25 Jul 2023

Three Days Grace, August 4

By Reader Staff

Returning to the Quad Cities in support of 2022's Explosions, which Cryptic Rock called "an intense album you can listen to over and over and still find cathartic release of heartbreak and pain with each spin," the alt-rock and -metal talents of Three Days Grace headline the August 4 grandstand concert at the Mississippi Valley Fair, the group's credits including a half-dozen top-10 Billboard album smashes and more than a dozen chart-topping singles.

25 Jul 2023

Limp Bizkit, August 5

By Reader Staff

Three-time Grammy nominees who have sold in excess of 40 million albums worldwide, the rap rockers and nu metal artists of Limp Bizkit headline the August 5 grandstand concert at this year's Mississippi Valley Fair, their most recent album Still Sucks lauded by The PRP for its "off-the-cuff atmosphere and a less-is-more approach that fits the group’s current status like a glove."

25 Jul 2023

Hardy, August 6

By Reader Staff

A Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music Award nominee who has written songs for Florida Georgia Line, Chris Lane, Blake Shelton, Dallas Smith, Thomas Rhett, and Morgan Wallen, singer/songwriter Michael Wilson Hardy, better known as Hardy, serves as the final grandstand headliner for the 2023 Mississippi Valley Fair, his August 6 concert sure to boast his from his 2023 album The Mockingbird & the Crow, a number-one smash on Billboard's U.S. Country, Indie, and Rock charts.

25 Jul 2023

Finesse2tymes, August 5

By Reader Staff

Lauded by Pitchfork for his "thunderous voice" and the creator of a major Billboard hit with last year's major-label mixtape debut 90 Days, rap singer/songwriter – better known by his professional moniker Finesse2tymes – headlines an August 5 concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, his December recording leading Yourstru.ly to rave that "the delivery is superb, and the beat arrangement is classic hip-hop."

25 Jul 2023

BK Davis' Audacity Blues Tour, August 5

By Reader Staff

With his recent album Invisible Secret delivering what One Nation News deemed "lush, Latin inflected works that reflect jazz through a prism of salsa," beloved Steinway Artist and Quad Cities native Byron "BK" Davis brings his Audacity Blues Tour to Common Chord's Redstone Room on August 5, the Davenport venue treating audiences to the musical gifts of an accomplished sextet led by the master pianist who boasts more than four decades of professional accomplishments.

25 Jul 2023

The Pat Travers Band, August 4

By Reader Staff

With Blues Blast magazine calling his playing “speed-freak fast and clean and crisp” and Northwest Music Scene deeming him “a force to be reckoned with,” venerated rock guitarist, keyboardist, and singer Pat Travers brings his ensemble the Pat Travers Band to Davenport's Redstone Room on August 4, the high-energy trio playing from a repertoire of hits dating all the way back to Travers' self-titled 1976 debut.

25 Jul 2023

Blues Beatles, August 10

By Reader Staff

Music lovers wouldn't necessarily consider the styles an ideal match. But on August 10, Blues Beatles will wow Rhythm City Casino Resort visitors by instilling the songs of John, Paul, George, and Ringo will distinct blues rhythms and phrasing – a blend that had On Stage Magazine raving that the group's Brazilian musicians “seamlessly and successfully melded classic Beatles tunes with deep-down Southern blues. These reinventions of familiar Beatles music lead a listener to wonder what would have happened if the Beatles had signed with Motown through some crazy twist of fate.”

25 Jul 2023

Arts Fishing Club, August 10

By Reader Staff

Composed of musicians Christopher Kessenich, Peter Eddins, Jimi Greene, Brian Kempson, and Matthew Siffert, and named one of NPR's 10 "Nashville Bands to Add to Your Playlist," Arts Fishing Club headlines an August 10 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, currently touring in support of their critically acclaimed album debut Rothko Sky.

25 Jul 2023

Quad City Music Guild's “Pippin,” August 4 through 13

By Reader Staff

Winner of five Tony Awards for its 1973 debut and four Tonys for its 2013 revival, composer Stephen Schwartz's musical-comedy smash Pippin enjoys an August 4 through 13 Quad City Music Guild presentation at Moline's Prospect Park Auditorium, this stage extravaganza's lavish praise including the New York Post deeming it “a thrilling piece of eye-popping razzle dazzle."

25 Jul 2023

“Puffs,” August 4 through 13

By Reader Staff

Praised by Metro as "hilariously heartfelt" and by the New York Times as "a fast-paced romp" that "exudes a jovial, winking fondness for all things Harry," author Matt Cox's stage comedy Puffs enjoys an August 4 through 13 run at Moline's Spotlight Theatre, this riotous and touching tale about the hangers-on of a certain boy wizard a show that, according to Nerdist, "never goes more than a minute without a laugh."

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