Praised by Funkatopia for his “amazingly fluid guitar and great piano work” and “vocal work which he has nailed down to a science,” singer and multi-instrumentalist Marshall Charloff brings his ensemble the Purple xPeRIeNCE to Davenport's Adler Theatre on October 17, the ensemble performing the signature stylings of Prince & the Revolution, and emerging as what the El Paso Times deemed the nation's “top Prince tribute act.”

Delivering a high-energy, sing-along night of hits sure to include "Beautiful Crazy," "Hurricane," "Beer Never Broke My Heart," "Kick the Dust Up," "Strip It Down," and "Home Alone Tonight," frontmen Adam Lee and Brandon Todd bring the touring sensation Battle of the Lukes: Hits from Luke Combs & Luke Bryan to East Moline venue The Rust Belt, their October 18 engagement a celebration of two of country music's biggest stars - and biggest Lukes.

A combined celebration of two of the most revered and iconic rock bands in American history, the Redstone Room's October 17 concert with Southbound and Winterland will find their artists paying respective tribute to the Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead, both ensembles Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees included among Rolling Stone's ranking of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time."

With their 2023 album Vacationland hailed by Motif magazine as a recording that "rocks like it’s opening a portal to another dimension," guitarist/songwriter and Quad Cities native Ryan Flaherty and drummer/vocalist Erika Stahl bring their outfit Muddy Ruckus to Players in the Village of East Davenport, their October 16 engagement treating fans to what The Sound hailed as "infectious, foot-stomping Americana tunes."

Their latest program boasting an astounding variety of composing talents, Galesburg's professional vocal ensemble the Nova Singers opens their 40th-anniversary season with thrilling presentations of In Our Voices, a showcase of rare beauty, charm, sincerity, and emotional power being performed at Galesburg's First Lutheran Church on October 18 and Davenport's First Presbyterian Church on October 19.

Performing locally in support of their 2025 release Land's End Eternal, which The Quietus hailed as "an album of fluttering ambience and uncanny cyborg systems," the Oakland, California-based electroacoustic saxophonist, improviser, and composer Cole Pulice headlines an October 18 concert at Rock Island venue Rozz-Tox, Treblezine calling the artist's latest a work in which "dissonant fragments and jagged edges settle in your ears with a sense of decay that is simultaneously unsettling and mesmerizing."

Hailed by When the Horn Blows as "the king of good vibes" and by PopMatters as a musician who "executes his ideas with precision," singer/songwriter JW Francis headlines an October 17 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, Take Effect Reviews raving that as "an artist whose version of pop is never predictable and touches on punk, surf, garage and indie-rock, JW Francis possesses a wealth of talent."

With her sound described by Post-Punk.com as "a genre-defying journey, a mysterious blend of sounds that teeters between light and shadow," multi-genre musician Taraneh headlines an October 20 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist also hailed by Paper magazine as "a magnetic force in the New York music scene" who "looks like a goth Debbie Harry and sings like a moody siren."

Touring in support of their 2025 album Don't Get Lost that Blood Makes Noise called "a collection designed to grab listeners quickly while also rewarding repeated listens," the power-pop quintet Social Cinema headlines an October 21 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the group also hailed by Anti-Music.com as "a force on stage, deploying tightly wound dance rhythms in the guise of rock songs."

With his music, as described by Westword, "soothing respite from the chaotic day-to-day realities that cloud our minds," Joel Van Horne brings his project Covenhoven to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on October 22 in support of 2025's The Color of the Dark, which Americana Highways said "continues Van Horne’s recent trend toward gradually opening his music to a bigger sonic palette while keeping all of the lyrical intimacy he’s had since day one."

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