METALLICA FANS! GET READY Catch a must-see, once-in-a-lifetime, drive-in Metallica concert like you have never seen at the Blue Grass Drive-In (774 W Mayne St. Blue Grass) this Saturday Aug 29 from 8:20 – 11:20 p.m. The band is recording a FULL-SET, featuring material spanning the band’s near 40-year career and it will be edited […]
Looking for some fun outdoor live music? Experience the Friends of Vander Veer Summer Concert this Thursday Aug 27 from 6:30 – 8 p.m. at Vander Veer Botanical Park (215 W Central Park Ave. Davenport). Live music will be provided by Troy Rangel and Friends. Social distancing will be followed. Bring your lawn chairs and […]
It’s Monday, and it’s once again time for The Video You Deserve. Now, maybe aside from the usual case of the Mondays, you’re feeling like your life is a battlefield. Well, if that’s the case, then this video might just be extra special to you, and by “extra special,” I mean it’ll make you laugh […]
Are you a local performer, theatrical actor, theater, or arts organization? We’re looking to provide you a virtual stage on the QuadCities.com site and social media! With covid rampaging, we know it’s a crazy time and we want to showcase your organization. No one can come to you but that doesn’t mean you can’t come […]
Looking for some live music and great company this weekend? Western Illinois based roots rock/jam band, The Dawn, brings their Rock the Wood 2020 tour to The Tangled Wood (3636 Tanglewood Road Bettendorf) this Saturday Aug 22 from 7 – 10 p.m. The Dawn’s live show experience has proven contagious and is tightly gripped in […]
As many orchestras nationwide have cancelled in-person concerts for the fall, the show must go on for the Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO). It’s proceeding with fall Masterworks concerts at Davenport’s Adler Theatre, which will undergo some major changes. Following recommendations from the Scott County Health Department, the QCSO has altered its October, November and December […]
Music certainly has the power to comfort and unify people, as exemplified in a new video by Rock Island native Lissie Maurus, who encouraged her fans to submit short videos from their recent life in quarantine. The five-minute compilation – set to her soulful 2018 song “Peace” – was released Aug. 11, and Lissie did […]
Looking for some socially-distant fun with live music and a great cause? Crunk Chocolate presents THE FESTIVAL: A School Drive, which takes place this Saturday Aug 22 from 5 – 11 p.m. at Renwick Mansion (901 Tremont Ave Davenport). This jam-packed evening will feature music from house DJ K1ng Supr3m3 and multiple performers of differing […]
Many people have gotten used to working from home during the seemingly endless period of quarantine. Anthony Natarelli is even bringing theater and improv comedy to his home. The irrepressible 26-year-old Rock Islander, who lives in an apartment above the Circa ’21 Speakeasy, 1818 3rd Ave., livestreamed an improv show there June 27, and later […]
A year ago, Chelsea Ward was sassily standing up to a rigid Mother Superior in Music Guild’s “Sister Act.” This month, the passionate 25-year-old Davenport actress is standing up for racial justice and equality in two different online performances. On Aug. 8, Ward was among an all-female cast in a virtual cabaret – “Six Queens […]
