Wednesday, July 31, 2013

A Festival of Their Own


 
There's another music festival happening in the Quad Cities this weekend, and it has little to do with Bix Biederbecke or Jazz.
Most of the general Quad-Cities public has probably never heard of the Quad City Music Showcase. This event is put on every summer by Caleb McCabe, Dream Annabelle and Fairhaven.  It began as a high school graduation party and grew to be an all-day festival, this year boasting 9 local bands. Caleb says it is his way of trying to bring the QC music scene together for a free music experience with great bands. Because there is no charge for the event, people attend who might not normally, and then are exposed to great new bands.

The Music Showcase is held at Veterans' Memorial Park in Bettendorf. The first band starts at 2 PM, and the show is over at 10:30 PM. Below is a listing of the bands playing and a little bit of information about each of them. Each band will play approximately 35 minutes in order to fit them all in.

The Statistix are a Quad Cities street punk band  Vocalist/Bassist Spencer Statistic and Vocalist/Guitarist Ian Adolescent Lead Guitar/Vocals Elliot Damaged. drummer Jacob Disaffiliate, Justin Martyr Bass.


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High Fives and Handshakes: Indie pop/happy band from Moline Illinois Members: Colton Graham- Guitar, vocals Michael Herrick- Bass guitar, screams Ross Hughes- Keys, Trumpet Peter Mcnaught- Drums Seth Romeo- Guitar

Fairhaven: Ska group from Davenport, Iowa Members: Landon Kuhlmann-Guitar/Vocals Nathan Lane- Lead Bass/Vocals Sage Weeber- Lead Drums Nick lawton- Lead Tenor Saxophone Van Mielenhausen- Lead Alto Saxophone/Trumpet Ben Misner- LeadTrombone Matt Smith- Lead Trombone

The Easy Mark: Alt/Punk band from the Quad Cities Members: Zach Suiter- Drums Nate Spainhower- Bass/Vocals Jonny Enslow- Guitar/Vocals Scott Suiter-Guitar/Vocals

Hello Ramona: Pop/Rock/Powerpop from the QCA Micah Martin - Vocals David O'Brien - Guitar Ryan Hausenga - Guitar Zach Fulton - Bass/Vocals

Dream Anabelle - Pop-Core band from the QCA Amanda Manning - Vocals Caleb McCabe - Bass/Vocals Dakota McKune - Guitar J.W. Anderson - Drums

Straight Up! - Pop-punk band from the QCA  Andrew Grimes - Vocals, Dylan Sipes - Drums, Derek Esp - guitar, Drake DeRegules - Guitar, Jeff White - Bass

Haddonfield - Metal band from Moline, Illinois Nicholas "Gonzo" Gonzales - Vocals Evan Tucker - Guitar Nate Wulf - Guitar Jon Mellin - Drums

Kings - QC Hardcore Ryan Ross - Vocals Seth Rutledge - Vocals Darren Doye - Bass Zach Potter - Guitar Tony Hammond - Drums Nathan Woeber - Guitar
 

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