The largest and most realistic dinosaur exhibit in North America is back, bigger and better than ever, in Jurassic Quest, a thrilling interactive exhibit boasting photorealistic dinosaurs and activities for all ages that enjoys an August 25 through 27 engagement at Coralville's Xtream Arena and GreenState Family Fieldhouse.

One of the country's most venerated and lauded country, gospel, and bluegrass ensembles makes an eagerly awaited appearance at Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center on September 1 when the the Grammy Award-winning group The Oak Ridge Boys returns to the Quad Cities, their astounding recording career ranging from their 1956 debut The Oak Ride Quartet to 2021's Front Porch Singin'.

A pair of wildly popular alternative-metal acts that debuted in the 1990s and continue to rock concertgoers nationwide enjoy a co-headlining engagement at The Rust Belt on September 3, with the East Moline venue hosting the award-winning, Billboard-charting talents of Canada's Finger Eleven alongside the Tennessee natives of 10 Years.

Delivering an exhilarating blend of reggae rock, hip-hop, and high-energy funk, the Cleveland, Ohio natives of Tropidelic headline a September 1 concert event at Davenport's Redstone Room in support of their most recent studio album All the Colors, a recording that Daily Reggae raved " takes them from the big leagues to a true reggae-rock heavy hitter."

Composed of lead vocalist Paul Wandtke on guitar, Mike Petrasek on bass, and Joe Kus on drums, the hard-rocking tribute artists of Smells Like Nirvana play a September 2 headlining engagement at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, celebrating the legendary sounds of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain through smash hits, B-sides, rare songs, and more from albums including Nevermind, In Utero, and Bleach.

Their beloved hits including “Good Things,” You Don’t Get Much,” “Idaho,” and the iconic Party of Five anthem "Closer to Free," BoDeans headline a September 2 concert event at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, the alternative rockers lauded by the Post Crescent as "one of the most successful, and best known, bands to come out of the Milwaukee area," and the musicians enjoying a permanent installation at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland.

A Labor Day-weekend tradition once again blasts into the District of Rock Island in this year's Xtream Rock Island Grand Prix, the September 2 and 3 event in which thousands will cheer as hundreds of racing-kart drivers traverse the tree-lined streets at speeds close to 100 MPH.

A 2013 Cannes Film Festival prize winner also nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language at the 2015 British Academy Film Awards, writer/director Ritesh Batra's Hindi-language drama The Lunchbox enjoys a September 7 screening at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, with The Telegraph lauding the movie for being "as much a moving and muted love story as it is an evocative portrayal of loneliness."

Offered in conjunction with the Art Bridges Collection Loan Partnership, an innovative art lending model of displaying outstanding works of American art from the Joslyn Art Museum, Davenport's Figge Art Museum will host the virtual program Manierre Dawson: Cubist or Civil Engineer? on September 6, with Dr. Randy J. Ploog exploring the art, life, and civil-engineering curriculum of the famed abstract painter, sculptor, and Chicago native.

Praised by The Guardian as “perfectly crafted” and “beautifully scripted,” the wildly entertaining Agatha Christie mystery Witness for the Prosecution enjoys a September 1 through 4 staging at Moline's Playcrafters Barn Theatre following the forced delay of its originally scheduled run this past March.

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