Home Delivery |
Contact Us |
Jobs |
Alerts |
News Archives |
Site map |
Log In |
Webmail |
Internet Services |
Mobile
Text size: 
Enjoy a weekend full of music, family fun
Comment on this story |
Print this story | Email this story
By Laura Anderson Shaw, landerson@qconline.com
By Laura Anderson Shaw, landerson@qconline.com
|
Few things in this world beat listening to live music outdoors on a warm summer night. If you're entertaining kiddos, events that are geared toward kids and also are fun for Mom and Dad might be music to your ears. Whether you're looking for music or family fun, you'll find plenty this weekend around the Quad-Cities. If it weren't for the Zac Brown Band show at the i wireless Center Friday night, and the fact that my husband and I have to complete Operation: 47 Loads of Laundry this weekend, we definitely would be hitting up the following: Future of Rock Showcase Catch hours of rock-steady tunes Friday outside the Rock Island Brewing Company, 1815 2nd Ave., Rock Island. Gates for the all-ages show will open at 6 p.m., and the show will begin at 7:30. Four bands will take the stage, including Three Years Hollow, Eleven Fifty Two, The Blushing Gun and My Pal Trigger. Three Years Hollow is a hard rock/metal group from the Quad-Cities. Check the band out at threeyearshollow.com or on Facebook. Eleven Fifty Two (11:52) also is a hard rock/metal group from the Quad-Cities. Learn more about the band on Facebook or at reverbnation.com/elevenfiftytwo. The Blushing Gun is an alternative-rock band out of Chicago. For more information, check out its Facebook page or website at blushinggun.com. My Pal Trigger is a heavy-metal band from Rock Island. For more information, check it out on Facebook or at reverbnation.com/mypaltrigger. Tickets cost $7 at the gate, or $5 in advance from any of the bands playing or from their websites. For more information, visit ribco.com or call (309) 793-1999. REO Speedwagon REO Speedwagon will take the stage at 8 p.m. Friday at the grandstand at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St., Davenport. The veteran 45-year-old rock band -- fronted by iconic vocalist Kevin Cronin since 1972 -- is the main non-country act appearing at this year's fair. The band last performed in the Quad-Cities at the Adler Theatre in March 2008. Before that, the band came to The Mark in 2005 with Styx. REO has sold 22 million albums in the U.S. -- 40 million around the globe -- with hit singles including "Ridin' The Storm Out," "Roll With the Changes," "Time for Me to Fly," "Keep On Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling." Admission to the grandstand shows at the fair is by FunCard only. Cards are $45 at Hy-Vee stores and Taco Bells, online at mvfair.com, and at the fair office. Children ages 3 and younger will be admitted for free. For more information, visit mvfair.com, or call (563) 326-5338. Crime Stoppers 5K Run Lace up your running shoes and hit the pavement Saturday morning at the 11th annual Crime Stoppers of the Quad Cities 5K run. The event will begin with the 5K race at 7:30 a.m., followed by a one-mile race at 8:30 and a quarter-mile fun run at 8:45, all beginning at Bass Street Landing, 17th Street and River Drive, Moline. Proceeds gathered from the race will help fund a large portion of the local Crime Stoppers program. Roughly 800 runners are expected at this year's race, including area police officers and firefighters who will participate in teams of five in a "Guns & Hoses" challenge. One hundred runners ages 12 and younger will win a bicycle just for participating. Race packet pickup is from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday at Stoney Creek Inn, 101 18th St., Moline. Register at packet pickup, or from 6 to 7 a.m. on race day, or online at qccrimestoppers.com/race or getmeregistered.com. Family Fun Day The annual Family Fun Day at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the center, 630 Martin Luther King Drive, Rock Island. A parade featuring drill teams will start at 10:30 a.m. at 25th Avenue and 9th Street, ending at the center. The free event will include children's games, food, inflatables and informational booths. For more information, call (309) 732-2999. Drill Team Showdown Watch the Metropolitan Youth Drill Team and five other teams from around the Midwest duke it out Saturday evening at the Drill Team Showdown. The event is scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. at Rock Island High School, 1400 25th Ave. The Quad-Cities hip-hop dance