Loop the Lake Festival to be held as a free virtual event in June After a hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Loop the Lake Festival is back for its seventh year and will be held June 17-22. It is a free virtual event that celebrates biking in Bemidji. Written By: Pioneer Staff Report | 12:30 pm, May 14, 2021 × A group rides over the Mississippi River trestle bridge during the 2019 Loop the Lake Festival in Bemidji. (Pioneer file photo) BEMIDJI -- After a hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Loop the Lake Festival is back for its seventh year and will be held June 17-22. It is a free virtual event that celebrates biking in Bemidji.