ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (June 17, 2021) — Quad City Arts is excited to announce the full schedule of events for Chalk Art Fest in Schwiebert Park, downtown Rock Island, June 26-27.
SATURDAY, JUNE 26
10AM-7PM — Chalk art competition
Live Music Line-up
11AM–1PM — Live DJ Mark Manuel, Alt 104.5/Kiss FM
1PM-3PM — Chrash
3PM-5PM — The Textures
5PM–7PM — Doug Brundie’s Big Acoustic Show
SUNDAY, JUNE 27
10AM-5PM — Chalk art competition
Live Music Line-up
11AM-1PM — Mo&Co
1PM-3PM — QC Rock Academy
3:30PM — AWARDS CEREMONY
4PM — Charlotte Boyer
Additional activities include: Kid’s face painting (Saturday only, $5 each, cash or venmo only) kaleidoscope bus, community chalk art piece, and kid’s chalk zone!
Food Vendors: Westmoreland Concessions, Café Fresh, Cindy’s Shaved Ice, Here’s the Scoop, Quick E’s Tacos, Bent River Brewery, Broken Shovel Coffee, El Mariachi, and Kona Ice.
Inspiring and engaging for people of all ages, this free, two-day street painting festival brings together hundreds of local and regional artists that spend hours transforming the blank cement pavement into magnificent works of art, using only the medium of chalk. Visitors strolling by can see the wonderful works of art as they come to life, vote for their favorite and even do some chalk art of their own, by taking part in the collaborative community piece. Just ANNOUNCED: this year’s community piece is rock, fashion and art icon, David Bowie! For a $5 donation, you’ll be given a set of pastels to fill in a 2’x2’ square of the larger image. When finished the larger image comes to life as a complete work of art!
Over $1,600 in cash prizes and giveaways will be awarded in various categories including people’s choice and youth category award! The youth award gives students age 12-17 the opportunity to compete for a $100 cash prize and $200 in art supplies for their respective school. Featuring live music, a variety of food and drink vendors and kid’s activities, you won’t want to miss this lively and colorful weekend in the heart of downtown Rock Island.
For more information visit us at: https://www.quadcityarts.com/chalk-art-fest or follow us on Facebook!
This event is sponsored by: Morency Giving Fund, City of Rock Island, Alt 104.5/KISS FM and Blick Art Materials.
