Davenport’s soon-to-be-reopened venue Raccoon Motel has announced its first show! The new legend Orville Peck will be playing July 31st and August 1st as part of the opening weekend festivities!! More announcements coming soon!!! Tickets for general admission go live at 10am on Friday but members can buy theirs today!! https://www.tixr.com/…/raccoo…/events/orville-peck-25099 https://app.moonclerk.com/pay/2azhnmvqpo62
It feels like a broken record, but it’s a broken record that keeps playing on the jukebox of 2020 and into 2021 – we NEED some good news! With everything negative happening in the world right now, we need positive news more than ever! That’s why, every month, we give you What’s The Good News? […]
The new Raccoon Motel bar and live-music venue plans to open St. Patrick’s Day 2021 at the old Abernathy’s in downtown Davenport, with live music starting in early summer, one of its partners said Wednesday. John McDermott, a Quad-Cities commercial lender who’s friends with original Raccoon Motel music booker Sean Moeller, is partnering with Moeller […]
The Raccoon Motel, a haven for intriguing live music and performance in the Quad-Cities up through its closing in 2019, is re-opening in a new spot in downtown Davenport. The Motel’s founder and event promoter, Sean Moeller, released the following message today regarding the venue: Santa Claus has a ringed tail this year! He’s swooped […]
Turnbuckle Fest is coming back to Codfish Hollow in Maquoketa! A throwdown of the greatest stand-up comedians in America, critically-acclaimed rock and roll bands, and the bashing exploits of elbow-throwing, spandex trunk-wearing professional wrestlers, Turnbuckle will be returning to Codfish Hollow barn and its hallowed hills June 6 for a night of epic entertainment. 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
And here you have them, the TOP TEN stories of the year, 2019. There were obviously a lot of big stories this year, but, these are the ten that we picked to have the biggest impact and resonance. Why did we pick these stories? A couple of them involved incredible achievements by local groups of […]
Yesterday, we counted down the top stories of the year from 30-21, today we get into the next ten, 20-11, and it’s, for the most part, a pretty upbeat mix of stories of local successes, on the individual and group level. For the criteria on how we picked the stories, check out my column on […]
Jazz innovator Kamasi Washington will be performing March 3 at the Rust Belt in East Moline. The frequent Kendrick Lamar collaborator will be coming to the Quad Cities for the first time. Tickets go on sale this Friday, Dec. 6th at 10 a.m. at the Rust Belt and Eventbrite To listen to Washington, check out his […]
Can you believe it? Jimmy Eat World is coming to the Quad Cities! Moeller Nights has just announced that Jimmy Eat World will be performing at The Rust Belt (533 12th Avenue East Moline) on Friday Nov 8 at 7 p.m. Tickets to this nostalgic show are only $30 and will go on sale this […]
