DAVENPORT, IOWA (November 18, 2024) — The Downtown Davenport Partnership (DDP) will host the Deck the Downtowns Cookie Crawl on Saturday, November 23, 11AM-3PM, after the Festival of Trees Parade.
At 26 participating businesses, visitors can enjoy free cookie tastings from Blue Spruce General Store, Cookies and Dreams, and Tiphanie’s (while supplies last), plus exclusive deals and fun holiday games and activities.
“The Festival of Trees parade kicks off a fun-filled day in downtown Davenport and we wanted to provide Quad Citizens and visitors more reasons to stay downtown and shop at our local businesses that day,” said Alisha Espey, Director, Programs and Events for DDP. “The Cookie Crawl is a family-friendly event that will help kick off the holiday season. While you’re downtown, you can also hunt for the holiday pickle and see the beautifully-painted storefronts.”
Crawlers that make five purchases will be entered to win a grand prize giveaway filled with gift cards and goodies to downtown businesses. All the details on participating businesses and activities are available on the DDP website here.
Participating businesses include:
- Abernathy’s
- Analog Arcade Bar
- Armored Gardens
- Blue Spruce General Store
- Boozie’s Bar and Grill
- Daiquiri Factory
- Doodads
- Figge Art Musuem
- Freight House Farmers Market
- Front Street Brewery and Taproom
- Front Street Pub and Eatery
- German American Heritage Center and Museum
- Illuminate Healing Studio
- Isa Balloon Design and More
- Mac’s Tavern
- Major Art and Hobby
- Miracle at the Freight House
- Mississippi River Distilling Co — Downtown Lounge
- Raccoon Motel
- RAYGUN
- Rosalee Jewelry
- The Lemonade Stand Restaurant
- The Wellness Nook
- Theo and Co
- Tiphanie's
- Trolley Pub Quad Cities
Following the Cookie Crawl, the City of Davenport Community Tree Lighting Ceremony in Kaiserslautern Square will start at 5:30PM. Join Davenport Mayor Mike Matson in lighting the twenty-foot community tree. Sip on hot cocoa, enjoy cookies, and listen to festive carols performed by QC Rock Academy students.
Deck the Downtowns, presented by TBK Bank, is a series of jolly holiday promotions encouraging people to eat, drink, shop, and be merry downtown, November 21, 2024–January 1, 2025. Activities in downtown Davenport include a hunt for the holiday pickle in downtown businesses and the holiday display challenge of painted storefronts.
Deck the Downtowns is a joint promotion of the Downtown Davenport Partnership, Rock Island Downtown Alliance, and Downtown Bettendorf Organization, divisions of the Quad Cities Chamber.
