The frontman and songwriter for Railroad Earth and the songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Coral Creek will team up for a May 1 evening of newgrass electricity when Davenport venue the Redstone Room hosts Todd Sheaffer and Chris Thompson, the concert boasting two sets of original music, with Thompson kicking off the evening followed by Sheaffer performing solo and with accompaniment.

Touring in support of his January album release Frayed at Both Ends, chart-topping outlaw-county singer/songwriter Aaron Lewis and his band the Stateliners perform a May 4 concert at Davenport's Adler Theatre, treating fans to a repertoire that inspired Saving Country Music to rave, “Aaron's voice comes with a familiarity and richness of tone that endears itself to the songs he writes.”

Held in conjunction with the April 24 opening of the venue's exhibit Hidden Habsburgs in Iowa: 1846-1868, Davenport's German American Heritage Center will host a free Hidden Habsburgs in Iowa symposium on April 30, a morning and afternoon of presentations in which attendees are invited to learn more about the immigrants who came to the Quad Cities and left a lasting legacy.

Performing a lovely afternoon of works by composers Astor Piazzolla, Eugène Ysaÿe, Gabriela Lena Frank, Pablo de Sarasate, and Johann Sebastian Bach, Quad City Symphony Orchestra concertmaster and violinist Naha Greenholtz and pianist Marian Lee will fill Davenport's Figge Art Museum with classical delights on May 1, the artists combing their talents for the special QCSO presentation Up Close with Naha & Marian.