Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas at the Adler Theatre -- September 11.
Friday, September 11, 7:30 p.m.
Adler Theatre, 136 East Third Street, Davenport IA
Touring in support of their most recent album Arcadia that was awarded four stars by The Guardian, the bluegrass and country talents of Alison Krauss & Union station, along with featured performer Jerry Douglas, bring their latest tour to Davenport's Adler Theatre on September 11, The Guardian stating that the recording delivers a "slick yet understated set drawing on old-time roots and more recent concerns."
For nearly four decades, Alison Krauss & Union Station have upheld their legacy as one of the most influential and widely celebrated acts in bluegrass and roots music. Known for an immaculately crafted but endlessly surprising sound that transcends the boundaries of roots, country, rock & roll, and pop, Alison Krauss & Union Station released their most recent album, Arcadia, in 2025. This marked their first studio album since the 2011 masterpiece Paper Airplane—a critically lauded, multiple Grammy Award winning LP that debuted at number one on the Billboard Country, Bluegrass, and Folk Album charts.
Over the years, Alison Krauss & Union Station have brought their phenomenal live show to sold-out performances at famed venues including Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the Greek Theatre, Radio City Music Hall, and London’s Royal Festival Hall, in addition to supporting Paul Simon in Hyde Park for his 2012 Graceland reunion. They now continue the celebration of their new music with the Arcadia 2026 Tour. The players – Krauss (fiddle, lead vocal), Jerry Douglas (Dobro, lap steel, vocals), Ron Block (banjo, guitar, vocals), Barry Bales (bass, vocals), and highly acclaimed and celebrated tenor vocalist Russell Moore (guitar, mandolin, lead vocal) – are five distinct personalities, each of whom enjoys a flourishing solo career. But when they come together, they transform into a peerless group of musicians who share a singular focus.
Showcased as a featured musician, Jerry Douglas is Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer regarded by AllMusic as "perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music, and certainly the most celebrated and prolific". A 14-time Grammy Award winner, he has been called "Dobro's matchless contemporary master" by The New York Times and is among the most innovative recording artists in music, both as a solo artist and member of numerous bands, among them The Earls of Leicester. He has been a co-director of the Transatlantic Sessions since 1998, and Douglas was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2024.
Alison Krauss & Union Station, alongside Jerry Douglas, bring their tour to Davenport on September 11 with special guest Theo Lawrence, admission to the 7:30 p.m. concert event starts at $72.50, and tickets are available by calling (800)745-3000 and visiting DavenportLive.com/the-adler-theatre.
