There are changing times for the upcoming 2023 Quad Cities Builders & Remodelers Association (QCBR) Home Show.
The show will be Friday to Sunday, Feb. 17-19, at a new location – the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds at 2815 W. Locust St., Davenport. For many years, the event was held at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island.
“It’s nothing against Illinois or the Expo Center, but this is the year we wanted to try something different,” said Mona Peiffer, the association’s interim acting executive officer and special events coordinator. “A lot of our members were saying ‘Let’s switch it up and try something different this year.’”
The QCBR is a nonprofit representing new home and home improvement industries in the bistate region.
She added that the home show had a great relationship with the QCCA Expo Center for many years and hopes to start a new, positive relationship with the fairgrounds.
The show will feature more than 100 exhibitors in the Iowa Building and Fair Center building at the west Davenport fairgrounds. Those exhibitors feature many businesses in the home and home care businesses, such as roofing, fireplaces, landscaping, heating and air, and much more.
“There’s going to be so many new things at the show. …. We have flooring, things for yard work and many other features,” Ms. Peiffer added.
Here are some of the highlights of the upcoming QCBR show:
- Hours will be noon to 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 17; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday. Admission is $10 for adults; and free admission for children age 12 and younger.
- Friday, Feb. 17, will be Senior Discount Day with $2 off admission fees.
- This will be a cash-only show. ATM machines will be available in the buildings.
- There will be prize giveaways daily as well as prizes for the first 600 children at the show.
- There will be plenty of parking space.
- Home Show booklets will be available at the show, and at many Quad Cities area Hy-Vee stores.
“This is going to be a great show. We’ll have something for everybody,” Ms. Peiffer added.
