The 2026 Tour de Rock rides into Nanaimo on Sunday, Sept. 27, with stops continuing Monday through the Harbour City. (Image Credit: Tour de Rock)
By Alex Rawnsley
cancer fundraiser
Sep 27, 2026 | 5:46 AM
NANAIMO — Drivers can expect some minor delays during their weekend travels, and potentially into the Monday morning commute.
Riders from the annual Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock will travel from Parksville, down Hwy. 19, and into the city on Sunday, Sept. 27, making stops at two central Nanaimo businesses before a gala dinner at the Coast Bastion Hotel in the evening.
The group’s presence will be much more noticeable on Monday, Sept. 28.
Riders and their support convoy will ride to Lantzville’s Aspengrove School for an 8:45 a.m. arrival, then to the Nanaimo RCMP detachment, where mid-Island rider and Cst. Josh Waltman is expected to lead the group.