
Mississippi Valley Dragon Boat Festival is a paddle race on September 19, 2026 in Davenport, IA, with entry fees from $1000 to $2000.
From the Organizer
What is a Dragon Boat Festival?
This is an event where the community can come together to honor and celebrate those impacted by cancer in the Quad City Community or companies and organizations can use it as a team building opportunity.
Dragon Boating is easy to learn, extremely safe, and an activity where men and women compete side-by-side towards the same goal. Add the outdoors, the water, the visual spectacle of dragon boating and you get a perfect activity for friends and family, corporate team building, or a school outing.
Funds raised at this event stay locally to support the NO COST programs and services provided by Gilda’s Club Quad Cities.
Register your team at: https://givebutter.com/c/CSCDragon25
**Please have team captain information on hand. All event correspondence will go to them to relay to their team. The team captain will be responsible day of to manage their team throughout the Dragon Boat experience. Must have 6 females on each team. **
Interested in being a sponsor for this event? Please contact Arwen Hansen, Event and Donor Relations Coordinator, at 563-594-6043 or arwen@csciowaillinois.org.
Awards:
Awards will be given for the following:
Weather
It's too far out for a forecast, so here's what weather on this date is normally like in the area. A race day forecast will replace this as race week approaches.
Typical High
77°
Typical Low
53°
Chance of Rain
29%
Based on US Climate Normals data from Moline Quad City Intl Ap, 3 mi from the venue.
Host City
Population
101,083
as of 2023
City Elevation
666 ft
Nearest Airport
MLI
Quad City International Airport · 9 mi
Major Hub
ORD
Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 141 mi
Time Zone
Central Time
From Endurance Grid
A mid-size host city. Enough lodging and amenities to keep race weekend easy, without big-city sprawl.
Race Location
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From Endurance Grid
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Paddle sports cover kayak, canoe, SUP, and outrigger racing on rivers, lakes, and open ocean — from short sprints to marathon distances, split by craft. The water and the weather are as much a part of the race as the field.
It's a full-body, low-impact way to race, where reading the water and a smooth, repeatable stroke matter as much as raw power.
Kayak, canoe, SUP, and outrigger races on rivers, lakes, and ocean. Sprints to marathon distances, split by craft.
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Mississippi Valley Dragon Boat Festival
Sep 19, 2026