DAVENPORT, Iowa — The Mississippi Valley Blues Society today announced it is extending advance ticket sales through July 2, in hopes of selling more $40 three-day passes to help offset the nonprofit organization’s costs of moving the festival from LeClaire Park to the streets of downtown Davenport, due to the Flood of 2008.

“The IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival provides an excellent staycation for local residents and an affordable weekend getaway for our fellow Midwesterners recovering from the Flood of 2008,” says Joe Taylor, president, Quad Cities Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. “Now’s the time to buy our tickets for three great days of world-class entertainment right here in our own backyard, and at the same time support this very dedicated group of volunteers who are working day and night to ensure this festival still goes on, not only for our enjoyment, but to fund its important music education programs in our schools and to give our downtown’s economy a much needed boost.”

According to the Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau, the festival’s economic benefit to the area is $2.5 million.

The IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, July 3 – 5, will take place along 2nd Street in downtown Davenport, and will utilize the Adler Theater for a portion of the festivities. Artists scheduled to perform in LeClaire Park’s bandshell will now play on the Main Stage at 2nd Street and Pershing, and the artists scheduled for the park’s tent stage will now perform at the Adler Theater. Free workshops are scheduled for Kaiserslautern Square across 3rd street from the Adler, and BlueSKool will take place in the River Center corridor between 2nd and 3rd Streets. Event parking is available at the parking ramp on Brady Street between 2nd and 3rd streets, as well as at other parking ramps downtown.

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