DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 18, 2024) — Taste the best the Quad Cities has to offer as Common Chord invites you to join them to sample flavorful food & drinks made right here in the Quad Cities, turning downtown Davenport into Flavortown!
The 2nd annual QC Flavor Fest takes place on Thursday evening, October 3, 5-8PM, at Common Chord, 129 North Main Street, Davenport.
The special event, which is $40 per person, offers twenty sampling stations from favorite Quad Cities restaurants and food purveyors. The event also will have live music from the DMT Dave Matthews Tribute Band as well as over sixty unique and must-have silent auction items with a few other ingredients in the mix for a recipe of flavorful fun and fundraising! 100% of the proceeds from “QC Flavor Fest” go directly to Common Chord’s music education programs.
Guests also will have the opportunity to cast their vote for the title of 2024 Quad Cities Favorite as restaurants and food purveyors compete (in two categories — Sweet and Savory) for the coveted Golden Kazoo Award.
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 and Friendly House 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, Empowering Abilities (formerly HDC), and Empower House.
- RiverCurrents, Teaching the importance of the Quad Cities in the development of American roots music. (With more than 25 elementary schools annually, homeschool groups, and high schools.)
- Kidstock and Ellis Kell Winter Blues Camps — Bringing young musicians together to form bands, learn to collaborate, and perform in the Redstone Room.
- Let’s Band Together — Providing free instrument loans to school bands and individuals.
“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 and more community!
Common Chord is a local non-profit working to activate the power of music to improve our community.
