Comprehensive Live Music Calendar
The following events take place every week:
Tue: Mojo's, BHC Jazz Band 7-9
Tue: Davenport Bier Stube, Acoustic Jam with Jordan Danielson and Dave Neighbor 9-1
Tue: Moline Bier Stube, Open Mic Night with Kenny Lee Fairbrother 8-11?
Tue: Below Brady, 217 Brady Street, Davenport. Opem Mic Stand-up Comedy
Tue: Gravy's, Jam Night?
Wed: Davenport Bier Stube, Dave Ellis 9-1
Wed: Bent River, Open Jam with Sunny Wheat 8-12
Wed: Mojo's, Acoustic open mic night 7-9
Wed: Rusty Nail, The Night Crawlers Jazz Band 7:30-10:30
Wed: Captain's Table, Marco Soliz 6pm
Wed: Below Brady, Open jam with Twin Towers Blues Band
Wed: Grumpy's, Rob Dahms
Wed: 3rd & 22 Sports Bar, 2130 3rd Ave., Rock Island. The Lee Blackmon Trio; top 40 favorites 7:30-10:30 (309) 283-2900
Thu: Moline Bier Stube, Open Mic with Dave Ellis 8-12
Thu: Dalton's Pub, open mic night hosted by Dave Ellis 8-12
Thu: Theo's Java Club, open stage 7-10
Thu: Bar1812, Open Jam with Sunny Wheat
Thu: Below Brady, Open Mic Jazz Jam
Thu: Drunken Monkey, Dustin Cobb and Alan Sweet
Thu: Crabby's, 826 W. 1st St., Coal Valley. Lee Blackmon 5-7 799-3300
Thu: American Legion, 829 16th Ave., East Moline., Country Music Dance; Shagnasty 6-11 (309) 755-5622
Thu: Starting Line piano bar, Mike and Mary Stroehle
Thu: Gravy's, Johnny Goldmine and the Nuggets
Fri: Racer's Edge, Open Mic Night 9:30pm-12:30
Fri: Savitri's, Live Jazz 8-11
Fri: Grumpy's, Rob Dahms and John O'Meara
Fri: Captain's Table, Jack Hendrix and Kevin Cox
Sat: Grumpy's, Rob Dahms
Sat: Savitri's, Shea Rafferty and Tony Harris 8-11
Sat: Savitri's, Live Jazz 8-11
Sat: Racer's Edge, Live Blues with the Ernie Peniston Band 7:30-11:30
Sat: Coffee Dive, Open Mic with Rob Thomas
Sat: Captain's Table, Jack Hendrix and Kevin Cox
Sun: Eleventh Street Bar, Open Jam with Jordan Danielsen and Dustin Cobb 9-12
Sun: Martini's, Open Jam with Jim Ryan 5-9
- Sept 01: Bent River, New Beat Society 9-1 $?
- Sept 01: Coffee Artist Cafe, 1711 5th Ave., Moline. Andy Busch 6-8
- Sept 01: Danceland Ballroom, 501 W. 4th St., Davenport. Slave, the Steady Rollin' Band 8pm $?
- Sept 01: Lumpy's, Blind the Sun, 3AM Project, Mindset Evolution 9pm $5
- Sept 01: Martini's On the Rock (The Veranda) Pappa-Razzi 8-12
- Sept 01: Mojo's Plaza, RMX Live; Patio 7-10
- Sept 01: Penguin's, The Advantage, The Lion in Rome, Leon, Holy Smokes 10pm $7
- Sept 01: Phil and Larry's, Mr. Whoopie 9-1
- Sept 01: QCZone, Speedfinger, Three Years Hollow, Katalina 9-1
- Sept 01: Quad City Arts, Ron Madow's High Society Jazz; 1920s-1930s jazz 7-9
- Sept 01: Racer's Edge, The Dani Lynn Howe Band 10-2 $3?
- Sept 01: Redstone Room, Metrolites CD release party 9-1 $5
- Sept 01: RIBCO, Too White Crew 9-12 $5?
- Sept 01: Rusty Nail, Mr. Whoopie 9-1
- Sept 01: The Boulevard, 180 10th St Moline. Pappa-Razzi 8-11
- Sept 02: Skatemore and Receptions, 300 W. 10th Ave., Milan. Gypsy Road 9-1 $4
- Sept 02: Bar1812, Dani Lynne Howe Band 9-1 $2
- Sept 02: Bent River, Sunny Wheat 9-1
- Sept 02: LeClaire Park, Festival of Praise; Casting Crowns, Mark Harris $20 6pm
- Sept 02: Moline Bier Stube, Joe Price 9-12
- Sept 02: RIBCO, The Travoltas 8-12 $8?
