Offering up-and-coming musicians the chance to elevate their lyrical and musical skill sets while connecting with fellow music enthusiasts, Davenport's Common Chord will host the songwriting workshop Eat, Sleep, Songwriter, Repeat on April 13, with valuable tips, tricks, and methods delivered by Nashville talent Ryan Bizarri, the co-writer of Rodney Atkins' hit single "Eat Sleep Love You Repeat."

Presenting an evening of breaking boundaries and feeding on each other's musical inspiration, jazz masters and Grammy Award winners John Daversa and Tal Cohen will team up for a special concert event at Moline's Sound Conservatory, their April 13 The Art of Duo engagement sure to deliver an unforgettable performance that redefines the jazz experience.

Delivering songs about flowers, trees, mountains, and animals, as well as a call for rain to soothe a thirsty earth, Galesburg's professional vocal ensemble the Nova Singers concludes their 2023-24 season with two performances of Mother Earth, a beautiful repertoire of selections being performed at Galesburg's First Lutheran Church on April 13 and Davenport's St. Paul Lutheran Church on April 14.

Touring in support of their 2023 album Like It's the Last One Left, a recording praised by Americana Highways as a "magical journey of soulful, mindful, mesmerizing Americana music," the jazz, funk, rock, and country outfit Uncle Lucius headlines an April 12 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, their latest recording also lauded by American Songwriter as a work "that ought to return them to a place of prominence among the Americana elite."

With their 2023 album and sophomore release You Know Who hailed by Americana Highways as "creative, fun, and wildly original," the Georgia-based Americana talents of The Pink Stones headline an April 14 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, their latest recording also praised by Glide magazine, which stated, "If you don’t find yourself singing along with The Pink Stones on at least a couple of these songs, then something must be amiss."

Composed of Geoff Rusch on vocals, Phil Lazzari on guitar, Jim Allen on bass, Don Nudi on drums, and Tom Flavin on guitar, keyboards, and smoke machine, the Midwestern Ween tribute artists of Fluffy headline an April 13 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the group playing favorites from such rock favorites as The Mollusk and White Pepper, both of which made the top five on Billboard's U.S. Heatseekers chart.

With the sextet composed of singers from France, Sweden, England, Canada, and the United States, the internationally beloved ensemble Accent headlines an April 13 concert at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts and an April 14 engagement at St. Ambrose University's Galvin Fine Arts Center, the talents lauded by All About Jazz as "arguably the most spectacular jazz vocal group since TAKE 6."

On April 13, a revered group of chart-topping, Grammy-winning rockers will be celebrated when Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre presents the six-piece Eagles-tribute ensemble Heartache Tonight, an evening of beloved, iconic hits sure to include such chart-toppers as "Hotel California," "Peaceful Easy Feeling," "Best of My Love," "One of These Nights," and, of course, "Heartache Tonight."

A 2017 Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner, as well as a work by the masterful composing team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Broadway's Anastasia makes its local-theatre debut with an April 12 through 21 run at Moline's Spotlight Theatre, the musical lauded by Time Out New York as "a sweeping adventure, romance, and historical epic whose fine craftsmanship will satisfy musical-theatre fans beyond the show's ideal audience of teenage girls."

Hailed by the New York Times as “a perfect joy” and by the Los Angeles Times as “a timeless farce,” Tony- and Oscar-winning author Tom Stoppard hysterical one-act comedy The Real Inspector Hound enjoys an April 18 through 21 staging in Scott Community College's Black Box Theatre, this theatrical satire also lauded by The Telegraph as a work that "brilliantly nails the clichés of the reviewer's craft."

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