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Family Fun Day & Parade


  • Martin Luther King Center 630 9th Street Rock Island, IL, 61201 United States (map)

In collaboration with Polyrhythms Bill Bell Jazz & Heritage Festival, RI County NAACP and RI Parks & Recreation, the MLK Center brings to you it's annual Family Fun Day & Parade! Family Fun Day is a outdoor community block party celebrating all cultures, as well as strengthens neighborhoods and families. Welcoming nearly 3,000 people, this year’s event will feature a parade, food and merchant vendors, informational booths, live entertainment and many activities for youth and families!

Friday, August 18:

Polyrhythms Bill Bell Jazz & Heritage Festival - 5pm-10pm

Saturday, August 19:

Annual Family Fun Day & Parade: 10am-3pm

Polyrhythms Bill Bell Jazz & Heritage Festival: 3pm-10pm

Would you like to Volunteer?

Click here to view this years entertainment line up!

Informational Booth Vendors:

SAL Community Services Welcoming Center

Primerica Insurance

7th District Iowa Department of Correctional Services

The Center For Youth and Family Services

loanDepot llc

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Xi Eta Omega Chapter

Aetna Better Health of Illinois

The Links Incorporated

Augustana College

Burrage Roofing

Arconic

Illinois Iowa Center for Independent Living

SAL Community Services/ Child Care Resource and Referral of Midwestern Illinois

Birth to Five Illinois

Trimble Pointe Companies

Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum

WQPT-PBS

NAMI Greater Mississippi Valley

SBC Outreach Music and Arts

MetroLINK

Bethany for Children & Families

Safer Foundation

Rock Island Public Library

The Project of the Quad Cities

Roebuck’s Insurance

Rock Island Milan School District #41 Family Community Engagement

Republican Central Committee Rock Island County

Diversity Equity Inclusion Committee Army Contracting Command Rock Island

UnityPoint Health - Trinity

Narratives QC

YWCA of the Quad Cities

Community Health Care

Alpha Phi Alpha Mu Chi Lambda

NAACP - Rock Island Branch

Quad City Music Guild

The Artsy Bookworm

State Senator Mike Halpin -Illinois Senate

Rock Island County Democrats

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority (Xi Pi Zeta)

Economic Growth Corporation

Earlier Event: May 11
3rd Annual Community Bike Ride
Later Event: October 14
2nd Annual Product Drive - PAD