Quad City Arts on Tuesday announced the full schedule of events for Chalk Art Fest in Schwiebert Park, downtown Rock Island, June 26-27.

SATURDAY, JUNE 26

The music lineup for Quad City Arts’ Chalk Art Fest, June 26-27.

10 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Chalk art competition

 Live Music Lineup:

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Live DJ Mark Manuel, Alt 104.5/Kiss FM

1 p.m. to 3 p.m. – Chrash

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. — The Textures

5 p.m. to 7 p.m. – Doug Brundies Big Acoustic Show

SUNDAY, JUNE 27 

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Chalk art competition

 Live Music Lineup:

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Mo&Co

1 p.m. to 3 p.m. — QC Rock Academy

3:30 p.m. – AWARDS CEREMONY

4 p.m. — Charlotte Boyer

A participant in the 2018 Chalk Art Fest.

Additional activities will include kids’ face painting (Saturday only, $5 each, cash or Venmo only), kaleidoscope bus, community chalk art piece and kids’ chalk zone.

Food vendors will be Westmoreland Concessions, Café Fresh, Cindy’s Shaved Ice, Here’s the Scoop, Quick E’s Tacos, Bent River Brewery, Broken Shovel Coffee, El Mariachi, and Kona Ice.

Inspiring and engaging for people of all ages, this free, two-day street painting festival

The Chalk Art Fest community art piece will be a rendering of iconic David Bowie.

brings together hundreds of local and regional artists that spend hours transforming the blank cement pavement into magnificent works of art, using only the medium of chalk.

Visitors strolling by can see the wonderful works of art as they come to life, vote for their favorite and even do some chalk art of their own, by taking part in the collaborative community piece. This year’s community piece is rock, fashion and art icon, David Bowie – for a $5 donation, you’ll be given a set of pastels to fill in a 2’x2’ square of the larger image.

When finished, the larger image comes to life as a complete work of art!

Over $1,600 in cash prizes and giveaways will be awarded in various categories including people’s choice and a youth category award. The youth award gives students age 12-17 the opportunity to compete for a $100 cash prize and $200 in art supplies for their respective school.

Featuring live music, a variety of food and drink vendors and kids activities, you won’t want to miss this lively and colorful weekend in the heart of downtown Rock Island. For more information, visit www.quadcityarts.com/chalk-art-fest or follow Quad City Arts on Facebook.

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Jonathan Turner

Jonathan Turner -- who has called the Quad Cities home since 1995 -- has decades of experience as a professional journalist and pianist. His experience writing for daily newspapers, public radio and local TV encompasses a wide range of subjects, including the arts, politics, education, economic development, historic preservation, business, and tourism.

Jonathan most loves writing about music and the arts (which he now does as a freelancer for the River Cities Reader and Visit Quad Cities). He has a passion for accompanying musicals, singers, choirs and instrumentalists, including playing for QC Music Guild's 2023 productions of RENT and SWEENEY TODD. He is assistant music director and accompanist for the spring 2025 Music Guild show, ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE. He wrote an original musical based on The Book of Job, which premiered at Playcrafters in 2010. Jonathan penned a 175-page history book about downtown Davenport, that was published by The History Press in 2016, and a travel guide about the QC published by Reedy Press in 2022.