- Sept 02: Rusty Nail, Mr. Whoopie 9-1
- Sept 02: Speakeasy, Mommy's Little Monster, One Night Standards 9-1
- Sept 03: Mojo's, Sunday Songwriters in the Round 2-4 Regional songwriters are invited to come perform an original song or two. A piano, guitar, and boom box (for back trax) are available.
- Sept 03: Penguin's, Perimeter Burn, Buried Twice, Urban Hate Machine, Forget the Wishes 10pm $5
- Sept 03: Redstone Room, ALSO 9-1 $5
- Sept 03: RIBCO, Ernie Peniston, The Travoltas 8-12 $8?
- Sept 04: Bar1812, Bad Girl (Twistyr) 9-1
- Sept 05: Lumpy's, Chris Avey and Wes Weeber 9:30-1 $?
- Sept 06: Bar1812, Memory Obscura,... 9-1
- Sept 06: Wiman Park, Music in the Park; Los Macombos 7-9 parking at Wells School 490 42nd Ave., EM. Free shuttle service starting at 6.
- Sept 07: Redstone Room, J-san and the Analogue Sons, Ernie Hendrickson and the Make Believe 9PM $7
- Sept 08: Alma Tapas, 121 Arts Alley, Rock Island. The Mercury Brothers 9-1
- Sept 08: Bar1812, Fry Daddies 9-1
- Sept 08: Below Brady, Craig Bently Trio
- Sept 08: Bent River, Chester Brown 9-1 $?
- Sept 08: Boulevard Party Hall, 1801 10th St., Moline. The Wilson Brothers Band 8-12 $3? 797-6722
- Sept 08: Coffee Artist Cafe, Boris and Tony 6-8pm
- Sept 08: Crave, Caught In The Act 9-1
- Sept 08: Fargo, Mommy's Little Monster 9-1 $3?
- Sept 08: Fireworks, Lee Blackmon 8:30pm-10:30
- Sept 08: Hawkeye Tap, Stoopifunk 9-1
- Sept 08: Isle of Capri, Bettendorf. VIVA! Quad Cities Festival; 9-1
- Sept 08: Mojo's Plaza, RMX Live; Tri-Tones 7-10
- Sept 08: Moline Bier Stube, Deadroots 9-12
- Sept 08: Purgatory's Pub, Guns For Hire 9-1
- Sept 08: Redstone Room, Spatterdash 9:30pm $5
- Sept 08: RIBCO, Thrillsville 10-2 $?
- Sept 08: Rockin' Ham, Bent 9-1
- Sept 08: Rogalski Center, St. Ambrose University. Jude Kastle 9-1
- Sept 08: Rusty Nail, Grey Wolf Band 9-1
- Sept 08: Theo's, Boo Hiss, Quiet Bears 9-12
- Sept 09: Bar1812, Blue Collar Band 9-1 $1?
- Sept 09: Bent River, One Night Standards 9:30, Jim The Mule 11:30pm $?
- Sept 09: Bettendorf Happy Joe's, Pickle Brothers 6pm
- Sept 09: Blueport Junction, Cobalt Blue 8:30-12:30pm
- Sept 09: Centennial Hall, Augustana College. Sister Hazel 7:30pm $12
- Sept 09: Chaps, Josh Miller 9-1 $3?
- Sept 09: Eagles Club, 314 N. Main St., Kewanee. Memory Obscura, Echodrive, and The Post Mortems 9-1 $5?
- Sept 09: Fargo, Mommy's Little Monster 9-1 $3?
- Sept 09: Fireworks, Brother Day Kelly 8:30-10:30
- Sept 09: Greenbriar Pub, Down the Deuce 9-1
- Sept 09: Hawkeye Tap, Stoopifunk 9-1
- Sept 09: Lumpy's, August Zimbal, What I Did While You Were Sleeping, Somewhat Conscious 9-1 $5?
- Sept 09: Overtime Sports Pub & Grub, 3700 Belmont Rd., Bettendorf. Spatterdash 8-12 332-2068
- Sept 09: Purgatory's Pub, Third Rail 9-1
- Sept 09: Racer's Edge, Erra 10-2 $3?
