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This year\u2019s Labor Day weekend, Friday, Aug. 29 through, Monday, Sept. 1, will feature a parade of Quad Cities festivals and events complete with music, food, fun, flea markets, karting races, salutes to labor and more.<\/span><\/p>\n Among the highlights again are:<\/span><\/p>\n Downtown Rock Island will host the 30th running of the <\/span>Xtream Grand Prix<\/span><\/a>, the world\u2019s largest karting street race. On Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 30-31, races will run through the streets of that city which will also play host to food, fun and entertainment.<\/span><\/p>\n This year the race \u2013 which a Visit Quad Cities Datify study said has attracted as many as 20,000 spectators \u2013 will return to the <\/span>downtown course<\/span><\/a> it had used for in the first 28 Grand Prix races after being relocated in 2024 by road construction.<\/span><\/p>\n The Martin Luther King Community Center will present Soul of the City <\/span>2025<\/span><\/a>. <\/span> Festivities<\/span><\/a> include the Soul of the City Parade, food trucks, vendors and community resource booths. Block Party highlights include: emcee Marshall Glover, Jesse White Tumblers, Funktastic Five, MLK\u2019s Boxing Club and Dynamic Status Gems Dance Team, six of the QC\u2019s most sought after DJs, a new Kidz Zone, West End Rib Festival & Contest and the National Society for Black Engineers (NSBE) creating GoCarts for kids.<\/span><\/p>\n The annual <\/span>Milan<\/span><\/a> Harvest <\/span>Festival<\/span><\/a> is hosting some new attractions on Labor Day weekend as well as food, fun and music. The festival began on Thursday, Aug. 28, and will run through Monday, Sept. 1, at Camden Park.<\/span><\/p>\n Organizers promise this year\u2019s five-day party is bigger and brighter than ever. It will feature a battle of the high school bands as well as carnival rides, food vendors, disc golf, bingo, regional live music and more. It also includes the two nighttime spectacles: a drone light show and the annual fireworks display.<\/span><\/p>\n The annual Labor Day holiday would not be complete without parades and this Monday two other metro Quad Cities staples will step off once again: the popular Quad City Labor Day Parade in East Moline will start at 11 a.m. and at 9:30 a.m., Monday, Rock Island downtown\u2019s 41st Annual Labor Day Parade \u2013 Rockin\u2019 the Arts!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n QC regional Labor Day celebrations include the 53rd <\/span>Annual Orion<\/span><\/a> (Illinois) Fall Festival<\/span> today through Sunday<\/span> and Kewanee (Illinois) <\/span>Hog Days<\/span><\/a> from Friday through Monday. The annual parties are again serving up small-town fun, food, parades, entertainment, car shows, carnivals and more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source quadcitiesbusiness.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This year\u2019s Labor Day weekend, Friday, Aug. 29 through, Monday, Sept. 1, will feature a parade of Quad Cities festivals and events complete with music, food, fun, flea markets, karting races, salutes to labor and more. 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Soul of the City<\/h2>\n
<\/span>This free, <\/span>annual <\/span><\/a>family-friendly celebration of community, culture, and connection runs from 5 p.m. today and<\/span> 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Franklin Field, 1251 9th St., Rock Island.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nMilan Harvest Festival<\/h2>\n
QC loves a parade<\/h2>\n
Regional festivals on tap<\/b><\/h2>\n