Common Chord

04/23/2026

🎵One More Week!🎵
⭐🎟️Another chance to win a year of tickets!🎟️⭐

You have one more week to share your feedback. Completing this short community survey will help us have the greatest possible impact on our community as we plan our programs for the coming year.

You could win:
🎟️A FULL YEAR of Redstone Room admission for two & table!
🥗Dinner & concert package
🎆Mississippi Valley Fair Fun Cards
And more!

Deadline: April 30!

Link in the comments.

04/22/2026

🎸📣ANNOUNCING.... LIVE AT 5!📣🎸

We're excited to share this year's Live At 5 lineup!

We kick things off with the big block party + silent disco + instrument donation drive. Then come back EVERY Friday all summer long for great tunes, brews, and community.

It all starts with the Live At 5 Summer Kickoff Block Party & Silent Disco ... We'll see you June 5th!

04/17/2026

🎸JUST ANNOUNCED!🎸

Coming to the Redstone Room...

May 9: Winterland [Grateful Dead Tribute]

July 16: Devourment w/ 12 Gauge Autopsy, Rotpile, and Integument [Metal]

04/16/2026

📣We're Hiring!📣

As you can see, we have a lot of excitement ahead this summer!

We're seeking new members of our team for occasional part-time help with our many events and programs.

Visit www.CommonChordQC.org/employment to learn more!

Employment Join our team and contribute to our mission of improving our community with the power of music! Your perspective and lived experience can contribute to our mission! Representation and relevancy are two of Common Chord’s core values. We work to ensure our community is reflected at all le...

04/16/2026

🎵YOU help determine our future!🎵

⭐🎟️Another chance to win a year of tickets!🎟️⭐

We need your input to help guide our programs! Completing this short survey will help us have the greatest possible impact on our community.

Choose to be entered into a drawing for some great prizes:

🎟️A FULL YEAR of Redstone Room admission for two & table!
🥗Dinner & concert package
🎆Mississippi Valley Fair Fun Cards
And more!

Deadline: April 30!

Link in the comments.

04/14/2026

📣WE'RE MOVING - Win a YEAR of Tickets!📣

Today we celebrate the 20th birthday of the Redstone Room with a big announcement: this summer, we are moving to the first floor of the Redstone Building!

The new Redstone Room brings:
✅Street-level visibility
✅Larger stage and more audience capacity
✅Indoor/outdoor flow
✅Reduced expenses = More resources for our mission!
Visit our website to learn more! (Link in the comments.)

🎉🎟️Win a YEAR of Redstone Tickets!🎟️🎉
To celebrate, we're giving away an entire YEAR of admission for two to EVERY Redstone Room show, with a reserved table! Like, comment, and share this original post to be entered in the random drawing. Drawing will be held 10am on April 21st.

04/13/2026

🌟🌟🎸A Night of Music and Celebration!🎸🌟🌟

Our 3rd annual Battle of the Businesses was a great success!

On Saturday, music supporters and business leaders packed the Redstone Room elbow-to-elbow, raising more than $50,000 in support of music education in our community!

Newcomers "The Food Fighters" (LoPiez / Floyd's Burgers) won the day with their 'salute to dads' - Creed's "Higher", followed by a brief punk rendition of Pink Pony Club that brought the house down.

We welcomed new Amplify Society inductees Bret Dale, Kate Dale, and Rusty Unterzuber, honoring their incredible impact on Common Chord's mission.

And we capped off the night with a toast to a 🤫special secret announcement🤫 that we'll share tomorrow.

Thank you to our sponsors (The Cultural Trust, Crawford Company, Modern Woodmen of America), our partners at Russell Group for a surprise matching gift, our competing bands, and all those who turned out and partied for our mission!

04/07/2026

🎸🎸JUST ANNOUNCED!🎸🎸

June 16: Spafford returns!

June 13: QC Rock Academy Metal Fest

May 8: Yellow Brick Road Tour

04/04/2026

We hope you were on the ball and got your seats to Battle of the Businesses!

Unless you have an "in" with somebody who got their table already, we're sorry that you'll miss out on our awesome lineup of community leaders rocking the stage to raise funds for music education!

