MICHIGANDER will perform at 7 p.m. Oct. 12 at the Raccoon Motel in Davenport. To LISTEN to Michigander, click on the link. TICKETS to all Raccoon Motel shows can be purchased HERE!! www.theraccoonmotel.com  Read More

The Raccoon isn’t afraid to rock… HARD. A special night of hard metal featuring EXHUMED w/CREEPING DEATH, BEWITCHER and ENFORCED (Presented by Wake Brewing and Ragged Records) will typhoon the Raccoon at 7 p.m. Nov. 13. LISTEN to Exhumed at that link. If you dare! TICKETS are on sale now, and tickets to this show and all Raccoon Motel shows can be purchased HERE!! Need more info? Hit up www.theraccoonmotel.com  Read More

“The Music Man” – opening Friday at Countryside Community Theatre in Eldridge – is special for many reasons, for its director and three main leads. Tommy Ratkiewicz-Stierwalt, the director, is excited to be making his directorial debut at CCT, performing at the North Scott High School Fine Arts Theater, 200 S. 1st St., Eldridge. Raised in Moline, he acted in many school productions, eventually branching out into the community. Ratkiewicz-Stierwalt played Marcellus Washburn (a former con man and friend to Harold Hill who lives in River City) in “Music Man” in 2016, in Tipton, Iowa. “I... Read More

The River Music Experience, 2nd and Main streets, Davenport, has brought back the free Live@Five on Fridays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Last year due to Covid, the series was limited to August and September. The RME courtyard will host live music featuring a wide range of genres and styles. Like last summer, the series asks patrons to wear a mask when you can’t maintain a distance of at least six feet from others not in your party. And when choosing your seating, pick a place at least six feet from other parties. The pavement will be marked to help you in that process. This year’s schedule of... Read More

The Quad-Cities’ own Brandon Gibbs Band has been added to the bill for the Dokken/Firehouse/Great White show at Moline’s TaxSlayer Center July 9! The announcement was made on the Rascals Music Pub Facebook page as follows: “We will be the first band on stage at the TaxSlayer Center center since the start of the pandemic. Needless to say, I’m beyond ecstatic to be back playing again and at a home town show on Friday July 9th! Grab yourself some friends and some tix (on sale now) and come join us. I also have it on good authority that Rascals Music Pub will be back open by then... Read More

Bad Hair, Willie Nelson and Grateful Dead tribute bands, Chalk Art and more rounds out the scene in a big weekend of entertainment in the Quad-Cities! Check it out in Weekend in 2 Minutes, your weekly podcast running down some of the cool stuff happening over the week ahead. Listen to it here!  Read More

On Sept. 10, at 7 p.m., ROOKIE w/IN THE PINES are coming to Davenport’s Raccoon Motel! Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Thursday, June 24! LISTEN to Rookie here. LISTEN to In The Pines here. TICKETS to all Raccoon Motel shows can be purchased HERE!! www.theraccoonmotel.com  Read More

The incredible R&B artist Son Little will be bringing his full band back to the Quad Cities for the first time in over four years, Sept. 5th, with a show at Davenport’s Raccoon Motel. Tickets are now on sale for Son Little to Raccoon Motel members. General on sale begins this Friday, June 25 at 10 am. TICKETS to all Raccoon Motel shows can be purchased HERE!! Need more info? Check out www.theraccoonmotel.com  Read More

Another one of the fastest rising young country and western performers in America is coming to The Raccoon Motel as the jam-packed grand opening week in downtown Davenport just keeps getting hotter and hotter. Charley Crockett — who is performing with Orville Peck at Red Rockstwo weeks prior to his appearance here — is set to play the Motel Aug. 6, days before playing Hinterland Festival. This Motel show is co-presented by First Fleet Concerts. Tickets are now on sale for Charley Crockett to Raccoon Motel members. General on sale begins this Friday, June 25 at 10 am. TICKETS to all... Read More

UPDATED: Though the Mississippi Valley Blues Society (MVBS) in 2020 had to cancel its annual blues festival and Blues in the Schools education program, it was hardly idle. The completely volunteer-run nonprofit organization, founded in 1984, completely revamped its website, mvbs.org – with much more content than before. It’s also returning to Davenport’s LeClaire Park (later this year than usual), Sept. 17-18, with its signature event, the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival. The website overhaul (led by the Rock Island-based design firm Pixouls) is broken into three main sections: Listen Most... Read More