The Speakeasy Laugh Hard Comedy Show is back TONIGHT in the beautiful newly renovated theater! Doors open at 7:00 and the show starts at 8:00. Tickets are only $3.00 for this show! This is a great stand-up comedy show featuring many hilarious comedians from across the area! Reserve your tickets in advance to make sure you get in for the show! Your show emcee will be local comedian, Leslie Mitchell! This is a fun, inexpensive night out with friends! We do have selected food items available and a full bar! No charge for comedians who are participating in the show. Those attending must be 18 or older! Learn... Read More

DIRECT FROM CHICAGO – It’s PIMPROV! The Speakeasy in downtown Rock Island welcomes back PIMPROV… one of the most popular adult improv shows in Chicago on March 11! You’ve seen the flashy suits and jewelry so bright that a blind man can see it shining. So ask yourself who is more entertaining than a Pimp?? PIMPROV has been a hugely successful improv show in Chicago for years! The show revolves around four pimps who took comedy classes at Second City on accident. The group lacks political correctness and outrageous costumes are only part of the reason they are so popular! You... Read More

Don’t miss the newest variety show in town! The Speakeasy is pleased to debut The Velvet Variety Show on March 10! Hosted by Bottom’s Up Burlesque’s Evee Gray, this new variety show will bring together a unique mix of performers into an unforgettable evening of entertainment! The type of acts that will be part of this show are magic, drag, comedy, singing, body painting on stage, hoola hooping and much more! Doors open at 7 and the show begins at 8:00. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 the day of the show. Seats can be reserved by calling 309-786-7733, ext. 2. Online reservations... Read More

The Speakeasy Laugh Hard Comedy Show is back on January 20 in our beautiful newly renovated theater! Doors open at 7:00 and the show starts at 8:00. Tickets are only $3.00 for this show! This is a great stand-up comedy show featuring many hilarious comedians from across the area! Reserve your tickets in advance to make sure you get in for the show! Your show emcee will be local comedian, Leslie Mitchell! This is a fun, inexpensive night out with friends! We do have selected food items available and a full bar! No charge for comedians who are participating in the show. Those attending must be 18... Read More

That sweet transvestite is back this October with his motley crew! On the way to visit an old college professor, two clean cut kids, Brad Majors and his fiancée Janet Weiss, get caught in a storm and end up at the home of a mad transvestite scientist, Dr Frank ‘n’ Furter, who is in the midst of one of his maniacal experiments! WARNING: “The Rocky Horror Show” is not recommended for the easily offended. This show deals with MATURE subject matters in an IMMATURE way!! If sex, drugs, rock & roll, adultery, cross-dressing, aliens and above all, SHOW TUNES are not your cup of tea,... Read More

Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse and The Speakeasy are thrilled to be producing this cult classic for the 7th straight year in October! Auditions will be held at 1:00pm on Sunday, June 26th at Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse located at 1828 3rd Avenue in Rock Island. Please bring a current headshot & resume and prepare 16-32 bars (or one verse and one chorus) of a pop/rock song. Singing a song from show is highly encouraged! Bring sheet music properly marked as an accompanist will be provided. Be prepared to read from the script and possibly learn a short dance combination. Rehearsals will be begin... Read More

Circa ’21’s signature event, MUSIC ON THE MARQUEE returns this June! In celebration of our 45th Anniversary, we return to this unique and popular concert experience atop our iconic marquee! Bring a lawn chair and join the Circa ’21 Bootleggers, the cast of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, and a few special guests as they entertain you in this special live concert, held on the street in Downtown Rock Island. Hosted by veterans Brad Hauskins and Tristan Tapscott, this event will celebrate our history and feature a wide range of fabulous music. Chef Tony will be outside grilling, and drinks will be... Read More

Listen to all the hits with the Manny Lopez Big Band this Friday, May 13 at the Circa ’21 Speakeasy (1818 3rd Avenue Rock Island). Doors open at 5 p.m. and concert begins at 6 p.m. Manny Lopez and his 13-piece big band will be performing all your favorites from such legendary artists as Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Henry Mancini, and Stan Kenton, just to name a few! This band includes musicians from the Quad Cities area in addition to others from across the Midwest! You’ll hear some of the greatest hits from the big band era during this two-hour show! Tickets are $15 in advance... Read More

Listen to all the hits with the Manny Lopez Big Band this Friday, May 13 at the Circa ’21 Speakeasy (1818 3rd Avenue Rock Island). Doors open at 5 p.m. and concert begins at 6 p.m. Manny Lopez and his 13-piece big band will be performing all your favorites from such legendary artists as Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Henry Mancini, and Stan Kenton, just to name a few! This band includes musicians from the Quad Cities area in addition to others from across the Midwest! You’ll hear some of the greatest hits from the big band era during this two-hour show! Tickets are $15 in advance... Read More

Enjoy a night of Masculine Burlesque and Feminine Comedy! Featuring the Comedy of Pubali Kundu, Amber Phillips, Rein Razor, Jenny Lynn Stacy and Celtic Honey! Plus all the nakedness from your favorite Manscape Burlesque members!! Tickets are $12.00 in advance. $15 at the door. Call 309 786 7733 ext 2 for tickets! Doors open at 7pm. Show starts at 8pm. The madness shall ensue at The Circa 21 Speakeasy in Rock Island!  Read More