The Redstone Room/River Music Experience 129 Main Street, Davenport Tuesday, March 8th Doors 7/Show 7:30 $20 General Admission/$50 Table All Ages By Loren Thacher Fifty years ago this January, trailblazing English rock band Wishbone Ash settled into London’s DeLane Lea studios to record their third record. The result was a masterpiece, an album both ahead and very much in step with its time. Argus became their best-selling album and creative high point, with the quartet perfecting their harmonized twin-lead guitar sound and adding a misty, pastoral and epic folk element to their mix of jazz,... Read More

Martin Sexton will make a stop in Davenport’s Redstone Room on Wednesday, March 2 for one show only! Wednesday, March 2, 2022 7:30 PM River Music Experience 129 Main St Davenport, IA 52801 Doors open 6:30pm Opening Act: Chris Trapper GET YOUR TICKETS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/martin-sexton-w-chris-trapper-redstone-room-tickets-171477442647   Singer-songwriter Martin Sexton is like an ultra-active antenna, adventuring through the static to grab a clear signal. When he dials in on one station, he then quickly shifts to the next one. This everchanging attention span drives his family... Read More

The following article is part of QuadCities.com’s partnership with local music website The Echo. For more, check out theechoqc.com! By Lauren Crew Romantic holidays come with their fair share of challenges. What do we do? How can I make it different than a regular date? I don’t have a romantic partner, so do I just sit at home and wallow? Luckily, there are plenty of great little pockets in the Quad Cities where you can celebrate with your lover and your friends. Ragged Records  We won’t lie. We’re pulling a little inspiration from the Gen Z Target trend. Head to your respective... Read More

Looking to spice things up a bit this Saturday night? Lobo’s Salsa Night featuring Ed East Latin Jazz Quartet and Sonora Sazon de Antano heats up The Redstone Room at River Music Experience (129 N Main St Davenport) this Saturday Feb 19. Doors open at 7 p.m. The party begins promptly at 8 p.m. and goes until 10:30 p.m. Must be 19+ or accompanied by an adult. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door and Reserved Tables are available for $50. Both can be purchased on Eventbrite. This evening will be filled with energy, great rhythms and good times! The air will be filled with sounds of Salsa,... Read More

After deliberation, the QC Beats Board has decided who will be added to the QC Beats Collection! The QC Beats team is pleased to announced that the 2021-2022 QC Beats artists added to the collection are: Centaur Noir, kumate, Steve Couch, and TuCent! Congratulations to our winners! Help us celebrate the work of our new artists by joining us at the River Music Experience on March 10th at 7:30PM. More information about this event will be released in the weeks to come. QC Beats is a partnership with the Davenport Public Library, River Music Experience, and St. Ambrose University. QC Beats is an online... Read More

On Sunday, Dec. 19, the Polyrhythms’ exceptional Third Sunday Jazz Series returns to the Redstone Room at River Music Experience, with Fr. Stan Fortuna (a professional bass player before he became a priest) and his quartet in concert from 5 to 7 p.m. Polyrhythms/Quad Cities Jazz Festival, Ltd., is a longstanding grassroots non-profit group of community and cultural arts advocates that evolved from the Louie Bellson Jazz Festival.    Read More

Keller Williams will be performing Dec. 4 at the River Music Experience in Davenport! Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm Opening Act: None Age Restriction: 19+ (minors must be accompanied by parent or guardian) Tickets: $25 in advance / $30 at the door All tickets are general admission. Purchasing a ticket does not guarantee a seat. COVID RESTRICTIONS APPLY TO THIS PERFORMANCE: The artist is requiring all guests to provide proof of vaccination or proof of a negative COVID test taken within 48 hours prior to the event. In addition, the artist is requiring all guests to wear masks. A printed copy, photograph,... Read More

Keller Williams will be performing Dec. 4 at the River Music Experience in Davenport! Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm Opening Act: None Age Restriction: 19+ (minors must be accompanied by parent or guardian) Tickets: $25 in advance / $30 at the door All tickets are general admission. Purchasing a ticket does not guarantee a seat. COVID RESTRICTIONS APPLY TO THIS PERFORMANCE: The artist is requiring all guests to provide proof of vaccination or proof of a negative COVID test taken within 48 hours prior to the event. In addition, the artist is requiring all guests to wear masks. A printed copy, photograph,... Read More

The following article is part of QuadCities.com’s partnership with local music website The Echo. For more, check out theechoqc.com! Sam Koester is a rare bird in the aviary of the Quad City region’s music biz. The friendly, 41-year-old Muscatine native now resides in Moline, owning and operating River+City Collective. RCC is an ​​entertainment production company producing shows primarily in and around the Quad City area. Koester started getting into music at 13, playing in bands, and began booking shows locally shortly after. He moved to the QC in the summer of 1998 and jumped into the... Read More

Saturday in the Arts is a weekly feature covering a trend, subject, event or personality of local interest. It runs every Saturday morning on your site for the best entertainment and arts coverage in the area, QuadCities.com! Music certainly can change lives, but unfortunately it couldn’t save the life of Pierce Cordle. The intelligent, driven, happy 22-year-old guy – who played trumpet since 5th grade – was working a job he loved, in a Peoria hospital emergency room, and was planning to go to med school to fulfill his dream of becoming a doctor. But seemingly out of nowhere on Dec. 8, 2016,... Read More