A little more than a year after breathing buoyant new life into the long vacant former downtown Moline library, Sound Conservatory is writing an ambitious new movement in its sprawling, surging score.

For 30 years, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s unique take on American swing and jazz music has thrilled audiences around the world, and on December 16, the enduring popular ensemble brings unique and spirited “Wild and Swingin’ Holiday Party” to Davenport's Adler Theatre, a joyous collection of jazz and seasonal favorites that has become an eagerly anticipated annual event for the whole family.

A celebrated R&B and funk based band that originated in Oakland, California and has been performing for more than 55 years running, Tower of Power and its co-founders Emilio Castillo and Stephen "Doc" Kupka brings their "Holidays & Hits Tour" to Davenport's Capitol Theatre on December 13, the group's smashes on the Billboard Hot 100 chart including "You're Still a Young Man," "So Very Hard to Go," "What Is Hip?", and "Don't Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream)."

Chart-topping, multi-platinum-selling alternative rockers who recently started their third decade of professional performance, the musicians of Hinder headline a December 19 concert at Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center, treating fans to a repertoire that boasts such top-10 Billboard hits as “Lips of an Angel,” “Get Stoned,” “How Long,” and “Use Me.”

Currently touring in support of their fifth LP No Fun in the Chrysalis, a forthcoming February release produced, engineered, and mixed by Grammy Award winner Brian Joseph, the Midwestern artists of Them Coulee Boys enjoy a headlining engagement at Davenport's Raccoon Motel on December 13, the group inspiring Jam & Toast to rave, "With a unique blend of Americana, folk-rock, bluegrass, and punk influences, they have cultivated a sound that is both familiar and refreshingly original."

A Chicago-based, internationally lauded artist headlines Polyrhythms' final Third Sunday Jazz Series concert for 2024 in the December 15 performance by the Dushun Mosley Trioverse, an energetic event at Davenport's Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Quad Cities that finds Chicago based percussionist and producer Mosley joined by Kenneth Green on piano and Darius Savage on bass.

Performing an eagerly anticipated concert return at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, the Midwestern pop-rockers of the Pork Tornadoes will deliver an eclectic assortment of hits on December 18, their energetic repertoire ranging from Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, and Beyonce all the way to Lizzo, Morgan Wallen, NSYNC, and Phil Collins.

An annually beloved holiday-music tradition returns to the area as the professional vocal ensemble the Nova Singers presents its latest pair of A Nova Christmas concerts, with exciting and moving arrangements of favorite carols, traditional melodies, glorious ballads, and fascinating songs from around the world performed on December 13 at Davenport's St. Paul Lutheran Church and December 14 at Galesburg's First Lutheran Church.

In a special evening of rock featuring acclaimed talents from Collective Soul and Devil City Angels, Joel Kosche and Brandon Gibbs merge their talents for a December 11 concert at Davenport's Gypsy Highway Bar & Grill, performing a high-energy acoustic show that features songs from each of their own catalogs plus music from various bands each talent has performed with individually and together.

With his many musical collaborators over the years including the likes of Wohn Waite, John Mellencamp, Wynonna Judd, Travis Tritt, and the Oak Ridge Boys, gifted percussionist David Northrup hosts the Louie Bellson Drummers Clinic and Pro Jam on December 15, with fellow musicians and music enthusiasts welcome to attend this special event featuring and hosted by the lauded Nashville session and touring drummer.

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