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Popularly referred to as the LeClaire Park Bandshell, [6] the pavilion was named for William D. Petersen, a promoter of Davenport’s riverfront in the late 19th and early 20th century. It annually hosts concerts such as the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, Festival of Praise as well as other public ...
The Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, Mississippi Valley Blues Festival and the Quad City Symphony Orchestra’s Riverfront Pops Concert are annual events. President George W. Bush spoke from the pavilion when he ran for reelection in 2004, [6] as did Senator Barack Obama in 2007 when he ran for the presidency before the 2008 Iowa ...
Ground Zero Blues Club, Memphis, Tennessee [21] Five of Allen's songs were listed on the Roots Music Report's Weekly Top 50 Mississippi Song Chart for the week of July 20, 2014. [22] Allen's 2018 live album, Dexter Allen: Live From Ground Zero Blues Club, was filmed in HD video - including club owner Morgan Freeman introducing him to kick off ...
The Mississippi Valley Blues Society, headquartered in Davenport, is an organization promoting the knowledge and appreciation of blues music in the Quad Cities area. In addition to school programs and other activities, the organization sponsors an annual Mississippi Valley Blues Festival held each July; it is considered one of the major blues ...
Davenport, IA: Davenport Masonic Temple June 25, 1966 [261] Fort-Worth, TX Casino Ballroom July 2, 1966 [262] El Paso, TX: El Paso County Coliseum: July 11, 1966 [263] West Hollywood, CA The Galaxy July 13, 1966 [264] July 15, 1966 [265] Oakland, CA Bandstand July 25, 1966 [266] West Hollywood, CA The Galaxy July 28, 1966 [267] Los Angeles, CA ...
Davenport (US: / ˈ d æ v ən p ɔːr t / DA-vən-port) is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States.Located along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state, it is the largest of the Quad Cities, a metropolitan area with a population of 384,324 and a combined statistical area population of 474,019, ranking as the 147th-largest MSA and 91st-largest CSA ...
In 1858 the city hosted the third annual Saengerfest, or singer's festival, which drew people from throughout the Mississippi River Valley. [4] The largest music event in Davenport's history took place in 1898 when it hosted the 18th annual Saengerfest. It brought together ten local German singing groups as the United Singers of Davenport.
Centennial Park is one of four parks located along the Mississippi River in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States.The other three are LeClaire Park, which is immediately to the east of Centennial Park, Veterans Memorial Park, which is being developed immediately to the west, [1] and River Heritage Park that is under development on the far east side of downtown.