15 Oct 2025

“The Wicked & the Weird: Stories from the Quad Cities,” October 26

By Reader Staff

"Wicked" and "weird" are two words that can sum up various Quad Cities events and serve to define the region's past and present, and on October 26, historian, storyteller, and Eerie Quad Cities co-author John Brassard Jr. will share fascinating tales of our area history in The Wicked & the Weird: Stories from the Quad Cities, the latest presentation in the German American Heritage Center's popular "Kaffee und Kuchen" series.

13 Oct 2025

“Coco,” October 30

By Reader Staff

Shown in conjunction with the venue's current Day of the Dead exhibition, Disney/Pixar's Oscar-winning animated adventure Coco enjoys an October 30 screening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, the magical box-office hit about how love and connection transcend death as the living keep the deceased alive in their memories and in their hearts.

13 Oct 2025

Quad City Symphony Orchestra: “'Jurassic Park' in Concert,” October 25

By Reader Staff

Combining a hugely popular scary movie with a frighteningly fierce collection of musicians, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's latest QCSO at the Movies event, Jurassic Park in Concert, enjoys an October 25 performance at Davenport's Adler Theatre, with John Williams' iconic score performed live during an HD screening of the Steven Spielberg blockbuster.

13 Oct 2025

Sebastian Bach and Slaughter, October 25

By Reader Staff

With his career accomplishments including acting as frontman for the hard-rock outfit Skid Row and a successful turn on TV's The Masked Singer, Canadian musician Sebastian Bach co-headlines an October 25 concert at Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center alongside the rockers of Slaughter, American Music Award winners whose hit singles include "Fly to the Angels," "Up All Night," and "Spend My Life."

13 Oct 2025

Juan Wauters, October 24

By Reader Staff

Currently touring in support of his 2025 album Mvd Luv, praised by AllMusic as a recording that's "genuinely inspired" in its "inherent sweetness," Uruguayan indie-rock singer/songwriter Juan Wauters returns to Davenport venue The Raccoon Motel on October 24, the artist also hailed by Clash magazine as one who is "able to blend surrealistic aspects with melodies dappled in light,"

13 Oct 2025

Patrick Wolf, October 25

By Reader Staff

Touring in support of his June release Crying the Neck deemed "a riveting record rich with cathartic honesty" by Clash and an "epic comeback from the prince of orchestral art-pop" by Record Collector, English Baroque-pop singer/songwriter Patrick Wolf headlines an October 25 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, his latest recording also hailed by The Sun as a "ravishing song cycle" and "a bold, inventive, and life-affirming return."

13 Oct 2025

“Candlelight: Coldplay vs. Imagine Dragons” and “Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics,” October 24

By Reader Staff

Returning to Moline with two spectacular, all-new touring presentations, the live, multi-sensory musical experience known as the Candlelight Concerts series enjoys its latest Quad Cities engagement at the city's First Congregational Church with a pair of eagerly awaited October 24 events: Candlelight: Coldplay vs. Imagine Dragons and Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics.

13 Oct 2025

12 Hours of Terror Horror Movie Marathon, October 25

By Reader Staff

Treating fright-flick fans to a full half-day of cinematic shivers, Rock Island's Rozz-Tox and East Moline's Death Stitch Custom Clothing + Scare Shop host the 2025 12 Hours of Terror event on October 25, this 12th-annual horror-movie marathon boasting raffle giveaway prizes and eight separate screenings, including the premiere of a new local independent film.

13 Oct 2025

“The Fly,” October 29

By Reader Staff

With the Oscar-winning 1986 hit enjoying a local showing just in time for Halloween, Rozz-Tox guests are invited to "Be afraid ... be very afraid" on October 29 when the Rock Island venue screens David Cronenberg's The Fly as part of the community series Filmosofia, this evening in Rock Island also featuring a reading discussion on the movie's philosophical themes hosted by Augustana College's Dr. Deke Gould.

13 Oct 2025

“Blithe Spirit,” October 24 through November 2

By Reader Staff

A Noël Coward masterpiece boasting period elegance, touching romance, loads of laughs, and more than a hint of the supernatural graces the stage at Moline's Playcrafters Barn Theatre October 24 through November 2, the British classic Blithe Spirit treating audiences to one of the most popular comedies of 20th Century world theatre, as well as the show whose most recent Broadway version won co-star Angela Lansbury her fifth Tony Award.

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