12 Feb 2024

Dierks Bentley Returns to The Road This Summer for “Full-on Party” qith New Gravel and Gold Tour Dates

By Stephani Nagle

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE (February 12, 2024) — Multi-Platinum singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley has announced over thirty new dates for his summer GRAVEL AND GOLD TOUR, Presented by Jersey Mike’s, with Chase Rice and Lee Brice for direct support and a diverse lineup of special guests including Graham Barham, Tyler Braden, Kaitlin Butts, Mae Estes, Ella Langley, Randy Rogers Band, Zach Top, Tanner Usrey, Bella White, and more.

25 Jan 2024

Davenport Featured on Latest Episode of PBS Wisconsin's “John McGivern's Main Streets”

By Lindsey Row

DAVENPORT, IOWA (January 25, 2024) — The City of Davenport is featured in the latest episode of 

11 Jan 2024

"Moved by Waters" Premiere Saturday, January 27, 3PM, Putnam Museum National Geographic Giant Screen

By Merit Pages

DAVENPORT, IOWA (January 11, 2024) — What unites us is more important than what divides us. Emmy-winning filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle turn their lens on their Quad Cities homebase and discover a network of people and organizations working toward improved water quality in the Upper Mississippi watershed.

11 Jan 2024

Jaerv + The OK Factor Will Perform at Butterworth Center, Moline, January 26

By Gretchen Frick Small

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (January 11, 2024) — The Music at Butterworth concert series kicks off 2024, January 26, 3PM, with the award-winning musical combination of Minneapolis-based string duo The OK Factor and the Swedish quintet Jaerv.

27 Dec 2023

The Last Chance to Vote for The Steele Awards is Midnight, December 31

By Moeller Nights

DAVENPORT, IOWA (December 27, 2023) — Voting for the First Annual Steele Awards ends this Sunday Night/New Year's Eve at Midnight! We have some very tight races in every single category. We know you love music so if you wouldn't mind, please take two minutes to weigh in on your favorites of 2023.

18 Dec 2023

Raccoon Motel: Steele Award Nominees Announced; Vote for Your Favorites Today

By Moeller Mondays

DAVENPORT, IOWA (December 18, 2023) — This is exciting as hell for us, gang! We have been asking for all of your input to put together the most comprehensive and inclusive list of deserving artists who released music in anytime in 2023. We listened and we crunched and we added a couple that we really believed in over the course of the last twelve months and we've distilled it all down to the Steele Awards nominees that we're announcing today for all to see!

08 Dec 2023

Augustana Students Perform in Christmas at Augustana

By Nicole Lauer

Students perform at Christmas at Augustana

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (December 8, 2023) — The Augustana College Department of Music presented Christmas at Augustana on December 2 and December 3, 2023.

28 Nov 2023

Robin Taylor Zander at Raccoon Motel December 14

By Kymm Britton

DAVENPORT, IOWA (November 28, 2023) — Robin Taylor Zander is the son of Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander. His debut album, The Distance (below) was released April 2023. Listen to album

28 Nov 2023

Avenged Sevenfold Announces 2024 Dates of “Life is But a Dream. . .” North American Tour; Includes March 18 Date at Vibrant Arena

By Stephani Nagle

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (November 28, 2023) — Avenged Sevenfold has announced the third leg of their Life is But a Dream. . . North American tour, featuring support from Poppy and Sullivan King. The tour begins March 6 in Buffalo, New York, with stops in Toronto, Ontario; Raleigh, North Carolina; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and more before concluding in Newark, New Jersey, on March 31.

24 Nov 2023

Announcing The Steeles, The Definitive Awards Show! Live Event January 26 at The Raccoon Motel; Vote Today!

By Moeller Mondays

DAVENPORT, IOWA (November 24, 2023) — Every single year, the Grammy nominations come out, and there are typically a few old homies that get a nod for something. But what more often tends to be the case is that all of the most deserving artists — the deserving ones that we here at the Raccoon Motel/Codfish Hollow/The Fox Den and in past lives through ten years of Daytrotter and other iterations see on a regular basis — tend to be snubbed in these year-end awards.

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