The MGK Big Bad Bonfire 2024 Was The Biggest, Best, and Hottest Fire Yet

The annual MGK Big Bad Bonfire was back, and it was bigger, better, and hotter than ever!

This past weekend, one of my favorite station events of the year took place, and it may have been the best one yet.

As I mentioned in the introduction, I am, of course, talking about the annual MGK Big Bad Bonfire 2024.

All I can say is, what a bonfire!

This past Saturday night, the annual MGK BIG Bad Bonfire took place at the gorgeous Spring Mountain in Schwenksville, PA.

What makes this event so special is that MGK listeners from all over the Delaware Valley make their way up to Spring Mountain, and we all get to hang together for a bit.

I met so many loyal MGK listeners and even many of their own children, or better yet, grandchildren — it was incredible to meet you all!

This was my fourth year in attendance at the MGK Big Bad Bonfire, and I can easily say this place was the most packed I had seen the event yet.

We couldn’t have asked for better weather for this year’s event as it was a cool 64 degrees when we lit the fire around 7:30 p.m.

For those who haven’t seen it, the fire takes place right at the mid-base of the mountain, and a giant wooden guitar is at the center of it.

Andre Gardener, Paul Kelly, Eric ‘The Big Johnson’ Johnson, Gina Cosenza, and I all got to light the bonfire and get the party started.

It was a sight to see for sure, and you best believe the entire MGK gang was there to take it all in.

And, man, did it get hot fast!

The night was incredible, so I want to send out some thank yous to all involved.

A huge shout out to all of our wonderful sponsors, including Mr. Sticky’s (which you can now find in select Giant markets!), Volpe Enterprises, and Meineke.

Thanks to the MGK house band, Porch, for providing the tunes — I especially enjoyed their version of Sublime’s song “Bad Fish.”

Thank you to Kara Lester, our amazing promotions director here at MGK for executing another great night — she is the best!

Thank you to Rachel Pitts, our digital department manager, for putting together some great content surrounding the event.

I can’t forget a huge shout-out to the great people of Hartland Demolition & Restoration of Harleysville, PA, for building the fire.

Thank you to the Upper Salford Fire Department for keeping us all safe, and I’m sure they’re happy they didn’t have to deal with my flame thrower this year that I lit the fire with back in 2022

Thank you to Greg Monahan for building the 20-foot Motley Crew guitar at the center of the fire.

Last but not least, thank you to Rick Buckman and the entire staff of Spring Mountain for being such great hosts.

It truly was another successful MGK Big Bad Bonfire, and I can’t wait until next year already.

As many of you know after reading my post about the Stanley Cup from yesterday, I spent the last week on vacation down the Jersey shore.

And from many of my other posts before that, you know I enjoy going for some long bike rides — especially down the shore!

So what could be better than squeezing in a nice bike ride on a week's long vacation? Squeezing in a nice bike ride on a week’s long vacation with a great friend of mine, of course!

I got to go on a great ride with my buddy Casey Boy from The Preston and Steve Show on our sister station, WMMR.

We rode through multiple shore towns as we got in a practice ride in preparation for this Sunday’s Ben To The Shore ride! For those that don’t know, the Ben To The Shore Bike Tour is a charity event that raises funds for Families Behind the Badge Children’s Foundation, which is for the families of fallen first responders and police officers.

It is always a lot of fun and something I look forward to each year!

During our practice route, Casey Boy and I rode about 25.81 miles from Wildwood to Town Bank to Cape May Point to Cape May then all the way back to Wildwood where we started.

It was a great time and has me ready to conquer the 65-mile Ben To The Shore ride! This will actually be my tenth year riding in the event and each year it gets better and better.

If you are interested in donating, visit fbbcf.org or visit the Team WMMR Rock and Rollers page.

I can’t wait for Sunday and hopefully, the weather holds up for the ride! I’m sure there will be a lot of people on the ride for this great cause!

Who do you think will cross the finish line first, me or Casey Boy?

Here's a selfie Casey Boy took on our ride. It is of Casey, Pattyann, and myself. What a great crew.

I took this during our ride. I'm not sure how I kept my balance! Just ahead of my leading the way are Casey and Pattyann.

Like I mentioned in the photo above, there they are leading the way. It's a tight bridge like many down the shore. Luckily, we all managed to make it across.

The first sign you see in Town Bank. Apparently, it is the birthplace of the South Jersey. I wonder what it was like in 1635?

Outside the beautiful Willow Creek Winery. What a cool sign. We definitely needed to check this place out on the ride.

The land the winery was on was beautiful. Look at those flowers! The property was huge.

You know we had to make our way into the winery! Riding on the bricks was not as hard as you would think. It was even cooler on the inside.

You know I had to grab a group picture inside the winery! I am actually wearing a jersey from a previous Ben To The Shore ride! I wonder what this year's will look like?

Just a group of people that love a good bike ride. I know we all can't wait for Sunday's ride. Hopefully, the weather is as nice as it was on this day!

The map of our 25-mile ride. We covered so much ground. It is nuts looking at it in map form!