River Music Experience

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The Redstone Building, home of the River Music Experience. The Redstone Building was originally the longtime home of the Petersen Harned Von Maur flagship store

The River Music Experience is a multi-use music facility located in the Redstone Building in Davenport, Iowa. The purpose of the River Music Experience is to give Davenport's (and the Quad Cities Region) residents and visitors opportunities to experience America's music, and most especially the music of the Mississippi River, through live musical performances, and programs which nurture, educate and inspire musicians and music appreciators. The River Music Experience is the home of MoJo's coffeeshop and the Redstone Room. MoJo's plays host to over 150 performances per year. These range from a weekly open mike night to the top local bands. All of these are open to the public and free of charge. The Redstone Room is a world class music venue hosting national and regional acts playing original music.

The River Music Experience sponsors River Roots Live - a two day music festival held on the banks of the Mississippi River in Davenport's LeClare Park. Acts include top national acts as well as some of the obscure folks who are about to break onto the world scene. Acts like Little Feat, The BoDeans, Edgar Winter, Black Crows, Junior Brown, Umphrey McGhee, Greg Brown and others can be seen.