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2013 Festival & Special Events Calendar JANUARY11-13, Bald Eagle Days – Celebrate the annual southern migration of the Bald Eagle to the open waters on the Mississippi River.  These magnificent bir...
Quad Cities Hosts First American Drag Racing League Event, May 18-19
Bicycle Races Roll in for Memorial Day Weekend, May 27
Quad Cities Is One of 50 Site to Host American Music Series, Apr. 11-May 23
Camp McClellan Dakota Winnebago Prisoner Memorial Weekend, June 7-9
Rhubarb Capitol of Illinois Hosts Popular Annual Festival, June 7-8
Exciting Weekend with Mardi Gras Fun in the Quad Cities, June 7-8
Five Different Car Shows in June in the Quad Cities, June 15-29100 Cars with Great Race Arrives in Davenport, Iowa, on Sunday, June 23, 2013Over 350 Cars on Display for the Grand Nation...
Bikes & More Bikes on June Weekend in Quad Cities, June 12-16
Federal Budget Cuts Do Not Stop Quad City Air Show, June 22-23
Community Theatres in the Quad Cities Show Off Summer Talent
Explore the Quad Cities on a Segway or Bicycle
Bodies Revealed at Putnam Museum, Mar. 9-Summer Quad Cities – Bodies Revealed exhibit is at the Putnam Museum, 1717 West 12th Street in Davenport, Iowa.  Bodies Revealed provides the public with an opportu...
Figge Art Museum Showcases Historic Maps, Mar. 3-June 16 Quad Cities – American identity coincided with the evolution of maps.  From the late 17th through the 19th centuries, cartographers and explorers recorded what they were learning about t...
Rock River Water Trail is new National Water Trail
Family Museum Completes Phase 2 of New Permanent Exhibits Quad Cities – The Family Museum, 2900 Learning Campus Drive in Bettendorf, Iowa, completes its second phase of its new permanent exhibit galleries. Phase II (of three) of the $1.3 milli...
Hotel Blackhawk Joins Selective Autograph CollectionHistoric Davenport hotel “defines the unique guest experience” Davenport, Iowa – Hotel Blackhawk mana...
Quad Cities Chosen to Host Its First USA BMX National, July 19-21 Quad Cities – The Quad Cities was chosen to host a 2013 USA BMX National.  It will be held July 19-21, 2013, at the East Moline BMX Speedway.  This is the first time the Quad Cities...
John Deere Pavilion Reopens with Brand New Exhibits Quad Cities – Followingan eight-week closure, the John Deere Pavilion, 1400 River Drive in downtownMoline, Illinois, has reopened to the public following a near totaltransformation of the vis...
Quad Cities CVB Launches Online Gift Shop Quad Cities – The Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau (QCCVB) announced the launch of their new online gift shop at www.quadcitiesgifts.com
Quad Cities Offers New Water Trails Map for Paddlers Quad Cities – Experience the Mississippi River as it was first discovered—while paddling!  The Quad Cities area is rich with water.  Paddling conditions on the Mississippi and...
New Quad Cities CVB Incentive Gives the Meeting Planner More Quad Cities – The Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau has introduced a new planner incentive program that gives the planner more than just a meeting. If a planner books a meeti...
New Mississippi River Travel Guide Series Starts with Quad Cities Quad Cities – St. Louis Author, Dean Klinkenberg, virtually lived in the Quad Cities in the summers of 2007 and 2008 exploring any place that might interest visitors. The John Deere factory t...
The Loop is Launched in the Quad Cities Quad Cities – On Thursday, February 4, the four new Loop buses took their maiden trip along their new route that travels to each of the four downtowns in the Quad Cities. Called The L...
People Get Lost and Wayfinding System Fixes That After years of talking about and working toward a wayfinding system in the Quad Cities area by the public and private sector, it’s finally becoming a reality....
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