- Sept 09: Redstone Room, Andreas Kapsalis Trio 10PM $6
- Sept 09: RIBCO, Hello Dave, William Elliott Whitmore, 10-2 $7
- Sept 09: Rockin' Ham, Bent 9-1
- Sept 09: Rusty Nail, Gray Wolf Band 9-1
- Sept 09: Tiddley Tap, 340 16th St., Bettendorf. Dani Lynn Howe Band 8:30pm-Midnight $1
- Sept 09: Torchlight, Caught in the Act 9-1
- Sept 10: Redstone Room, Pnuma Trio feat. Ryan Burnett of Signal Path w/ Special Guest DJ Buddha 8PM $8
- Sept 12: Lumpy's, Chris Avey and Wes Weeber 9:30-1 $?
- Sept 13: Bar1812, Memory Obscura, Bourbon Breath, One Day Left 9-1
- Sept 14: Redstone Room, Coles Whalen 8PM $5
- Sept 14: RIBCO, Jumbies 10-2 $?
- Sept 15: Bent River, 56 Hope Road 11:30pm $?
- Sept 15: Blueport Junction, Dwyer And Michaels' Friday Fest; Caught in the Act 8:30-12:30pm
- Sept 15: Boulevard Party Hall, 1801 10th St., Moline. Hot Damn 8-12 $3?
- Sept 15: Coffee Artist Cafe, 1711 5th Ave., Moline. Ramah Phillips 6-8pm (309) 743-0088
- Sept 15: Davenport Bier Stube, Daddy's Lunch Box 8-12
- Sept 15: Davenport Levee, (where Sturgis on the River was held) Hot Rods and Harleys; 5:00-6:30 Corporate Rock, 6:30-8:00 HapHazard, 8:00-9:30 Minus Six, 9:30-11:00 Mr. Tripod $?
- Sept 15: Eleventh Street Bar and Grill, The Blue Collar Band 8-12
- Sept 15: Fireworks, Sean Bright 8:30pm-10:30
- Sept 15: Hawkeye Tap, Nine-1-1 9-1
- Sept 15: Hollar's, Nuthin' Fancy, (Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band) 9-1 $3?
- Sept 15: Left Bank Art Gallery, 1629 2nd Ave., Rock Island. artists' reception for Carol Johnson, Laki Korovilis, LuAnn Steffan, and Carol Boerckel; Sam Schold 7-9
- Sept 15: Martini's On the Rock (The Veranda), Grey Wolf Band 8-12
- Sept 15: Mojo's Plaza, RMX Live; The Andrew Landers Project 7-10
- Sept 15: Moline Bier Stube, Ron LaPuma Band 9-12
- Sept 15: Penguin's, August Zimbal, The Post Mortems, Fludder 10pm $7
- Sept 15: Redstone Room, Tim Reynolds; Solo Acoustic guitar 10pm $?
- Sept 15: RIBCO, The Brat Pack 10-2 $8
- Sept 15: Rookies Sports Bar, 2818 N. Brady St., Davenport. Natty Scratch 8-12 324-2434
- Sept 15: the Starlite Ballrom, Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St., Davenport. The BureauCats 7-10 $5
- Sept 15: Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Memorial Building, Augustana College, Faculty Recital; Randall Hall and Johnathan Kirk 8pm
- Sept 16: Alma Tapas, 121 Arts Alley, Rock Island. The Metrolites 9-1
- Sept 16: Bar1812, Pappa-Razzi 9-1 $2?
- Sept 16: Bent River, The Herbert Wiser Band 9-1 $?
- Sept 16: Blueport Junction, The Wilson Brothers Band 8:30-12:30pm
- Sept 16: Caribbean Cove Showroom, Isle of Capri Casino, The Ranch Hands 7pm, 9pm
- Sept 16: Centennial Hall, Augustana College, Farewell June 8pm
- Sept 16: Chaps, Adam Tucker Band 9-1 $3?
- Sept 16: Davenport Levee, (where Sturgis on the River was held) Hot Rods and Harleys; 3:30-5:00 The Tailfins, 5:00-6:30 Natty Scratch Reunion, 6:30-8:00 Cobalt Blue, 8:00-9:30 Shane Johnson & John Resch, 9:30-11:00 Sugar Nipples $?
