DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 13, 2021) — The Mississippi Valley Blues Society is proud to welcome lyrical and musical master storyteller Selwyn Birchwood to Blues Fest 2021. Birchwood puts his own fresh spin on the blues, taking the tradition and making it into something new.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 10, 2021) With everything that life has handed us these last two years, we need Garp Fest more than ever before and even with the necessary relocation of the festival from the barn to beautiful and spacious Schwiebert Park in downtown Rock Island, we're going to have ourselves a good time. We are so very fortunate to be putting on the first ever PawPaw Rod and Petey shows.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (September 9, 2021) — To celebrate the end of a lively summer of outdoor events in the Quad Cities, River Music Experience (RME), Downtown Rock Island, and Bix Jazz Society are teaming up to present the NOLA Block Party, 6-10PM, Saturday, September 18, featuring nationally-recognized New Orleans-based jazz band Tuba Skinny.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 6, 2021) — The Mississippi Valley Blues Society is proud to welcome Danielle Nicole to Blues Fest 2021. The first woman to win the Blues Foundation's 2014 Blues Music Award for Best Instrumentalist — Bass. Nicole’s show, style, and tone are all her own and can only be experienced!

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (September 6, 2021) — For years, Moeller Nights’ GARP Fest has rocked the barn at Codfish Hollow barn in rural Maquoketa, quickly becoming recognized as one of the Midwest’s best events. But on short notice this year, the barn made the difficult decision to temporarily cease performances, leaving the beloved festival without a venue. After cancelling last year due to the pandemic shutdown, this comes at a challenging time.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 31, 2021) — The Mississippi Valley Blues Society is proud to welcome Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon to Blues Fest 2021. The blistering guitarist, soulful vocalist, singular songwriter, and city bus-driver is one the most electrifying bluesmen to emerge from Chicago in decades. His live performances unfailingly earn him heaps of critical praise and hordes of wildly enthusiastic fans from all over the US, Canada, Europe, and Japan.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 23, 2021) — WAR, the original “Afro-Cuban-Jazz-Rock-Blues” band, comes to the Riverside Casino Event Center on Saturday, March 12, 8PM. Tickets are $65, $45, and $30 plus tax and an online/phone ticketing fee (this fee is waived when tickets are purchased in person in the Gift Shop). A special presale for Riverside Casino E-Club members will take place on Thursday, August 26, 10AM-10PM. A password is required for the presale. Ticket limit is 8 per person.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 19, 2021) — It's Alternating Currents Fest weekend and we're all in for a treat as we've booked eight incredible young artists to come perform at the Raccoon Motel as part of this four-day gathering of arts, music and culture in downtown Davenport. All of the performances are free so please come take advantage of this opportunity to see some artists we think are on the verge of becoming stars, in a small venue and see this new Motel, that we're s

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 13, 2021) — As the times remain crazy, we're doing everything we can to keep bringing great artists to the Quad Cities and it's been a big week for new announcements as we've added shows with Susto (a rare and special solo set from Justin Osborne — August 21), Hembree/Desert Noises (August 28), a record release show with Petey (September 12, which also features James Austin Johnson and Bon Iver collaborators 81355), LALA LALA (April 1

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 12, 2021) — On Saturday, August 21, 2021, at 7:30PM, Quad City Bank and Trust Riverfront Pops returns to Davenport’s LeClaire Park with The Music of the Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards 1969. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra will pay tribute to The World’s Greatest Rock ‘n Roll Band with vocalist Mick Adams and a full rock band under the d

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