Their eponymous 2024 release hailed by SJSReview.com as a "very, very good" album that "could very well soundtrack a top-down, summer fun buddy movie or rom-com worth experiencing in the theater," the indie-pop and folk-rock duo of Bad Bad Hats returns to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on January 4, the artist's latest also praised by AllMusic.com as "so charming it takes a while to be aware of the strength of the craft. But let this music sink in and you'll have this on repeat all day long."

Their shows consisting of hits and deep cuts sure to have fans leaping out of their seats and singing along, the tribute musicians of Steely Dane headline a January 4 concert event at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, the group playing in the same configuration as the Steely Dan touring band, and their sets including a four-piece horn section, two guitars, two keyboards, and female background singers.

Court-ing fans in their eagerly anticipated return to Moline, the electrifying athletes of the Harlem Globetrotters bring their “2025 World Tour" to the Vibrant Arena at the MARK on January 8, thrilling crowds with phenomenal basketball action, comic hijinks, ankle-breaking moves, jaw-dropping swag, and rim-rattling dunks in a fully-modernized amphitheater production.

Lauded by the New York Times as "invigoratingly funny," touring comedian Myq Kaplan brings his acclaimed standup act to Davenport's Renwick Mansion on January 5, his local appearance the latest act in the venue's popular Tomfoolery on Tremont series hosted by beloved comic Chris Schlichting.

Its subject a multifaceted talent who has been recognized 13 times with the James Beard Foundation Award for excellence in cuisine, culinary writing, and culinary education in the United States, the virtual Illinois Libraries Present program Chicago Pizza: Past, Present, & Future with Steve Dolinsky will be hosted by the Rock Island and Silvis Public Libraries on January 9, Dolinsky a reporter for NBC 5 Chicago, where his “Food Guy” segments air weekly.

With each piece chosen by the institutions’ art professors to showcase campus talent and creativity, the Figge Art Museum's 13th installment of the College InvitationaL is on display in the Davenport venue through February 23, artwork from students attending eight area colleges and universities now on view in the museum’s second-floor Katz Gallery.

With his outfit's most recent recording Lightlessness Is Nothing New praised by Pitchfork as a work that "captures how absence can become a radiating presence that infiltrates and upends every aspect of life," Chicago-based alternative rocker Dave Davison, vocalist/guitarist for Maps & Atlases, headlines a solo New Year's Eve concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, with AllMusic adding that Lightlessness finds its artists "remaining faithful to their past while eyeing their future."

A music- and multi-media-filled holiday sensation that has been delighted audiences for nearly 40 years, creator Chip Davis' Mannheim Steamroller Christmas returns to Davenport's Adler Theatre on December 28, delivering the group's signature blend of New Age, rock, and seasonal tunes that have led to sales of more than 40 million albums in the United States alone.

Performing iconic hits including "Folsom Prison Blues," "Ring of Fire," "A Boy Named Sue," and more accompanied by a live country band, stage star Scott Moreau brings his touring smash Walkin' the Line: A Tribute to Johnny Cash for Rock Island's Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse on December 31, this special event also boasting a New Year's Eve party featuring party favors, a champagne toast, a souvenir photo, a countdown to midnight, and a joyous balloon drop.

An early member of REO Speedwagon whose guitar talents were described by the Michigan Daily as “B.B. King played through Jimi Hendrix (with a touch of Andy Gill),” blues guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, and humorist Duke Tumatoe plays Davenport's Redstone Room on December 28, sharing the talents that enabled the headliner and Chicago native to open for the legendary likes of Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, George Thorogood, and John Fogerty.

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