There’s only one word to describe Beech Mountain’s ski slope time machine weekend – awesome! So totally awesome, in fact, that it needed another day.
Beech Mountain’s fifth annual Totally 80’s Retro Ski Weekend will now bend the space-time continuum for four days – Thursday, Feb. 18, through Sunday, Feb. 21. During this righteously rad celebration, the town and ski resort come together to create an unparalleled retro experience. There is live 80’s music nightly, retro skiing daily and plenty of throwback activities in between.
New this year is Totally Tubular Snow Tubing at Beech Mountain Resort. Also new is a PacMan video game contest and a Rubik’s Cube contest. Our good friends from the Carolina Ghostbusters return along with their Ecto-mobile – just like the one in the movie. We’ll also have a talking Night Rider show car in the ski village, and the one vehicle most associated with the 80s – a stainless steel DeLorean!
Bands will be announced soon for the following venues – Thursday night at Famous Fast Eddie’s, Friday night at Mile High Tavern, and Saturday night at the renovated Beech Tree Bar & Grille in the ski resort village. Saturday’s festivities will again include the Totally Retro Apparel Contest with its $500 first-place prize. And there will be an 80s-themed contest Friday night at the Mile High Tavern.
Special guest appearances are in the works, and everyone is strongly encouraged to wear 80’s ski garb on the slopes and retro fashions off the slopes. So dig out those bandanas, leg warmers, acid-wash jeans, Members Only jackets, parachute pants and dayglo muscle shirts. And start thinking fourth-dimensionally. This February 18-21, we take you back to a time when ski clothes featured shoulder pads, rock stars wore spandex, and video killed the radio star.
Best. Decade. Ever.
Schedule of Events
Thursday, Feb. 18
All day – Retro skiing (wear your ’80s apparel)
All day – Totally Tubular ’80s Snowtubing
5-9pm – $100 Pac Man contest at Beech Alpen
8:30 pm – Cassette Rewind band at Fast Eddie’s (no cover)
Friday, Feb. 19
All day – Retro skiing (wear your ’80s apparel)
All day – Totally Tubular ’80s Snowtubing
5-9pm – $100 Pac Man contest at Beech Alpen (continued)
6-8 pm – Youth cosmic sledding on sledding hill (free)
7-8:30pm – Carolina Ghostbusters at Fast Eddie’s
9:00 pm – SPANK band at Mile High Tavern ($5 cover)
10:30 pm – $200 Madonna Look-Alike Contest at Mile High Tavern
Saturday, Feb. 20
All day – Retro skiing (wear your ’80s apparel)
9:30-11am – Autographs ($5) with John “other brother Darryl” Voldstad at Fred’s
11am-4 pm – Old school DJ at 5506’ Skybar
3pm-5pm – $100 Pac Man contest at Beech Alpen (final day)
Afternoon – Carolina Ghostbusters at ski resort
1:00 pm – Beech Mountain Banked Slalom race at ski resort
2:00 pm – $100 Hot Tub Time Machine Trivia Contest at the Beech Tree
4:30 pm – $100 Rubik’s Cube contest at Beech Mountain Brewing Co.
7:30 pm – 80s Explosion band at the Beech Tree ($10 cover)
9:00 pm – $500 Totally Retro Apparel Contest at the Beech Tree
10:00 pm – 80s Explosion returns to stage
11:30 pm – Late night ’80s dance party
All night – Free photo booth at Beech Tree
Sunday, Feb. 21
All day – Retro skiing (wear your ’80s apparel)
All day – Totally Tubular ’80s Snowtubing
11am-4 pm – Old school DJ at 5506’ Skybar
A complete schedule of events and more info is available by clicking here.
