DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 11, 2023) — Taste the best the Quad Cities has to offer as Common Chord invites you to join them to sample flavorful food and drinks made right here in the Quad Cities, turning downtown Davenport into Flavortown!
QC Flavor Fest takes place on Thursday evening, October 5, 5-9PM, at Common Chord, 129 North Main Street, Davenport.
The special event, which is $40 per person, offers over a dozen sampling stations from favorite Quad Cities restaurants and food providers, and also will have live music and over 55 unique and must-have silent and live auction items with a few other ingredients in the mix for a recipe of flavorful fun and fundraising! One-hundred percent of the proceeds from “QC Flavor Fest” go directly to Common Chord’s music education programs.
All year long, Common Chord provides a variety of educational and enrichment programs to area youth designed to provide access to musical experiences and build positive relationships, including:
- InTune Music Mentorship program, provided to students at Project Renewal in Davenport, the MLK Center in Rock Island, and Boys and Girls Club in Moline and Davenport. InTune employs professional musician mentors to share a love of music with the kids, build healthy mentoring relationships, develop stronger support networks for at-risk youth, and show positive paths forward in life.
- Acoustic Music Clubs, a music-enrichment program for youth and adults with disabilities that provides a fun musical experience. Provided in partnership with the Blackhawk Area Special Education Center, ARC of the Quad Cities, the Handicapped Development Center, and Empower House.
- RiverCurrents, our flagship school program that teaches the history and evolution of American music along the Mississippi River. All Davenport fifth-graders participate in this program, in addition to many other schools throughout the region.
- Let’s Band Together, an initiative that places instruments in kids’ hands so they can learn the joy of music! Music should be accessible to all kids — regardless of financial means. Through our free instrument loans, students have the opportunity to experience music.
“Common Chord embraces our role in the community as we activate music and seek to make a difference in the lives of our neighbors. The love of music knows no boundaries, and working together, we are changing lives,” says Tyson Danner, Executive Director for Common Chord.
Get your tickets by going to: commonchordqc.org/qcflavorfest. Come join our table, for more music smf more community!
Common Chord is a local non-profit working to activate the power of music to improve our community.
