Lauded by legendary composer and EGOT (Emmy/Grammy/Oscar/Tony) recipient Marvin Hamlisch, who said of the ensemble “I can't imagine better ambassadors for our country,” the United States Army's premier big-band outfit the Jazz Ambassadors headline an April 17 concert presented by Quad Cities Arts, the group's April 17 Davenport engagement demonstrating why the musicians have earned acclaim both at home and abroad while performing America’s original art form.

Celebrating more than 20 years of thrilling crowds with spectacular renditions of “Waterloo,” “The Winner Takes It All,” “Take a Chance on Me,' and additional favorites, the tribute artists of Dancing Queen: An ABBA Salute headline an April 12 concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, the show taking place just after the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Swedish pop legends' Eurovision victory,

Performing in a special concert co-presented by Common Chord and the Mississippi Valley Blues Society, Chris O'Leary and his opener Kevin Burt bring a night of exhilarating blues to Davenport's Redstone Room on April 11, the former lauded as the lead singer and front man for Grammy winner Levon Helm’s band The Barnburners, and the latter a Midwestern talent praised by Blues Matters as "vocally exquisite and "musically phenomenal."

Touring in support of her most recent album Carving Canyons – a recording that, according to Forbes, boasts “her best as well as her most mature work yet” – lauded singer/songwriter and Rock Island native Lissie returns to the Quad Cities for an April 17 headlining concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist also lauded by The Northern Echo for "a voice which crackles with the influence of blues as much as it does with folk, and a range and delivery that could put most rock singers to shame."

Fust, April 12

With their March release Big Ugly hailed by Americana Highways as "a big, riffy record full of Southern observations" that "may just end up being this year’s best album," the alternative-country talents of Fust headline an April 12 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the musicians from North Carolina also praised by Post-Trash for their "inescapable sense of wonder and excitement that's both exhilarating and full of charm."

LEYA, April 14

Delivering what Pitchfork described as "ambient music that's eerie, beckoning, and tinged with horror." the Brooklyn-based duo of harpist Marilu Donovan and vocalist/violinist Adam Markiewicz bring their outfit LEYA to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on April 16, The Guardian hailing the pair for producing "music that sounds simultaneously 300 years old and somewhere from the distant future."

With the artist's 2023 debut Don't You Dare Make Me Jaded lauded by Americana UK as "highly accomplished and noteworthy" and its creator "a voice to reckon with," contemporary-folk singer/songwriter Olive Klug headlines an April 16 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist touring in support of their upcoming April album Lost Dog and currently amassing more than 8 million streams on tracks including “Raining In June."

As the largest and longest living plant on earth, trees have inspired art for centuries. And in celebration of spring, the area's professional vocal ensemble the Nova Singers invites patrons to experience the beauty and wonder of trees through song in the group's 2024-25 season closer Come to the Woods, being performed at Galesburg's First Lutheran Church on April 12 and Davenport's First Presbyterian Church on April 13.

Touring in support of his new album Here We Go Crazy, a recording that Rolling Stone raved "mixes raw power and deep honesty," iconic alternative rocker Bob Gould and his band open the 2025 season at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, their April 15 concert treating fans to a night with the artist principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s.

Boasting the talents of Emmy Award-winning composer Randy Rogel on piano and the vocal talents of Emmy winner Rob Paulsen (famed for voicing Yakko and Pinky on Animaniacs and Raphael on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), the touring sensation Animaniacs in Concert lands at Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre on April 12, the show delivering a zany, animany, totally insanely time as Rogel and Paulsen perform popular songs from the beloved cartoon series backed by the original projected animation.

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