- Sept 16: Davenport Library, 321 Main St., Davenport. Visiting Artists; Four on the Floor 2pm
- Sept 16: Eleventh Street Bar and Grill, Ernie Peniston Band 8-12
- Sept 16: Hawkeye Tap, Nine-1-1 9-1
- Sept 16: LeClaire Park, S. Ripley St. and Beiderbecke Dr., Davenport. WQPT's Brew Ha-Ha; Andrew Landers Project, Burnt Ends, ComedySportz 1-6pm $25
- Sept 16: Lindsay Park, E. River Dr. and Mound St., Davenport. 19th annual Riverssance Festival of Fine Arts 10-6 $3
- Sept 16: Martini's On the Rock (The Veranda) The Mercury Brothers 8-12
- Sept 16: Mojo's, Chris Vallillo 4-4:45pm
- Sept 16: Moline Bier Stube, Nervous Rex 9-12
- Sept 16: Mound Street Landing, Tripod 9-1
- Sept 16: North Shore Inn, Grey Wolf Band 8-12
- Sept 16: Old Chicago, Government Peanut Butter 10-1
- Sept 16: Racer's Edge, Rock-N-Roll Resurrection street party; Corporate Rock, Bent, Third Rail, King's Kiss 9-1 $5
- Sept 16: Redstone Room, The Bowmans, Lowry 10pm $7
- Sept 16: RIBCO, Trippin Billies (Dave Matthews cover band), Matt and Zach 8:30pm $7
- Sept 16: Torchlight, Crossroads 9-1
- Sept 16: Vander Veer Botanical Park, 215 W. Central Park Ave., Davenport. William Trotter (folk songs), Quad Cities Ballet Folklorico 3-4pm, Los Macombos 4-6pm
- Sept 16: VFW Post 1303, 3715 9th St., Rock Island. The John and Marilyn Duo 6-9pm $4
- Sept 16: Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Memorial Building, Augustana College, faculty recital; Angela Hand, voice, and Stephen Burnaman, piano 8pm
- Sept 17: Lindsay Park, E. River Dr. and Mound St., Davenport. 19th annual Riverssance Festival of Fine Arts 10-4 $3
- Sept 17: Penguin's, The Utopian Rebirth Tour; Jaundice, Solace of Requiem, Left of Center, Through Terror, Memory Obscura, Skin Deep 9pm $6
- Sept 17: The District, Erin Feis; Gan Bua, Leahy's Luck, Wylde Nept 10am-8pm $?
- Sept 19: Lumpy's, Chris Avey and Wes Weeber 9:30-1 $?
- Sept 20: Bar1812, Memory Obscura,... 9-1
- Sept 21: Blueport Junction, Damon Fowler 8-11pm
- Sept 21: Redstone Room, pre-fest party; The Hackensaw Boys 8pm $8
- Sept 21: RIBCO, A Denver Mile, with Lilly Schull 10-2 $3
- Sept 22: Bettendorf Happy Joe's, Barlowe and James 6:30-9pm
- Sept 22: Boulevard Party Hall, 1801 10th St., Moline. D.B. Cooper 8-12 $3? 797-6722
- Sept 22: Chaps, David Kroll & Heartland 9-1 $3?
- Sept 22: Coffee Artist Cafe, Suburban Singular (Brad Johnson) 6-8pm
- Sept 22: Eleventh Street, Grey Wolf Band 8-12
- Sept 22: Fireworks, Jenny Pinnick 8:30pm-10:30
- Sept 22: Hawkeye Tap, Down the Deuce 9-1
- Sept 22: LeClaire Park, River Roots Live Music Fest; Susan Tedeschi 10:30pm - 12:00am Main Stage, Bo Ramsey 9:30pm - 10:30pm Band Shell, Martin Sexton 8:30pm - 9:30pm Main Stage, Li'l Brian and the Zydeco Travellers 7:30pm - 8:30pm Band Shell, Junior Brown 6:30pm - 7:30pm Main Stage, The Nadas 5:30pm - 6:30pm Band Shell, Girlyman 5:00pm - 5:30pm Main Stage $25
- Sept 22: Penguin's, The Post Mortems, Echodrive, Fludder 10-1 $3?
- Sept 22: Purgatory's Pub, Wes Weeber Band 9-1
- Sept 22: Redstone Room, Justin Morrisey and Friends Midnight $5?
- Sept 22: RIBCO, Indie Music Showcase; Hockey Night, The Deathships, Driver Of The Year, 10-2 $7
- Sept 22: Rusty Nail, The New RiverCity6
- Sept 22: Skatemor and Reception, W. 10th St., Milan. Cadillac Ranch 9-1 $3?
- Sept 22: Torchlight, The Mercury Brothers 9-1
- Sept 22: Miller Time Billiards, Cosmic 9-1
- Sept 22: Caribbean Cove Showroom, Isle of Capri Casino, Danny Dee & Blackwater 7pm, 9pm $5
- Sept 22: Bent River, Stoneheart 10pm $3?