Still want to join the cause? You can support the event at the link in the comments.

03/25/2026

Bobby Ray Bunch didn't take guitar lessons. He learned by watching friends, teaching himself tabs, and, here's the unusual part, singing karaoke until he figured out which songs he could actually pull off.

"You're getting live feedback," he laughs. "If you constantly bomb at karaoke, maybe singing isn't for you. But it worked out."

Sixteen years later, Bobby's still playing live music across the Quad Cities, though usually solo acoustic at wineries and breweries. Battle of the Businesses gives him something different: a full band, a real stage, and a chance to support an organization he wishes existed when he was growing up.

"Any time you can invest money into the arts, you're going to save the local economy a bunch of money," he says. "Keeping kids out of trouble, giving them creative outlets—it pays dividends."

As a real estate broker with Real Broker, Bobby sees the Quad Cities changing in real time. And organizations like Common Chord?

"They're still here, still thriving, still impacting lives in a positive way," he says. "To be a part of it is even more exciting."

That’s why we play — because Culture Matters Here, and it always will.

For the full story click here: https://www.theculturaltrust.org/culture-matters-here-blog/bobby-ray-bunch-why-we-play

Battle of the Businesses | April 11 | Redstone Room | Tickets: https://www.commonchordqc.org/event/botb26/

03/24/2026

She spends every day live in front of lights, cameras, and thousands of viewers across the QCA. Yet, Morgan Ottier sworn off this kind of Quad Cities Live. After last year's Battle of the Businesses, the KWQC anchor said "never again,” stage fright is real, and singing publicly terrifies her. But she’s back for round two.

"Here's the thing," Ottier says. "It's for Common Chord. How do you not support an entity like that?"

Music isn't just a hobby for Morgan; it's personal. Her father was a professional musician, a keyboardist and entertainer who passed away when she was two years old.

"Being able to sing or perform a little bit feels like bringing that connection to the surface," she explains. "Maybe that's why it feels so personal to me."

On TV every day, Morgan's comfortable talking to a camera. But a stage full of hundreds of faces staring back? That's different. Still, she shows up, nervous, shy, but showing up, because Common Chord's work matters.

"Everyone has a smile on their face. That's reason enough to continue supporting an organization working to do this for young people trying to find their thing."

This is why we play. And this is why The Cultural Trust champions businesses that show up for culture, even when it's scary.

For the full story, follow this link: https://www.theculturaltrust.org/culture-matters-here-blog/e6jqjqjxk24ifwmrel16z02n7mg6yp

Battle of the Businesses | April 11 | Redstone Room | Tickets: https://www.commonchordqc.org/event/botb26/




KWQC Morgan Ottier

03/23/2026

She spends every day live in front of lights, cameras, and thousands of viewers across the QCA. Yet, Morgan Ottier swore off this kind of Quad Cities Live. After last year's Battle of the Businesses, the KWQC anchor said, "never again,” stage fright is real, and singing publicly terrifies her. But she’s back for round two.

"Here's the thing," Ottier says. "It's for Common Chord. How do you not support an entity like that?"

Music isn't just a hobby for Morgan; it's personal. Her father was a professional musician, a keyboardist and entertainer who passed away when she was two years old. "Being able to sing or perform a little bit feels like bringing that connection to the surface," she explains. "Maybe that's why it feels so personal to me."

On TV every day, Morgan's comfortable talking to a camera. But a stage full of hundreds of faces staring back? That's different. Still, she shows up, nervous, shy, but showing up, because Common Chord's work matters.

"Everyone has a smile on their face. That's reason enough to continue supporting an organization working to do this for young people trying to find their thing."

This is why we play. And this is why The Cultural Trust champions businesses that show up for culture, even when it's scary.

For the full story, click here: https://www.theculturaltrust.org/culture-matters-here-blog/e6jqjqjxk24ifwmrel16z02n7mg6yp

Battle of the Businesses | April 11 | Redstone Room | Tickets: https://www.commonchordqc.org/event/botb26/

KWQC Morgan Ottier KWQC TV6 News