duo RusHour also will perform. Admission is $7. For more information, call (309) 732-2999. Hank Williams Jr. Hank Williams Jr. will stop at the Mississippi Valley Fair in Davenport Saturday night during his "Taking Back the Country" tour. He will take the stage at 8 p.m. at the grandstand on the fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St., Davenport. According to his website,hankjr.com, Mr. Williams has 20 gold albums, six platinum albums, 13 chart-topping albums and 10 No. 1 singles. He will perform hits such as, "A Country Boy Can Survive," "Dixie on My Mind," and "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight." Admission is by FunCard only. Cards are $45 and are available at Hy-Vee stores and Taco Bells, online at mvfair.com, and at the fair office. Children ages 3 and younger will be admitted for free. For more information, visit mvfair.com, or call (563) 326-5338. Midwest Folk Festival You can tour the historic Illinois village of Bishop Hill and enjoy music, dance, artisan demonstrations and other activities Sunday at the Midwest Folk Festival. The free festival will highlight the ethnic and folk artists of the Midwestern states that border the Mississippi River, according to the website bishophill.com. The festival is going on all weekend, but we might have better luck trying to make it out on Sunday. For more information, visit bishophill.com or call (309) 927-3899. While I plan to play Cinderella most of this weekend, perhaps I'll grant myself a brief reprieve from housework to have a little fun. Say hi if you bump into me! The itinerary: Aug. 3-5 --The Future of Rock Showcase, featuring Three Years Hollow, Eleven Fifty Two, The Blushing Gun and My Pal Trigger, 7:30 p.m. Friday outside Rock Island Brewing Company, 1815 2nd Ave., Rock Island. $5 in advance, $7 at the gate. (309) 793-1999. --REO Speedwagon at the Mississippi Valley Fair, 8 p.m. Friday, 2815 W. Locust St., Davenport. Admission is by FunCard only, $45 at Hy-Vee stores and Taco Bells, online at mvfair.com, and at the fair office. Free for children ages 3 and younger. mvfair.com, (563) 326-5338. -- Annual Crime Stoppers of the Quad Cities 5K Run, 5K begins at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Bass Street Landing, 17th Street and River Drive, Moline. Race packet pickup is 2 to 7 p.m. Friday at Stoney Creek Inn, 101 18th St., Moline. Register at packet pickup, or from 6 to 7 a.m. on race day, or online at qccrimestoppers.com/race or getmeregistered.com. $20 through today, $22 on race day. -- Family Fun Day, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, 630 Martin Luther King Drive, Rock Island. Children's games, food, inflatables and informational booths. Free. (309) 732-2999. -- Drill Team Showdown, 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Rock Island High School, 1400 25th Ave., Rock Island. $7. (309) 732-2999. -- Hank Williams Jr. at the Mississippi Valley Fair, 8 p.m. Saturday, 2815 W. Locust St., Davenport. Admission is by FunCard only, $45 at Hy-Vee stores and Taco Bells, online at mvfair.com, and at the fair office. Free for children ages 3 and younger. mvfair.com, (563) 326-5338. --The Midwest Folk Festival, Saturday and Sunday, Bishop Hill. Music, dance, artisan demonstrations and more. Free. bishophill.com, (309) 927-3899. 
|
|
 |
|
||
Davenport, IA Details |
|||
Harvest Vegetable Soup
(More recipes)
| (More Print Ads) |
Today is Wednesday, June 19, the 170th day of 2013. There are 195 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The treasurer of Mercer County has been instructed to sell all thespecie now in the treasury for the highest premium in legal tender and to report same atthe next board meeting.
1888 -- 125 years ago: J.S. Freeman has been elected president of the Recreation Club ofthe Rock Island YMCA.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Rock Island voters will decide next Tuesday on the proposal toconsolidate with South Rock Island Township.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The Rev. Frederick J. Rolf will round out his 30th year as pastor ofthe Evangelical Church of Peace at Sunday worship services.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Dennis Kelly, of Moline High School, has been named a winner inTime Magazine's 27th annual current affairs contest.
1988 -- 25 years ago: The Martin Luther King Community Center will participate in theSummer Food Service Program. Free meals will be made available to all children 18years of age and younger.
(More History)