Performing delightful selections for families in the morning and a classical repertoire in the evening, three Quad City Symphony Orchestra talents and narrator Misty Dais present two versions of Up Close with Emily, Bruno, & Kit on January 11, the respective concerts at Rock Island's MILK Center and Davenport's Figge Art Museum treating patrons to the skills of violinist Emily Nash, viola player Bruno Vaz de Silvis, and bassist Kit Polen.

Their eponymous 2024 release hailed by SJSReview.com as a "very, very good" album that "could very well soundtrack a top-down, summer fun buddy movie or rom-com worth experiencing in the theater," the indie-pop and folk-rock duo of Bad Bad Hats returns to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on January 4, the artist's latest also praised by AllMusic.com as "so charming it takes a while to be aware of the strength of the craft. But let this music sink in and you'll have this on repeat all day long."

With his outfit's most recent recording Lightlessness Is Nothing New praised by Pitchfork as a work that "captures how absence can become a radiating presence that infiltrates and upends every aspect of life," Chicago-based alternative rocker Dave Davison, vocalist/guitarist for Maps & Atlases, headlines a solo New Year's Eve concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, with AllMusic adding that Lightlessness finds its artists "remaining faithful to their past while eyeing their future."

Performing iconic hits including "Folsom Prison Blues," "Ring of Fire," "A Boy Named Sue," and more accompanied by a live country band, stage star Scott Moreau brings his touring smash Walkin' the Line: A Tribute to Johnny Cash for Rock Island's Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse on December 31, this special event also boasting a New Year's Eve party featuring party favors, a champagne toast, a souvenir photo, a countdown to midnight, and a joyous balloon drop.