DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 14, 2023) — The Raccoon Motel could use your help as we move into our third year: Introducing Raccoon Clubs
From one raccoon to another, it’s not the easiest thing ever to talk some of the best bands in the world into coming to Iowa. Very few areas in America have the kind of robust live music scene that the Quad Cities has been enjoying for years. There is only one place an artist can be every night and we get a lot of special ones to stop here in Davenport. That doesn’t always mean that people buy a ticket and come to see them – no matter how famous they are or that they’re playing sold out shows all over the country. We get these artists on weird nights because they want to be in big cities on the good/fun nights of the week. But we still get the Colter Walls, Tyler Childers, Orville Pecks, Melvins, Morgan Wades, Black Pumas, and more to pay a visit.
We need your help to ensure that we can keep bringing great talent to town, paying them what they deserve, making them want to come back, all the while, keeping our little club humming along. We’ve cooked up a few fun ways for you to assist us in keeping the quality high and the Motel working for everyone, while also getting some cool stuff into your paws.
Today, we’re introducing The Raccoon Motel Tee Shirt of The Month Club, The Raccoon Motel Debris of The Month Club and The Raccoon Motel Critter Special Club as a way to help us keep the hottest show calendar in the Midwest. Here’s the even better news: We want to transition into having all or the majority of shows at the Raccoon Motel gradually becoming FREE shows! Your participation in these clubs will get us to the point where we can start making shows free to any club card-carrying members.
THE RACCOON MOTEL MONTHLY T-SHIRT CLUB
This is the crown jewel of Raccoon clubs and one we are mondo excited about!! You join this tee-shirt club and every month, your mailbox will receive a fresh shirt either designed by us here at HQ – and only available to club members — or designed by Raccoon Motel performers and celebrity friends of the Motel. We are excited as hell for this club and we love the limited run, high quality and collectible wearables that we’re going to be sending to you. Tees designed by artists will also have a small run numbered and initialed on the tags, by the artist. You will get a Raccoon Tee Club card, which you can present at the Raccoon Motel to receive 15% off at the bar and on any air b&b rentals. You will also be sent a code that will allow you to claim a free ticket to any of the shows that are unlocked as free shows, as club membership grows.
THE RACCOON MOTEL MONTHLY DEBRIS CLUB
Every week the head raccoons of Raccoon Motel Inc. scour the Midwest for the most fun treasures at estate sales and flea markets. We cover our walls and fill our club with the big pieces we find, but there are lots of sweet scraps and items that we have been collecting for two years and we want to put them into other raccoon — preferably your — paws. Become a member of the Debris club and we will send you one of these fun pieces — could be an old Alf puzzle, could be certificate claiming that you were in Busch Stadium when Lou Brock collected his 3,000-career hit, a page from a Ziggy calendar from 1988, or something else just as bad-ass. All of these pieces will be signed and dated by random Raccoon Motel performers. That Alf puzzle could be signed by Mark Normand or Kevin Morby or Morgan Wade, you never know! You will also get a Debris Club card, which you can present at the Raccoon Motel to receive 15% off at the bar and on any Airbnb rentals. You will also be sent a code that will allow you to claim a free ticket to any of the shows that are unlocked as free shows, as club membership grows.
THE RACCOON MOTEL CRITTER SPECIAL CLUB
One of our favorite things is coming up with very silly lines to throw on a bumper sticker that might get thrown on an actual bumper or a Yeti or a bathroom stall or wherever you want, our little raccoon buddies. This option will get you a cool new bumper sticker monthly, along with a dope ass punk rock Xerox calendar of upcoming shows, in a hand-written envelope sent directly to your home!! GET MAIL FROM THE RACCOON MOTEL AND BE THE ENVY OF YOUR BLOCK!! You will also get a Special Critter Club card, which you can present at the Raccoon Motel to receive 15% off at the bar and on any Airbnb rentals. You will also be sent a code that will allow you to claim a free ticket to any of the shows that are unlocked as free shows, as club membership grows.
We’re leaving this option to help both support the Raccoon Motel and the hundreds of artists that come through its doors every year open-ended. This will be a recurring monthly payment of whatever you feel like giving. You will get a Golden Raccoon Club card, which you can present at the Raccoon Motel to receive 15% off at the bar and on any air b&b rentals. You will also be sent a code that will allow you to claim a free ticket to any of the shows that are unlocked as free shows as club membership grows. Lastly, for this option, you will receive Golden Raccoon Club cards and ticket codes for every $30 per month contributed.
*for all monthly clubs, you can cancel at any time.
ALL FOUR CLUB OPTIONS CAN BE GRABBED HERE
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UPCOMING SHOWS:
September 15 — The Prescriptions w/Timbo: For fans of: Sturgill Simpson, Colter Wall, John Prine, The Pink Stones, The Shins
September 16 — Bully w/Wombo: For fans of: Hole, Ratboys, The Beths, Wednesday, Interpol, PACKS, Sneaks
September 20 — The Orwells: For fans of: FIDLAR, Beach Goons, Together Pangea, White Reaper
September 21 — Califone w/Setting: For fans of: Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Red Red Meat, Magnolia Electric Company, Smog
September 22 — Ax and The Hatchetmen w/Fox Royale: For fans of: Vampire Weekend, Sarah and the Sundays, Arlie, Krooked Kings, WILLIS
September 23 — GracieHorse: For fans of: Angel Olsen, Jessica Pratt, Mega Bog, Margo Price, Abby Hamilton, Nikki Lane
September 25 — Brother Elsey: For fans of: Susto, Michigan Rattlers, Michigander
JUST ANNOUNCED SHOWS:
September 25 — Brother Elsey
October 4 — WAKE BREWING AND RAGGED RECORDS PRESENT: Exhumed, Incite, and Pit Lord
October 9 — Leslie Stevens w/Brother Galen
October 17 — Rum Ragged w/Adrian + Meredith
November 17 — Ritch Henderson
November 28 — Lily and Madeleine w/Brian Dunne
November 29 — Teenage Halloween w/Hembree
December 8 — WAKE BREWING & RAGGED RECORDS PRESENT: Body Void
GRAB ALL YOUR RACCOON TICKETS HERE: raccoonmotel.tixr.com
