Bucktown
Americana Music Show
Bucktown is your music hometown. Welcome home!
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Summertime & the living is easy!
Greetings, y’all! We hope you’re having a wonderful summer. We’re taking a brief break from our monthly shows, but in the meantime, we’ll be out and about playing at various venues, festivals and private events. Keep an eye out for appearance updates here and on Facebook.
We look forward to returning in late summer to the Rock Island Library Watts-Midtown Branch, 2715 30th St., to kick off another fun season for the Bucktown Americana Music Show. We’ll be back 7 p.m. Friday, Aug 15.
Season tickets for the 2025–26 Bucktown Americana Music Show are just $125. Click the link at the top of this page. It’s as easy as that!
This coming season is a great time to hop on board, and here’s why:
Same great seats, every time. From August through May, season tickets lock in your favorite spot in the theater—no scrambling for good seats each month.
New theater, cozier space. We’re moving to the Rock Island Watts-Midtown Branch Library. It’s a bit smaller than the Junior Theater, so with all due modesty… shows are more likely to sell out!
Prices going up (a little). Starting in August, we’re switching to an online reserved ticketing system. That means single-ticket prices will go up slightly due to service fees. But season tickets already save you money — and now they’ll save you even more.
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Our guarantee: Two hours of happiness. Rated E for Everybody. Music, humor & variety. Special thanks to our season sponsor Picture Perfect Travel.
Reserved seating returns: Back by popular demand, reserved seating! We’re setting up a new online system this summer. Stay tuned for details.
Season tickets: We’ll be selling a limited number of season tickets for next season’s series. Reserve now, pay in August ... and lock in current prices. Just email Mike mgromkey@icloud.com.
Our new Bucktown home: Rock Island Library Watts-Midtown Branch Theater, 2715 30th St., Rock Island. (Map below.)
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The Bucktown Guarantee: Two hours of happiness
Rated E for Everybody
Music, humor & variety
Special thanks to season sponsor Picture Perfect Travel
Bucktown here & there: Mark your calendar!
✱ 7 p.m. July 11 — Winning Wheels Prophetstown Concert Series, Eclipse Square Memorial Park in Prophetstown.
✱ 12:30 p.m. Sept. 20 — Riverssance
Friday Coffee with Bucktown
Our mission
Play, preserve and promote traditional American folk music, in its many styles and forms.
Celebrate Midwest life along the banks of the mighty Mississippi River.
Present two hours of happiness in a Rated E for Everybody environment, 7 p.m. the third Friday of the month (except June & July) at the Rock Island Library Watts- Midtown Branch, 2715 30th St., Rock Island, Illinois.
