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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 ...
In the same year, and just after his 80th birthday, Hanks appeared at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, in Davenport, Iowa. In August of that year, Hanks performed at the 25th Annual Roots of American Music Festival, held at the Lincoln Center in New York. [9]
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 ...
Here are 10 serotonin-packed shows coming to Iowa City this season to ease the winter blues.
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.
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Musikfest, an eleven-day outdoor music festival held annually each August in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is the largest free music festival in the United States, drawing over 1.3 million attendees. [ 1 ]