03 May 2022

Chicken Wire Empire, May 13

By Reader Staff

Lauded by the Milwaukee Record for their “intriguing lyrics, rich harmonies, and excellent musicianship,” the Wisconsin-based bluegrass talents of Chicken Wire Empire make their Quad Cities debut at Davenport's Redstone Room on May 13, the ensemble inspiring Bluegrass Unlimited to rave that “the vocals and harmonies are strong, and they play with a high-energy blend of traditional and modern approaches.”

03 May 2022

3 Dawgs & a Bone, May 15

By Reader Staff

A quartet of gifted musicians serve as the latest guests in Polyrhythms' Third Sunday Jazz Series, with Davenport's Redstone Room, on May 15, hosting a performance of jazz originals and standards with the 3 Dawgs & a Bone ensemble of Scott Barnum on bass, Jim Dreier on drums, Steve Grismore on guitar, and Rich Medd on bone – trombone, that is.

03 May 2022

J.E. Sunde, May 15

By Reader Staff

Lauded by Daytrotter as "one of the greatest indie-folk singer/songwriters around," Minnesota-based musician J.E. Sunde headlines a May 15 engagement at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's latest album 9 Songs About Love praised by Americana-UK for its "deep resonant intimacy that provides a warm and welcoming space in which to experience Sunde's songs."

26 Apr 2022

“Art:21 – Art in the 21st Century” Season 10 Screening, May 5

By Reader Staff

On May 5, Figge Art Museum visitors are invited to experience the landmark 10th season of the Peabody Award-winning Art:21 – Art in the 21st Century, the longest-running television series on contemporary art, in a screening featuring one collective and 12 individual artists – among them photographer Richard Misrach, whose work is currently on view in the Davenport venue's Border Cantos / Sonic Borders exhibit.

26 Apr 2022

2022 Beaux Arts Spring Fair, May 7 and 8

By Reader Staff

An eagerly awaited springtime event taking place over Mother's Day weekend in Davenport's spacious Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, the 2022 Beaux Arts Spring Fair will treat visitors to an outdoor celebration of visual arts and fine crafts on May 7 and 8, with the annual event featuring food, live music, children's activities, and works for sale by nearly 100 artists and Midwestern vendors.

26 Apr 2022

Clutch, May 10

By Reader Staff

With Louder Sound raving that their most recent album Book of Bad Decisions is "punchy and wise, freaky and funny, and it throbs and hums like an electric fence," the funk-metal musicians of Clutch headline a May 10 concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, their 2018 recording also described by Cryptic Rock as "a fine return for this seasoned combination of hardened rockers."

26 Apr 2022

Dylan Scott, May 7

By Reader Staff

A 31-year-old artist whose self-titled debut release was deemed "a well-rounded and genre-bending album" by Sounds Like Nashville, chart-topping country-pop singer/songwriter Dylan Scott headlines a May 7 concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, the musician a previous opener for the likes of Garth Brooks, Luke Bryan, and Chris Young, as well as a nominee as Best New Country Artist at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards.

26 Apr 2022

The Ghost of Paul Revere, May 8

By Reader Staff

With Jam Band News raving that the musicians' 2020 album Good at Losing Everything "finds the Maine-based band firing on all cylinders as they explore themes of triumph, loss, satisfaction, heartbreak and love," The Ghosts of Paul Revere headline a May 8 concert event at Davenport's Redstone Room, the Boston Globe adding that the "foot-stompin’ holler-folk quartet create the type of music for which festivals are made."

26 Apr 2022

Mollie B & Squeezebox, May 6

By Reader Staff

A multi-instrumentalist and award-winning vocalist who hosts her own TV series, polka sensation Mollie B, her ensemble Squeezebox, and fellow instrumentalist Ted Lange play a special May 6 concert event at Maquoketa's Ohnward Fine Arts Center, the headliner a veteran of more than 40 recordings who has thus far performed in more than 30 states and nearly a dozen countries worldwide.

26 Apr 2022

“Leslie Bell: Little Theaters,” through May 29

By Reader Staff

With the venue presenting its first exhibition of visual art since 2020, Rock Island's Rozz-Tox houses a collection of colorful and evocative new and small paintings in Leslie Bell: Little Theaters, an exhibit (on display through May 29) boasting the talents of the beloved, retired professor of art at Davenport's St. Ambrose University.

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