{"id":915,"date":"2011-08-03T11:42:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T16:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kuulstuff.com\/blog\/?p=915"},"modified":"2011-08-03T11:42:42","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T16:42:42","slug":"august-events-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/august-events-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"August Events 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quad city residents look forward for the annual Mississippi Valley Fair, Tug fest, River roots, Tax free weekend in August. Make the most of the rest of the summer with the events and sun. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"August Events\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kuulstuff.com\/blog\/?p=448\" target=\"_blank\">August <\/a>brings back many events to the locals.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The <a title=\"MV Valley fair\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mvfair.com\/fairinfo.html\" target=\"_blank\">MV Valley fair<\/a> offers a free admission to kids today apart from other grand stand shows. &#8211; The fair ends this Sunday and costs $10 for adults and $3 for children.<\/li>\n<li>Illinois hopes to win the <a title=\"Tug fest 2011\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tugfest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tug fest<\/a> this year too. &#8211; Get your lawn chairs to Port Byron or Le Claire from Aug 11 to 13th to enjoy the cool river side and hot sun. The event has minimum admission fee that is donated to wards charity.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"River roots\" href=\"http:\/\/www.riverrootslive.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">River roots live<\/a> is set to rock downtown Davenport with great food and music. &#8211; The free event on August 19th and 20th is full of free music and interesting food that comes yearly once. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tax free\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kuulstuff.com\/blog\/?p=452\" target=\"_blank\">Tax free weekends<\/a> in Iowa this Friday and Saturday allows you to buy garments or shoes <a title=\"Iowa tax free\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iowa.gov\/tax\/educate\/holiday1.html\" target=\"_blank\">sales tax<\/a> free for up to $100. &#8211; Illinois residents may visit Iowa stores and avail the facility as Mr. Quinn does not declare any tax free holidays for Illinois. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Movies in the park\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kuulstuff.com\/blog\/?p=288\" target=\"_blank\">Movies in the park<\/a> start this Friday in <a title=\"Moline Parks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moline.il.us\/departments\/parks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Moline <\/a>showing Tangled this week and Tron legacy next Friday. &#8211; Again, get your lawn chairs, blankets, and bug repellents to enjoy the free movie with pop corn.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>These events provide opportunity to enjoy the little outdoor fun opportunities we have before the onset of the cold weather. \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quad city residents look forward for the annual Mississippi Valley Fair, Tug fest, River roots, Tax free weekend in August. Make the most of the rest of the summer with the events and sun. \ud83d\ude42<a href=\"http:\/\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/august-events-2011\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">August Events 2011<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[772,305,775,776,78,773,774,79],"class_list":["post-915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daytoday","tag-august-events","tag-mississippi-valley-fair","tag-moline-parks","tag-movies","tag-quad-cities","tag-river-roots","tag-tax-free-weekend","tag-tug-fest"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4AvRz-eL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":448,"url":"http:\/\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/quad-cities-events-august-2010\/","url_meta":{"origin":915,"position":0},"title":"Quad Cities Events &#8211; August, 2010","author":"KP","date":"August 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"For Quad city residents, August is packed with full of local events which are not to be missed. The Mississippi Valley Fair, River Roots Live Music Festival, Tug Fest are the major annual events apart from the movie in the park. These events make summer a little more exciting and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Day to day&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Day to day","link":"http:\/\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/category\/daytoday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1232,"url":"http:\/\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/quad-cities-summer-events-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":915,"position":1},"title":"Quad Cities Summer Events 2015","author":"KP","date":"July 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Summer events are plenty in Quad cities which let us enjoy the best outdoors. With the mighty Mississippi by our side, we get to explore the nature and create beautiful memories. 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