Held in celebration of Austrian composer Joseph Anton Bruckner's 1824 birth, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's Bruckner at 2000 will open the ensemble's 2024-25 season with performances at Davenport's Adler Theatre on October 5 and Augustana College's Centennial Hall on October 6, the thrilling repertoire also boasting a special showcase for the QCSO's principal oboe player Dr. Andrew Parker.

Appearing as the first guests in Quad City Arts' 2024-25 Visiting Artists series, three of Hawai‘i’s most delightful performers – Lehua Kalima, Shawn Pimental, and Kawika Kahiapo – have come together with hula dancer Pono Fernandez as Kulāiwi, their September 30 through October 5 residency boasting an October 3 public performance at Moline's Sound Conservatory, and allowing the ensemble to share with audiences their exceptional songwriting and cultural talents.

Inviting classical-music lovers to immerse themselves in the haunting beauty and virtuosity of two iconic composers, Moline's Sound Conservatory, on October 4, will host Matthieu Bergheau Presents Rachmaninoff & Scriabin, an evening with the French pianist praised by Interlude's Doug Thomas as an artist whose playing "shines with a sense of natural, an absence of artefacts, and a focus on the narrative of the musical journey."

Touring in support of their August release The Future Is Our Way Out that NME called "a debut album that seamlessly cherry-picks the best of bygone eras," the Chicago-based, five-piece ensemble Brigitte Calls Me Baby headlines an October 5 engagement at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the band also lauded by Spin magazine as a group whose "music offers a feast of multi-generational cultural cues."