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Live-music venues worth the trip in Davenport, Iowa

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Event Center at Rhythm City Casino Resort (opens in a new tab)

Davenport

The Event Center is the concert room at Rhythm City Casino Resort in Davenport, sitting steps from the gaming floor. Its own page says the room has space for 2,200 people standing and 1,200 seated, and it books touring headliners.

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Capitol Theatre (opens in a new tab)

Davenport

A century-old theatre in Davenport’s Kahl Building that hosted a stop on Buddy Holly’s final tour, five days before his death, the Capitol Theatre’s operator page describes a renovated room built for touring concerts.

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Raccoon Motel (opens in a new tab)

Davenport

A 200-capacity independent music venue in downtown Davenport that opened in 2017, the Raccoon Motel’s own site describes a standing-room general admission club with shows nearly every night of the week across metal, rock, country, folk, hip-hop, emo and indie.

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The 11th Street Precinct Bar & Grill (opens in a new tab)

Davenport

A bar and grill in Davenport’s Village of East Davenport, the 11th Street Precinct’s own site promises funk, rock and some blues from local Quad Cities musicians on an indoor stage every Friday and Saturday night.

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The Gypsy Highway Bar and Grill (opens in a new tab)

Davenport

A bar and restaurant in Davenport with guitars on display and an outdoor concert stage, the Gypsy Highway’s own site says it books regional rock, blues and country bands most Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, plus a Tuesday open mic jam and a midweek dinner-and-a-free-show series.

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