QC Outdoor Summer Concerts 2023
Summer nights in the Quad Cities are made for sitting outside, enjoying the warm evening, watching kids play games, and chatting with friends and family. Because the Quad Cities has so much great local music talent, we can make your 2023 summer evenings even better with live music almost every night of the week at these free outdoor summer concert series for all ages. Bring your blanket or lawn chair and enjoy.
Monday
From June 5 – July 31, the Moline Township Activity Center, 620 18th Street, hosts a free outdoor concert from 6:30-8:30 pm. Brats, sloppy joe's, chips, dessert, soda, bottled water & coffee is sold beginning at 5:00 pm in the dining room and popcorn, soda and bottled water will be sold outside. Get the band schedule here.
Tuesday
The 2023 Tunes in Town Summer Concert Series is back on June 6-August 29 from 6:00-8:30 pm. Come to Lincoln Park each week in DeWitt, IA, to enjoy live music, food vendors, and fun for the whole family all summer long. Bring your own cooler, seating and check out the local food trucks & stands available for each event.
Join us for a concert in beautiful Lincoln Park on Tuesdays over the summer for the Starlight Revue Concert Series. Concessions open at 5:00 pm and concert from 7:00-9:00 pm, presented by Rock Island Parks and Recreation. Concerts are from 7-9 pm with food available for sale starting at 5 pm. The concerts happen weekly from June 6-August 1.
Thursday
Summer, Thursday nights, and live music are uniting again at the Bass Street Landing Plaza in downtown Moline for the 2023 Summer Concert Series. This is a FREE event. And, with food and beverages available for purchase, all you need to bring is a lawn chair. Live music at 6 pm with the main band playing from 7-9 pm, each week from May 18-August 10.
The Bettendorf Public Library is set to celebrate with the return of its Summer Concert Series. The eleven-week series starts on June 1st and takes place each Thursday night at 6:30 PM at Faye's Field located at 2850 Learning Campus Dr. in Bettendorf.
Kewanee Concerts in the park are entering their 27th Season. The food stand opens at 5:00 p.m. with music starting at 6:30 p.m. No admission. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy live music outdoors each week June 22-August 24.
It's a late summer Thursday Night Groove at Schwiebert Riverfront Park in downtown Rock Island. Come and listen to live music, August 17-October 12 along the Rock Island riverfront from 7-9 pm, sponsored by Rock Island Parks and Recreation.
Friday
Finish out your week with Common Chord’s summer concert series, Friday Live @ 5. Swing by from 5-7 pm and enjoy free live music from some of our best loccal bands on the Skybridge Courtyard in downtown Davenport. Feel free to bring a lawnchair and food. Enjoy fun music in a casual, family-friendly environment and start your weekend right. Live@5 runs June 2-September 29.
Bettendorf Park Band provides free weekly entertainment on Fridays at 7:30 pm from June 2-August 4. Enjoy an ice cream social each week. Concerts and the ice cream social takes place at Veterans Memorial Park, 1645 23rd St. In case of rain, concerts are moved to the Goettsch Community Center, 2204 Grant St.
Fridays and Saturdays are great nights to enjoy live music at The Tangled Wood in Bettendorf for their Rock the Wood Concert Series from May 26 through September 30. Bring a chair to sit outside at their amphitheater. The music begins at 7 pm and continues through 10 pm.
Saturday
Grab your lawn chair, hit the food trucks, & sing-along every Saturday at Pour Bros Craft Taproom in downtown Moline during their Rail Side Music Series from 7:30-10:30 pm from May 20-September 30.
Fridays and Saturdays are great nights to enjoy live music at The Tangled Wood in Bettendorf for their Rock the Wood Concert Series from May 26 through September 30. Bring a chair to sit outside at their amphitheater. The music begins at 7 pm and continues through 10 pm.
Sunday
East Moline’s Summer Concert Series kicks off its fifth year from 5-8 p.m. on Sunday at Runner’s Park. Food and beverage are available for sale on-site by East Moline Main Street.
Join the Mississippi River Distilling Co. in LeClaire for Sunday Funday on the patio in the afternoons. Live music, views of the Mississippi River, and delicious cocktails. Is there anything better than that? Running May 28-September 4.
More Concerts:
Mississippi Valley Blues Society (MVBS) will once again partner with the Cities of Moline and Rock Island to present the 2023 Summer Concert Series at The Plaza at Bass Street Landing (Moline) and Schwiebert Riverfront Park (Rock Island) which will showcase contemporary Blues artists at these beautiful outdoor venues which are free and open to the public.
- June 8- Bass Street Landing, Moline, IL 7pm - 9pm Stephen Hull Experience
- July 6- Bass Street Landing, Moline, IL 7pm - 9pm Levee Town
- August 24 - Schwiebert Riverfront Park, Rock Island, IL 7pm - 9pm Kara Granger
Enjoy the free Music on the Levee at LeClaire Park, 400 West Beiderbecke Drive in downtown Davenport. Concerts are held June 11 and 25, July 3, 16, 24, and August 23.
Find more live music in the Quad Cities by viewing our event calendar.