With Art Garfunkel himself giving the production five stars and quoted as saying “What a great show,” the touring sensation The Simon & Garfunkel Story comes to Davenport's Adler Theatre on February 25, The Stage adding that the multi-media musical is "authentic and exciting," and West End Wilma labeling it "as good as perfection."

Sharing his musical gifts in a pair of 45-minute performances plus a full-length concert evening at Davenport's TMBC Lincoln Resource Center, acclaimed pianist Barron Ryan returns to the area for Quad City Arts' 2025-26 Visiting Artists Series, this lauded musical sensation hailed by Kensington Concert Series director Gary Payne for the "emotive quality of his playing," and the musician recognized as one of Smithsonian magazine's 10 “Innovators to Watch."

Touring in support of their forthcoming album Change of Plans set for release on May 15, the alternative-country musicians of 49 Winchester headline a February 17 concert event at Davenport's Capitol Theatre, the group dedicated to channel the heart, humor, and hard-earned wisdom of Appalachia into every one of their recordings.

Touring in support of their forthcoming album The Long Surrender, the group's tenth full-length recording set for release on March 27, the alternative, Americana, and Christian rockers of NEEDTOBREATHE headline a February 26 concert event at Davenport's Capitol Theatre, accolades for the popular, Grammy-nominated act including a Billboard Music Award nomination for Rivers in the Wasteland and no fewer than 15 wins at the GMA Dove Awards.

Performing in support of his most recent album Thank You Brother Bill: A Tribute to Bill Withers, lauded blues and soul artist Kevin Burt performs a special February 25 concert sponsored by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society, the event taking place at Rock Island's Hauberg Civic Center, and Burt's new album praised by Rock & Blues Muse as a work that “hits the highest marks on all counts – phrasing, soulful delivery, musical accompaniment, and genuine conviction.”

Performing, in its entirety, an album that was selected for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," the touring artists of The Black Jacket Symphony brings their stage rendition of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon to Davenport's Capitol Theatre on February 20, this legendary rock recording also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

Lauded by WIRE as a tribute band that "has it all: the songs, the performances, the visuals, and the energy," the touring artists of In the Flesh: Echoes of Pink Floyd headline a February 20 concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, the seven-piece outfit delivering a mind-blowing laser show, costuming, and projections while performing from classics such as Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall.

A jazz great with significant ties to the area makes a return appearance at Davenport's Redstone Room on February 22, with chanteuse, composer, and music educator Semenya McCord performing The Spiritual Face of Jazz in Polyrhythms' Third Sunday Jazz Workshop & Matinée Series, the concert event celebrating the positive and encouraging words and music of creative musicians throughout the genre's history.

Faithfully recreating the groundbreaking music, minimalist staging, and infectious rhythms that made the original performance iconic, the Quad Cities' 10-piece Talking Heads tribute act Heads in Motion performs the groundbreaking Stop Making Sense at Davenport's Capitol Theatre on February 21, delivering the hypnotic pulse of “Psycho Killer,” the explosive joy of “Once in a Lifetime,” and other classics in a full-throttle celebration of one of the most influential live shows in music history.

Boasting performances from Augustana College faculty members, students, and guest artists, the college's Shockingly Modern Saxophone Festival will, on February 21, treat music lovers to a day's worth of solo and chamber music in an event exploring the nearly unlimited sonic potential of the saxophone through new composition, improvisation, extended performance techniques, microtonality, electronic music, multimedia and other experimental elements.

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