- Sept 22: Moline Bier Stube, Iconofest 9-12
- Sept 22: Lumpy's, Memory Obscura 8:00pm, Illinoise 8:45pm, Echodrive 9:30pm, Through Terror 10:25pm, Civilized Anarchy 11:10pm (Farewell Show), Project Menace Midnight 9pm $5
- Sept 22: Bent River, Stoneheart 10pm $1
- Sept 23: Mound Street Landing, Just 'Cuz 9-1
- Sept 23: Rusty Nail, Nitrix
- Sept 23: Miller Time Billiards, Cosmic 9-1
- Sept 23: Greenbriar Pub, Blue Collar Band 9-1
- Sept 23: Centennial Hall, Augustana College, Visiting Artists; Four on the Floor 7pm $12
- Sept 23: Caribbean Cove Showroom, Isle of Capri Casino, Danny Dee & Blackwater 5pm, 7pm $5
- Sept 23: Bar1812, The Resistors 9-1
- Sept 23: Bent River, Eurforquestra 10pm $3?
- Sept 23: Chaps, David Kroll & Heartland 9-1 $3?
- Sept 23: Eleventh Street, Grey Wolf Band 8-12
- Sept 23: Hawkeye Tap, Down the Deuce 9-1
- Sept 23: LeClaire Park, River Roots Live Music Fest; Black Crowes 10:00pm-12:00am Main Stage, Alejandro Escovedo 9:00pm - 10:00pm Band Shell, Umphrey's McGee 7:30pm - 9:00pm Main Stage, Hackensaw Boys 6:30pm - 7:30pm Band Shell, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk 5:30pm - 6:30pm Main Stage, Groovatron 4:30pm - 5:30pm Band Shell, The Gourds 3:30pm - 4:30pm Main Stage, Ernie Hendrickson and The Make Believe 2:30pm - 3:30pm Band Shell, Scott H Biram 1:30pm - 2:30pm Main Stage, Sunnywheat 12:30 pm - 1:30pm Band Shell, Family Groove Company 11:30am - 12:30pm Main Stage $35
- Sept 23: Moline Bier Stube, Pappa-Razzi 9-12
- Sept 23: Purgatory's Pub, Bent 9-1
- Sept 23: Redeemer Lutheran Church, 1107 Tanglefoot Ln., Bettendorf. Ken Kolodner; hammered dulcimer and fiddle 7:30pm $15
- Sept 23: Redstone Room, Drop Q (Kris Myers of Umphrey's McGee, Chris Clemente and Brian Felix of Ernie Hendrickson & The Make Believe, Kalyan Pathak of Fareed Haque Group) Midnight-2am $?
- Sept 23: RIBCO, Minus Six 10-2 $3?
- Sept 23: Tommy's, Dani Lynn Howe Band 9-1
- Sept 23: Wagon Wheel, One Night Standards, The Afterdarks, Mauzer 9-1
- Sept 23: Moline Bier Stube, Pappa-Razzi 9-12
- Sept 26: Lumpy's, Chris Avey and Wes Weeber 9:30-1 $?
- Sept 26: Redstone Room, Larry Joe Taylor 9pm $6
- Sept 27: Bar1812, Memory Obscura,... 9-1
- Sept 28: Bar1812, Memory Obscura,... 9-1
- Sept 28: Redstone Room, Forro For All; forro pe de serra music 8PM $9
- Sept 29: Boulevard Party Hall, 1801 10th St., Moline. Stoopifunk 8-12 $3?
- Sept 29: Copia, Evil Twin 9-1
- Sept 29: Hawkeye Tap, Lovedogs 9-1
- Sept 29: Martini's On the Rock (The Veranda), Grey Wolf Band 8-12
- Sept 29: Redstone Room, Goran Ivanovic Group 10PM $6
- Sept 29: Rusty Nail, Nine-1-1 9-1
- Sept 29: The District, Gallery Hop 5-9
- Sept 30: Bar1812, Sunny Wheat 9-1
- Sept 30: Bent River, Deadroots 9-12
- Sept 30: Hawkeye Tap, Lovedogs 9-1
- Sept 30: Redstone Room, Family Groove Company 10pm $5
- Sept 30: Martini's On the Rock (The Veranda), Grey Wolf Band 8-12
- Sept 30: Rusty Nail, Nine-1-1 9-1
- Sept 30: Speakeasy, Wes Weeber Band 9-1
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