30 Sep 2025

MANIA: The ABBA Tribute, October 15

By Reader Staff

Globally touring sensations who have routinely sold out international theatres and concert halls since their 1999 debut, the talents of MANIA: The ABBA Tribute bring their stage spectacle back to Davenport's Adler Theatre on October 15, thrilling patrons with such iconic pop anthems and familiar Mamma Mia! tunes as “Dancing Queen,” “Waterloo,” “The Winner Takes It All,” and “Take a Chance on Me.”

30 Sep 2025

Chamber Music Quad Cities: “Recital X 3,” October 12

By Reader Staff

Their October 12 event boasting works by composers Dvorák, Martinů, Mozart, Chopin, and Beethoven, Chamber Music Quad Cities opens its 2025-26 season at Davenport's Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Parish Hall with Recital X 3, in which Naumburg Award-winning violinist Grace Park performs alongside CMQC co-artistic directors Gregory Sauer on cello and Thomas Sauer on piano.

30 Sep 2025

“Underground Invasion 3” w\ith Danny Diablo, October 11

By Reader Staff

A member of underground hip-hop acts The ShotBlockers, KAOS 13, and FTW, as well as a founding member of hardcore bands Crown of Thornz, Skarhead, and Icepick, Danny Diablo headlines the October 11 concert event Underground Invasion 3 at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist praised by RapReviews for his "charismatic and commanding voice."

30 Sep 2025

Alborn, October 12

By Reader Staff

Known for wearing stage attire to honor their blue-collar Midwestern roots and bringing a tight, high-energy performance to every booking, the Quad Cities' alt-metal ensemble Alborn headlines a May 30 concert event at Moline's Rascals Live, this popular local outfit composed of Justin Taylor on guitar and lead vocals, Alex Raser on drums and vocals, Zame Lewis on bass, and Nate Guske on guitar and vocals.

30 Sep 2025

Vlad Holiday, October 15

By Reader Staff

Hailed by the SA Examiner as an artist who "has made a career of romanticizing the past, the human condition, and looking at love and relationships through dark-tinted lenses," Romanian American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Vlad Holiday headlines an October 15 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, his 2024 debut album My Favorite Drug praised by Atwood magazine as "an intimate and all-consuming 'indie noir' record full of raw reflection and inner reckoning."

30 Sep 2025

Them Coulee Boys, October 16

By Reader Staff

Currently touring in support of their fifth LP No Fun in the Chrysalis, a February release hailed by Folk Alley for songs that "shine gem-like, sparkling with the light of love and joy," the Midwestern artists of Them Coulee Boys enjoy a headlining engagement at Davenport's Raccoon Motel on October 16, the group inspiring Jam & Toast to rave, "With a unique blend of Americana, folk-rock, bluegrass, and punk influences, they have cultivated a sound that is both familiar and refreshingly original."

30 Sep 2025

The 4onthefloor, October 11

By Reader Staff

Delivering what The Big Takeover describes as “muscular, meat-and-potatoes-style blues rock” and what The Dead Hub calls “old souls making incredible new music,” the Minneapolis-based rockers of The 4onthefloor headline an October 11 concert at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, treating audiences to what Music in Minnesota deemed “an exciting, drums-driven show with much-promised dancing, howling, and fun.”

30 Sep 2025

Bored Teachers, October 11

By Reader Staff

For all those students who took any opportunity to laugh at their teachers, they can now atone for it by laughing with teachers during the national tour stop of the Bored Teachers' "The Struggle Is Real!" tour, a night of standup hilarity coming to Davenport's Adler Theatre on October 11.

30 Sep 2025

“Wheel of Fortune Live!,” October 16

By Reader Staff

A wildly popular touring stage event based on one of the most successful TV game shows of all time, Wheel of Fortune Live! brings the big wheel to Davenport's Capitol Theatre on October 16, with contestants selected from the audience for the chance to solve puzzles and win fantastic prizes, including destination trips to Paris and Hawaii and up $10,000 in cash.

30 Sep 2025

CornCon 11: “Manifest Your Inner Cyber Superhero,” October 10 and 11

By Reader Staff

Founded in 2015 by the Quad Cities Cybersecurity Alliance and presented by the Docent Institute, the 11th-annual CornCon – an event designed to raise community awareness and provide business solutions for dealing with cybersecurity threats – will boast breakout sessions, expert speakers, panels, tutorials, vendors, a tech expo, children's activities, awards presentations, and more on October 10 and 11, this year's Davenport RiverCenter event titled Manifest Your Inner Cyber Superhero.

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