26th Annual Eagles and Ivories Ragtime Festival  

7:00 p.m. 

Merrill Hotel – 119 W Mississippi Drive, Muscatine  

 Muscatine Arts Council will host the 26th annual Eagles and Ivories Ragtime Festival. This will be a weekend of world-class ragtime and stride, Dixieland jazz, boogie-woogie, spirituals, traditional jazz, and much more.  The Thursday evening cabaret will be held at the Merrill Hotel at a special price of $15.  Friday and Saturday evening concerts at Wesley United Methodist Church are $20 each. Afternoon concerts at the Muscatine Art Center are $15 each, and Saturday Silent Movie at the Art Center is $5. A four-day concert package is $70, a $20 savings over all four days. Youth high school and younger are free to all events. Tickets are available at Flowers on the Avenue and at the door. The Friday 9:30 a.m. Kick-off concert at Sunny Brook, 3515 Diana Queen Drive and the Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eagle Watch at 200 W. Riverfront are free. The Friday and Saturday evening Concerts are preceded by suppers in the Wesley Church basement for $6.