02 Dec 2025

Blue Violin Candlelight Christmas Extravaganza, December 18

By Reader Staff

A thrilling seasonal performance that blends the beauty of traditional carols with high-octane rock anthems, cinematic classical re-imaginings, and heartwarming favorites, the Blue Violin Candlelight Christmas Extravaganza returns to the University of Dubuque's Heritage Center for the third straight year, the musician's December 18 engagement delivering a one-of-a-kind holiday concert experience that's bigger, brighter, and bolder than ever before.

02 Dec 2025

The Texas Tenors: “Deep in the Heart of Christmas,” December 13

By Reader Staff

Lauded as the most successful music group and third-highest selling artist in the history of TV's competition series America's Got Talent, the vocal dynamos of the Texas Tenors bring their "Deep in the Heart of Christmas" tour to the University of Dubuque's Heritage Center on December 13, with two talents from this chart-topping, Emmy Award-winning trio Iowa natives performing once again in their home state.

02 Dec 2025

“Home for the Holidays with Kristin Wetherington,” December 13 and 14

By Reader Staff

Boasting the extraordinary talents of one of the theatre's Jekyll & Hyde stars along with other recent alumni, Mt. Carroll's Timber Lake Playhouse will present two performances of Home for the Holidays with Kristin Wetherington on December 13 and 14, treating audiences to traditional classics and upbeat modern hits that are sure to remind you of the joys of the Christmas season ... and why there’s no place like home for the holidays.

18 Nov 2025

“Liverpool Legends: The Complete Beatles Experience,” December 20

By Reader Staff

With its musicians sold-out headliners in the U.S., Europe, Mexico, Canada, Israel, Ukraine, and South America, the touring sensation Liverpool Legends: The Complete Beatles Experience returns to Davenport's Adler Theatre on December 20, treating audience to a pitch-perfect approximation of a Fab Four experience and multi-media celebration of the group that changed the music world forever.

26 Nov 2025

Matt Barber & Friends, December 6

By Reader Staff

A popular entertainer performing in the 20th-anniversary year of his graduation from Rock Island High School, Matt Barber returns to Davenport's Grape Life Wine Store & Cellar on December 6, the artist and a few special friends performing an intoxicating repertoire of jazz, pop, '50s-'70s classics, and seasonal favorites.

24 Nov 2025

Quad City Symphony Orchestra Masterworks III: “Schumann Piano Concerto,” December 6 and 7

By Reader Staff

In addition to thrilling pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, attendees of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's third Masterworks concerts of the season will be treated to a heartfelt masterpiece in Schumann Piano Concerto, the respective December 6 and 7 performances at Davenport's Adler Theatre and Moline's Bartlett Performing Arts Center boasting the skills of world-renowned pianist Yefim Bronfman.

24 Nov 2025

Sevendust, December 6

By Reader Staff

Touring in advance of their forthcoming European dates and in support of the band's most recent album Truth Killer – a top-three Billboard smash that Metal Injection called "focused and streamlined with plenty of catchy songs and a few surprises" – the Grammy-nominated alternative-metal artists of Sevendust return to East Moline venue The Rust Belt on December 6, performing from a repertoire that includes 14 studio albums, one live album, and two compilation albums,

24 Nov 2025

The Ben Rosenblum Trio and Laura Anglade, December 7

By Reader Staff

With RG magazine stating that his "music keeps you on your feet and not wanting to miss a single moment of magic," award-winning jazz pianist and accordionist Ben Rosenblum brings his trio to Davenport's Redstone Room on December 7 alongside French/American singer Laura Anglade, whose talents inspired All About Jazz to rave that "while Laura’s style is evocative of Julie London, Helen Merrill and Cyrille Aimée, her voice is uniquely her own."

24 Nov 2025

“An Afternoon with Damon Johnson,” December 7

By Reader Staff

On December 7, Rascals Live will host a very special event with an iconic musician from Brother Cane, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper, and Black Star Riders, the Moline venue's An Afternoon with Damon Johnson treating fans to stories, acoustic songs, and more with the noted rocker, including a listening party for the forthcoming Brother Cane album Magnolia Medicine.

24 Nov 2025

Rhett Miller, December 5

By Reader Staff

With his band The Old 97's, earlier this year, the recipients of a Lifetime Achievement award from the Americana Music Association, the group's lead vocalist and primary songwriter Rhett Miller headlines a December 5 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel in support of his October recording A Lifetime of Riding by Night, a work in which, according to The Fire Note, "its steady acoustic warmth lingers long after the last note."

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