The 54th Bix Jazz Festival continues in Our Quad Cities. The festival celebrates Leon “Bix” Beiderbecke, and the ...

The Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Festival returns to the Quad Cities, celebrating one of the most influential jazz musicians in ...

City Times Bix 7 now over, the 2025 Bix Jazz Festival will begin Thursday, July 31. Here's what to know about this year's festival.

The festival will take place July 31 through Aug. 2, with additional events scheduled for July 30 and Aug. 3, at Rhythm City ...

The 2025 Bix Jazz Festival runs July 30 to Aug. 3 with live performances, river cruises, and tributes to Bix Beiderbecke ...

The annual Bix Beiderbecke Concert will return to Sunnyside this Sunday, honoring the famed jazz musician and influential ...

Bix Beiderbecke was born in 1903 in Davenport to German immigrants Bismark and Agatha Beiderbecke. He grew up steeped in music, learning to play piano at a young age and later picking up the cornet.

Born in 1903, Bix Beiderbecke didn’t live to be 30, but he made an impression on jazz that is still felt today. He was raised in Davenport, Iowa, in a strait-laced German American household.

The Bix is a crowded event, so participants should arrive early to obtain extra time for parking and warm-ups. Plan to arrive no later than 7:45 a.m. for the Quick Bix and Bix 7.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -The Bix is a big event for many people specifically for the Langan’s family who’ve had at least 20 members running the course every year since the 80s.

Bix, who got his start in Chicago, played with many of the era’s finest jazzmen. A portion of the monolithic Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns documentary is dedicated to Bix–with photos and ...

Bix has a nostalgic, retro vibe, but few restaurants can so capture an era yet still feel current. In business for 24 years, it occupies the space of the onetime Assay Office, which evaluated the ...