our thanks also to Roger Medwell MBE DL, President of Armonico Consort, Micropathology Ltd, and BluDog for their support, and to our wonderful musicians for donating their time and talent for this vital cause.
