DAYTONA BEACH — Nearly a year after Mayor Derrick Henry virtually shut down the last day and a half of Bike Week to curb the spread of COVID-19, city commissioners have agreed to let this year's biker party run its usual 10-day course with all of its carnival-like trappings.
Bands will belt out their tunes from parking lot stages, the scantily clad beer tub girls will keep bikers well-hydrated, and the vendors' turkey legs and trinkets will flow.
But Bike Week 2021 will come with some new rules and restrictions that will remind the thousands of two-wheeled visitors that the COVID-19 pandemic isn't done wreaking its havoc.