One of the most successful arena-rock groups of the 1970s and '80s brings their national tour to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center with the eagerly awaited October 20 performance by Jefferson Starship, the venerable act that has amassed three platinum- and eight gold-selling records, plus numerous Top 40 smashes including "Runaway," "Count on Me," "Find Your Way Back," and "No Way Out."

Touring in support of the August release of their studio-album debut El Comienzo, the gifted musicians of Grupo Frontera – an American ensemble who specialize in regional Mexican tunes – make their first-ever trip to the Quad Cities on October 21, the band's Adler Theatre engagement treating audiences to talents who have amassed seven U.S. Billboard chart-topping singles over the past two years alone.

Performing a special afternoon concert in advance of the Quad City Storm's opening-night hockey game, country-music star and Grammy Award nominee Eric Paslay will play an outdoor set at Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK on October 21, the artist's Billboard-charting hits including “Friday Night,” “Song About a Girl,” and “She Don't Love You.”

Boasting numerous chart-topping albums on the iTunes Blues Chart and top-10 smashes on Billboard's Blues, Heatseekers, and Tastemaker charts, the roots and country-blues musicians of The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band headline an October 21 concert event as Davenport's Redstone Room, their discography including such hits as So Delicious, Poor Until Payday, Between the Ditches, and 2021's Dance Songs for Hard Times.

A special fundraising event designed to benefit the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's educational programs, the October 21 Soirée: Shaken, Not Stirred will treat guests to an elegant evening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, the night boasting a cocktail hour, dinner, paddle raise, and live auction with QCSO Maestro Mark Russell Smith, plus performances by symphony members Emily Nash, Hannah Holman, and Marian Lee.

A highly lauded singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist well-known for his work with Panic! at the Disco, Andrew Bird, Ryan Adams, J.S. Ondara, Mandy Moore, and Jenny Lewis, touring multihyphenate Mike Viola headlines an October 20 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's current national tour in support of his recent album Paul McCarthy Viola's first in more than a decade.

With Under the Radar calling her latest album Lighten Up "a warm, quirky, and heavily atmospheric concoction, richly-textured and poetically potent," folk-pop singer/songwriter Erin Rae headlines an October 22 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist inspiring Rolling Stone to rave that "her arrangements – anchored by pedal-steel guitar and the steady strum of an acoustic guitar – may be rooted in modern-day indie folk, but the songs themselves rustle up comparisons to Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne."

Following the program's success in more than 100 cities worldwide, the live, multi-sensory musical experience known as the Candlelight Concerts series enjoys its first Quad Cities engagement at Moline's Spotlight Theatre, with the eagerly awaited October 20 event Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics treating guests to spooky-season favorites illuminated by literally thousands of candles.

For their first performance of the 2023-24 season, Galesburg's professional vocal ensemble the Nova Singers will explore one of the most complex and beautiful of human emotions in their October 21 and 22 performances of We Are Love, enabling audiences to experience the exhilaration of young love, the comfort of mature love, the longing for a love who is far away, love of home, love of one’s art, and the power of unconditional love to transform our world.

In celebration of homecoming weekend at the University of Dubuque, a Grammy and Tony Award-nominated artist will perform classics including "Piano Man," "Crocodile Rock," "New York State of Mind," and many more during the Heritage Center's October 21 event The Music of Billy Joel & Elton John with Michael Cavanaugh, an evening of thrilling vocals and piano accompaniment featuring the star of the Tony-winning Broadway sensation Movin' Out.

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