The day after Christmas is usually a letdown, but a new online concert showcasing Quad-Cities musicians offers another gift – for free. A new two-day holiday extravaganza, “The Festivus Show,” will be held Friday and Saturday nights, with 11 musical acts performing in 11 different downtown Davenport businesses. It aims to celebrate the beautiful originality and talent of the Q-C music scene and many new and loved businesses in downtown Davenport. The lineup of musicians and businesses is as follows: Saturday, Jan. 2 (7 p.m. start) — DJ K Yung (DJ set) at Crafted QC (handmade artisan... Read More

Checking out your various options for New Year’s Eve? There are a few around and about the Quad-Cities area, and here are some of your options: See Fireworks On New Year’s Eve It’s official. Woods Installation will be hosting a New Years Firework show at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St., Davenport! If you would like to donate for your business to be on the Sponsor boards please get ahold of Woods Installation at 563-210-1908. Let’s end 2020 with a bang! Donations will be collected the night of the show and we will get to donate them to a special QC... Read More

As a parent, I know what you’re feeling in regard to New Year’s Eve — you want to do something fun with your kiddos, but there’s no way they’re making it to midnight, so you’re looking for cool things to do during the day. Fortunately, there are some spots in the Quad-Cities which have NOON Year’s Eve events for families. And we at QuadCities.com are here to give you a rundown of a couple of them. Here’s what we’ve got… have fun, and Happy NOON, I mean, NEW Year! HyVee Virtual Noon Year’s Eve Allows Families To Celebrate New Years... Read More

Let’s send out 2020 on a good note! VIRTUAL New Year’s Eve Music Bingo Thursday, December 31st @ 7pm FREE To Play ALL AGES Whether you’re having a house party and want some entertainment? Or you want something different to do with the kids? This is the event to end this CRAZY year! Send us a message (on Facebook Messenger)during the day on New Year’s Eve, and let us know how many people you will have playing. And we will get cards sent out to you. Then log into the Zoom Meeting (login info is below), and play along. LIMITED to 100 logins, so please do not log in more than... Read More

Got a perfect pupper? A great good boi? A darn awesome doggo? QuadCities.com wants to feature your dog in our new Pupper Of The Week feature! Just send a picture of your pet with their name, your name, and a sentence or two about them and we’ll post their pic and story on QuadCities.com. Message your doggo pics and info to Sean@QuadCities.com. And get ready to check out some cool doggos on your site for fun, free, local entertainment and features, QuadCities.com! This week’s pupper is CODA, the doggo of Jordan Connor! Here’s what Jordan says about Coda: This is Coda and her chonky feline... Read More

If you tune in to the Food Network TONIGHT, you might see a familiar face! Quad-Cities teenager Trey Gordon will be competing at 8 p.m., as the Davenport 13-year-old will be a contestant on the Food Network’s Kids’ Baking Championship! Trey shared the awesome news on his Facebook page, saying, “I have a huge announcement! I am so excited I’m able to tell you guys this.  I am going to be on Kids Baking Championship, season nine, with Food Network. Tune in on December 28 for a two-episode premiere!” You can check out a preview video of Trey’s episode here. Even... Read More

They’re just not there for virtual games, they’re also there for games of a more tangible sort as well. Sundays are all tabletop at Paradigm Gaming Center, 320 E 2nd Street in Davenport. All Day play old school and new school Tabletop Games in our lounge. Bring in your own games or play from our collection. We’ll provide the snacke, drinks, and cleanup, you just come in and enjoy! This weekly event is free to participate and welcome to all!  Read More

Merry Christmas, from all of us at QuadCities.com! We wish you all a very happy, healthy and safe holiday! Enjoy the day with your loved ones…  Read More

John Taylor of Cambridge, Ill. – a local cultural guru behind Heartland Connections, the Levitt AMP Galva Music Series and the Ca d’Zan concert series – has been a busy Christmas elf the past couple weeks. He has helped produce several holiday videos featuring area musicians. A “Spreading Holiday Cheer” video from Heartland Connections is more than an hour long, and features performances of many musicians in Illinois and Iowa. You can see it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3-pohv2udk and https://www.facebook.com/HeartlandConnections/posts/3607327219492911. “Originally, I started... Read More

Melita Tunnicliff opened an e-mail sent by an old friend Wednesday at work, not exactly sure what its attached video contained. When she watched a heartfelt, personalized video from the legendary actor Dick Van Dyke, wishing her family a merry Christmas and happy 2021, she could hardly believe it. Tunnicliff screamed with joy at her desk at LeClaire Community Library. “It was a real surprise,” she said Thursday morning, Christmas Eve. “It was Dick Van Dyke in the present day because of his age. He looked up and said Scott and Melita, and I said, oh my God!” “I made everybody come over... Read More