{"id":1464,"date":"2016-06-16T22:02:18","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T03:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kuulstuff.com\/blog\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2016-06-16T22:02:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T03:02:18","slug":"quad-cities-summer-events-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/quad-cities-summer-events-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Quad Cities Summer Events 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer of 2016 brings record high temperatures to Quad cities along with annual events. Music, art, fair, carnivals, festivals, and so on make QC the greatest place to spend the summer again! Here are my top picks for summer 2016.<\/p>\n

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  1. Rock Island County Fair <\/a>–\u00a0July 19 to 23: Enjoy the unlimited rides and don’t miss the fair food and the demolition derby on Friday and Little Monster trucks on Saturday! See the farm animals and feed them.<\/li>\n
  2. MVValley Fair<\/a> – Aug 2 to 7: Take the fun stands pass to enjoy the entry for five days including the grand stands! Rascal Flatts and Alabama are in the line up this year<\/li>\n
  3. Tug Fest<\/a> – Aug 11 to 13: Don’t miss the fireworks on Friday and the great tug on Saturday. Cheer for your local teams and enjoy the action! Signup your kids for the kids tug to make it more interesting<\/li>\n
  4. River Roots Live<\/a> – Aug 26 to 27: If you like loud music and street food, this is the place for you. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the music! Visit the many stages and enjoy all kinds of music<\/li>\n
  5. Quad city balloon festival<\/a> – Sep 23 to 27: Enjoy the hot air balloon ride over the QC and fly in the colorful balloons. Donate a canned or packed food item for free entry<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Do visit the Putnam museum<\/a> and Figge art museum during to check out their special exhibits. Say hello to the mummy in the museum and create art at the Figge art museum. Ride the channel cat water taxi to cross the river. Ride the river cruises and dinner cruises on the famous Celebration Belle<\/a>. Go to the movie in the park or the movie marathon in the theaters early shows.<\/p>\n

    If you want to venture out new adventures in the Quad cities, try out the Scuba Adventures<\/a>\u00a0and get certified in the live water swimming. Don’t miss the Slide the city<\/a> on August 6th which is sure a fun to do and watch as well. A must visit is the Bust out live escape rooms<\/a> in Bettendorf which is a perfect team building activity for family, friends, or office. the Quad city sky diving<\/a> is open for season and test your luck out there as well. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

    Participate in the marathons, races, triatholons, RAGBRAI, and so on in 2016. Or just enjoy the river walk. Let me know what you did this summer in the Quad cities! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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