Tripmaster Monkey — Wes Haas, Jamie Toal, Marty Reyhons, Chris Bernat and Eric Stone — have dropped another single from their critically-acclaimed new album, “My East Is Your West,” named Best Album Of 2019 by QuadCities.com. The latest release from the local band, “Ruined in Rouen” is available on all streaming services. The single also got itself a sweet review by the indie music site Come Here Floyd. For more info on Tripmaster Monkey, check out the very comprehensive Tripmaster Monkey Spotlight on QuadCities.com, featuring links to videos, stories on the... Read More

Back it up, and into the Rust Belt! Daiquiri Factory and The Rust Belt are presenting the Back It Up Tour Featuring: Chingy, Ginuwine, Juvenile, with Special Guest Random Tanner (Local) & 10k at 7 p.m. Saturday March 21 at The Rust Belt, 533 12th Ave, East Moline. Advanced tickets start at $40. Tickets are available at Daiquiri Factory, Moline Co-Op Records, Dunn Brothers Coffee, Jennies Box Car, and online: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/ginuwine-juvenile-chingy-random-tanner-the-rust-belt-tickets/10201115 The show is sponsored by Daiquiri Factory, The Rust Belt, The Buzz Entertainment Group,... Read More

Truckfighters, Valley of the Sun, Daykeeper Rock Island Brewing Co. 1815 2nd Ave, Rock Island Saturday, February 22 Doors 7/Show 8 $18/18+ Heavy music devotees in the QCA are used to high-quality touring bands stopping at the Rock Island Brewing Company with clockwork regularity. This Saturday’s bill, however, will cause even the most complacent headbanger to take note. Swedish desert rockers Truckfighters are back from a short breakup, and, with Ohio’s Valley of the Sun in tow, are visiting Rock Island for the first time in years. Wake Brewing, the heaviest brewery in the Midwest,... Read More

Need a little Sunshine in your life? Tomorrow night, you can cut through the gloom with some great pop songs and performance as Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse is thrilled to be hosting an all-ages pop music cabaret on Thursday, Feb. 20 called A NIGHT OF SUNSHINE, featuring one of the theatre’s most popular performers, Sunshine Ramsey. A long-time Bootlegger, performer and member of our ticket office staff, Ramsey is thrilled to finally be back on the Circa ’21 stage with an-all new cabaret! This will be the fifth time that Sunshine has hosted her own show at the theatre. Each of the previous... Read More

HELLYEAH: The Perseverance Tour Live will rip into The Rust Belt Friday April 24, 2020! The tour features All That Remains, Butcher Babies, SAUL, & DEEPFALL! Pre-Sale Starts Thursday, February 20, 10:00 AM Online with Pre-Sale Code – IROCK Limited amount of VIP available online and through HELLYEAH Fan Club! Tickets are available at Daiquiri Factory, Co-Op Records of Moline, Dunn Brothers Coffee, Dunn Brothers Coffee, Jennie’s Boxcar, and https://www.ticketweb.com/…/hellyeah-the-persevera…/10430805 For more information, see www.therustbeltqc.com.  Read More

Throughout our lives, we all have dreams. It may be a situation we imagine ourselves in, or an encounter with an idol that we play over and over in our heads. The outcome of those dreams and desires coming to fruition, may not always leave us feeling satisfied. For one local woman, however, that dream will come true this Friday night. Described as delivering home-grown country with heart-filled covers, thought-provoking originals and a take-charge attitude, local musician Monica Austin is taking her talents to the next level. As a young aspiring artist, Monica found inspiration among the greats... Read More

JASON ISBELL and the 400 UNIT will perform at The Rust Belt in East Moline on June 20th. Tickets are on sale this Friday, Feb. 14th at Eventbrite.com. Click here:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jason-isbell-and-the-400-unit-tickets-93299656785 To hear some tunes by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit see https://www.jasonisbell.com  Read More

The February 4 Tuneful Tuesday performance at the Rock Island Public Library features classical saxophone by Danelle Kvapil, of Davenport.  The free performance starts at noon in the Rock Island Downtown Library Community Room, 401 19th Street. With accompaniment by pianist Jody Johnston-Mohr, Kvapil’s program features works by classical composers and arrangers Henri Eccles, George Frideric Handel, Sigurd Rascher, Jules Massenet, Ronald Binge, and Carl Anton Wirth, as well the hymn Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy and a polka arrangement, The Wild Rose, by H.A. VanderCook.   Kvapil... Read More

Welcome to our countdown of the top entertainment, sports and features stories of 2019! All year and every year, we at QuadCities.com strive to give you the best in free, fun, local entertainment, features and sports, and this year was no different! Every day we put out the best in articles, podcasts and video shows for you without any paywalls, pop-ups, surveys or anything else but info and fun, and that’s going to rock on into 2020. So, how was the year for you? For us here at QuadCities.com it was a fantastic 365, and for the local entertainment scene, it was certainly one of strange characters,... Read More

It’s Christmas with two Christian artists as 7eventh Time Down and Jamie Kimmett will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 at Grace Family Church, 6317 W. River Drive, Davenport. General Admission is $15, $20 day of show and VIP $35. VIP includes Early Entry at 6 PM, Preferred seating with M&G, Poster, and an Autograph Opportunity.   To order tickets by phone call 800-965-9324.  Read More