With award-winning, Billboard-charting, internationally touring artists performing on the banks of a mighty river, the Mississippi Valley Blues Fest returns to Davenport for its 41st incarnation on September 18 and 19, the LeClaire Park event – hosted by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society – featuring seven thrilling Main Stage concert sets, eight additionally incendiary events on the neighboring Pedigo-Jones Stage, and music lovers ages 25 and under admitted free.

Boasting dynamic live vocals, precision choreography, and immersive visuals, and celebrating powerful themes that have captivated audiences worldwide, Moonlight Princesses: A Tribute to Demon Hunters lands at Davenport's Adler Theatre on September 19, this high-energy stage performance inspired by the global rise of K-Pop storytelling.

A genuine rock and heavy-metal legend brings his national tour to East Moline on September 18 when The Rust Belt holds an evening with Tud Nugent, his self-titled album debut a double-platinum hit released more than a half-century ago, and subsequent Billboard smashes including such additional platinum sellers as Free-for-All, Cat Scratch Fever, and Weekend Warriors.

Touring in support of their 2025 release The Consequence, an album that MetalSucks called "a fantastic encapsulation of what made this wave of metalcore so special," vocalist Jesse Leach, guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz, bassist Mike D'Antonio, and drummer Justin Foley bring their Grammy-nominated, chart-topping metalcore outfit Killswitch Engage to East Moline venue The Rust Belt on September 21.

Touring in support of their 2026 release Engines of Demolition that SputnikMusic said demonstrates "hard work, dedication, and plenty of soul," the heavy metal musicians of Black Label Society headline a September 24 concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, their Billboard-charting hits including Shot to Hell, Order of the Black, and Catacombs of the Black Vatican.

Performing from a beloved repertoire that includes “Brandy,” “Maneater,” “Break My Stride,” “Somebody's Baby,” and other easy-listening classics, the California-based musicians of Yachtley Crew headline a September 9 concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, their shows a salute to Yacht Rock greats such as Toto, Hall & Oates, Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, and many others.

With the group's most recent album The New Dark Ages inspiring Kerrang!'s Sam Law to say that the musicians "remain the sickest band in the universe," the touring shock rockers of GWAR headline a March 19 concert event at Davenport's Capitol Theatre, their Billboard-charting hits including America Must Be Destroyed, Lust in Space, and Battle Maximus.

Touring in support of his 2026 album Freedom of Speech that Rolling Stone praised as "a defiant, humorous victory lap," Grammy-nominated rap artist Joseph Edgar Foreman – better known by his alias Afroman – headlines a September 18 concert at Davenport's Capitol Theatre, the musician's discography including 19 studio albums, 13 mixtapes, four EPs, one live album, and the Billboard-charting hit "Because I Got High."

Garnering national attention for their high-energy performances since 2017, the seven world-classic musicians of The Seven Wonders bring their Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks tribute to Davenport's Redstone Room at Common Chord on September 24, authentically recreating such timeless hit singles as "Dreams," "Go Your Own Way," "Rhiannon," "Edge of Seventeen," "Landslide," and "Gypsy."

Hailed by The Guardian for delivering "jubilant indie singalongs" and by SputnikMusic for their "tune sense and magnificent, swelling choruses," the Portland-based rockers of Ages and Ages headline a September 18 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the outfit's recent credits including a Tiny Desk performance for NPR's All Songs Considered, an appearance at Newport Folk Festival, and the March release of their fifth album Fine Thanks and You.

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