Delivering simultaneously gritty and suave original music applied to an electric format, the Larry Keel’s Electric Larry Land headlines an April 18 concert at Davenport's Redstone Room, the outfit praised by C-ville Weekly for "doing for bluegrass what Hendrix did for rock, what Miles did for jazz – exploring the unchartered possibilities, defying the limitations of a deeply established musical form."

Boasting the talents of Tobin Bawinkel (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Kyle Bawinkel (bass, vocals), Dan Alfonsi (drums) and Josh Robieson (bagpipes, mandolin), the Chicago-based Celtic-punk musicians of Flatfoot 56 return to the Quad Cities on April 18, their headlining engagement at Davenport's Raccoon Motel sure to fill the Davenport venue with what IndieVision Music called “their rambunctious style that their fans have come to love.”

With Pitchfork magazine praising the musician's 2020 recording Purple Moonlight Pages for its "shifty rhythms, twinkly brass, and keys," Wisconsin-based rapper, poet, and producer Rory Allen Philip Ferreira – performing under his stage moniker R.A.P. Ferriera – headlines an April 23 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's recent professional offerings including the 2024 album OUTSTANDING UNDERSTANDING and last year's collaborative studio album The Night Green Side of It, performed with Kenny Segal.

A Quad Cities-based tribute act dedicated to free-spirited and energetic concert experiences from the Stop Making Sense era, the tour de force of musicians known as Heads in Motion play Rock Island's RIBCO on April 18, show with the 10-piece ensemble celebrating Oscar, Grammy, and Tony Award winner David Byrne and his iconic rock outfit Talking Heads.

Performing all of the artist's hits including "Como La Flor," "Amor Prohibido," "Si Una Vez," and "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom," the tribute talents of 512: The Selena Experience bring their tour to Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre on April 23, the group having played for the Chicago Bulls and United States Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan, and the show a dynamic touring celebration of the legacy and dance-tastic hits of the late, great pop and Tejano chanteuse Selena.

With the show chockful of upbeat, honky-tonk hits including "Ring of Fire," "Dukes of Hazard," and "On the Road Again," the tribute talents of The Highway Men Live land at Maquoketa's Ohnward Fine Arts Center on April 18, the ensemble having performed country-music to millions of fans around the country, and emerging as perhaps the greatest country-music super-group in America.

With the solo show by former Iowa Poet Laureate Mary Swander described by The News' Cheryl Allen as "an artful mix of both seriousness and fun," Coop, a Story of An Amish Conscientious Objector enjoys a pair of area performances this spring, this little-known story of Mennonite men from Kalona, Iowa enjoying presentations at Davenport's German American Heritage Center on April 19 and Muscatine Community College on April 21.

Continuing the area's month-long celebration of Davenport as the onetime “wickedest city in America,” Davenport's Capitol Theatre will host the Wickedest City Burlesque & Variety Fest Grand Showcase on April 18, this special event featuring a performance by local winner of the Wickedest Performer: A Burlesque Competition contest held at the Adler Theatre on April 16.

With the featured guest a German novelist, musician, and radio DJ currently living in pre-alpine Bavaria south of Munich, An Evening with Thomas Meinecke enjoys a special presentation at Davenport's German American Heritage Center on April 18, the author's books always fueled by music, including that of renowned Davenport musician Bix Beiderbecke.