Boasting a rich mix of classical and contemporary works that highlight the trombone’s expressive brilliance, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra opens its 2025-26 season of intimate Up Close performances with Up Close with Robert Parker, a November 1 event at Davenport's Figge Art Museum featuring the talents of the QCSO's Principal Trombonist and pianist Marian Lee.

Touring in support of his 2025 album Horror, a recording in which, according to Paste magazine "dynamic drums and deftly played guitar draw the listener to the dance floor," indie rockers Bartees Strange headlines a November 3 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, Pitchfork adding that in the artist's latest release, "Strange’s heart and fierce desire for connection bleed through."

Currently touring in support of her third studio release When I Paint My Masterpiece, a work The Line of Best Fit called "an intimate record full of poetic and melodic turns," indie-folk singer/songwriter Ada Lea headlines a November 5 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the latest recording by the Montreal-based artist also hailed by Exclaim! as ""a vibrant, revelatory dispatch."

Touring in support of their most recent albums, the indie- and country-rock musicians of Neva Dinova and Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band play Davenport's Raccoon Motel on November 6, the former band's most recent LP Canary lauded by Tinnitist as "more urgent than anything they’ve created in the past," and the latter's New Threats from the Soul hailed by Rolling Stone as "teeming with unexpected musical detours and lyrical wonders."

With the special holiday event also boasting a performance by the talents of Illuminaughties Burlesque, Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn presents its final Barn performance of 2025 with the October 31 treat Codfish Halloween, the night featuring performances by the musical talents of MoonShroom and Brooks Strause.

Combining a hugely popular scary movie with a frighteningly fierce collection of musicians, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's latest QCSO at the Movies event, Jurassic Park in Concert, enjoys an October 25 performance at Davenport's Adler Theatre, with John Williams' iconic score performed live during an HD screening of the Steven Spielberg blockbuster.

With his career accomplishments including acting as frontman for the hard-rock outfit Skid Row and a successful turn on TV's The Masked Singer, Canadian musician Sebastian Bach co-headlines an October 25 concert at Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center alongside the rockers of Slaughter, American Music Award winners whose hit singles include "Fly to the Angels," "Up All Night," and "Spend My Life."

Currently touring in support of his 2025 album Mvd Luv, praised by AllMusic as a recording that's "genuinely inspired" in its "inherent sweetness," Uruguayan indie-rock singer/songwriter Juan Wauters returns to Davenport venue The Raccoon Motel on October 24, the artist also hailed by Clash magazine as one who is "able to blend surrealistic aspects with melodies dappled in light,"

Touring in support of his June release Crying the Neck deemed "a riveting record rich with cathartic honesty" by Clash and an "epic comeback from the prince of orchestral art-pop" by Record Collector, English Baroque-pop singer/songwriter Patrick Wolf headlines an October 25 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, his latest recording also hailed by The Sun as a "ravishing song cycle" and "a bold, inventive, and life-affirming return."

Returning to Moline with two spectacular, all-new touring presentations, the live, multi-sensory musical experience known as the Candlelight Concerts series enjoys its latest Quad Cities engagement at the city's First Congregational Church with a pair of eagerly awaited October 24 events: Candlelight: Coldplay vs. Imagine Dragons and Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics.

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