With Masterworks' moving 2025-26 season finale presented in partnership with Violins of Hope, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra will present Johann Sebastian Bach’s beautiful Concerto for Two Violins and Gustav Mahler's gripping Sixth Symphony on April 11 and 12, the respective concerts at Davenport's Adler Theatre and Augustana College's Centennial Hall finding members of the QCSO – including soloists Emily Nash and Sabrina Tabby – performing on historic violins that serve as symbols of resilience, hope, and remembrance.

WAR, April 11

Beloved for hit songs that include "Spill the Wine," "The World Is a Ghetto," "The Cisco Kid," "Why Can't We Be Friends?," "Summer," and the iconic earworm "Low Rider," the venerated rockers of WAR bring their national tour to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center on April 11, the group's massive discography to date boasting 18 studio albums, three live albums, seven compilation albums, and no fewer than 60 singles.

Their collection of 17 studio albums including top-10 Billboard smashes The Amazing Jeckel Brothers, The Might Death Pop, and Bang! Pow! Boom!, the Insane Clown Posse of Joseph Bruce and Joseph Utsler - performing under the respective personas of wicked clowns Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope - bring their tour to Davenport's Capitol Theatre on April 12, the horrorcore musicians also members of the current super-group 3 Headed Monster.

Hailed by Tomorrow's Verse for “unique and soulful songs that don’t often lean on bluegrass clichés – or any clichés, for that matter,” the lauded roots and bluegrass ensemble Pert Near Sandstone headlines an April 10 concert at Rock Island's RIBCO, the group's 2023 bluegrass album Waiting Days hailed by Americana Highways as "all done with finesse and nothing retro despite the genre's age."

With their special concert event performed by husband-and-wife duo Steven Lasiter and Jennifer Barnaba, both currently appearing in the Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse's mainstage musical Honky Tonk Angels, Cash, Carter, & Company: A Musical Tribute enjoys a one-night-only staging at the Rock Island theatre on April 16, the show boasting dozens of Johnny Cash's and June Carter's greatest hits along with songs from the era and an all-star band of talented musicians.

Touring in support of last month's Mud Blood Bone that Americana UK deemed "a delight of a record which will have little trouble landing a spot in any number of year-end 'best of' lists," Ontario-based singer/songwriter Cat Clyde headlines an April 10 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's latest also inspiring Americana Highways to call the recording "11 tracks where bluesy, gritty guitars rub shoulders with the intimacy of indie and Americana sounds."

A Chicago-based pianist, composer, arranger, writer, and dancer known for his work in both classical and experimental music, music icon Dr. Charles Joseph Smith headlines a special April 10 event Rock Island venue Rozz-Tox, his creative work and community involvement having made him a major figure in Chicago’s DIY and experimental arts scene.

A revered Egyptian musician and composer who has founded such bands as Bikya, Alif, and The Dwarfs of East Agouza, multi-instrumentalist Maurice Louca headlines an April 16 concert event at Rock Island venue Rozz-Tox, the artist currently touring the country in support of his latest recording Fera.

With the headliner and her bold five-piece band creating impressive, immersive renditions of “Feel the Earth Move," ”Chains," “You’ve Got a Friend," and other beloved songs from the Tapestry album and additional favorites, chanteuse Tina Naponelli brings her stage tribute Tapestry Unraveled: The Music of Carole King to Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre on April 11, the artist's powerful voice and soulful dedication paying homage to the iconic Queen of Pop.

A full-throttle tribute to the music, madness, and legacy that defined heavy metal, Long Live Ozzy lands at East Moline venue The Rust Belt on April 3, with tribute band Sabbath delivering bone-crushing riffs and haunting as they lovingly re-create the sound, spirit, and stage presence that made Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne legendary.

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