Delivering what The Big Takeover describes as “muscular, meat-and-potatoes-style blues rock” and what The Dead Hub calls “old souls making incredible new music,” the Minneapolis-based rockers of The 4onthefloor headline December 10 and 11 concerts at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, treating audiences to what Music in Minnesota deemed “an exciting, drums-driven show with much-promised dancing, howling, and fun.”

For the first time since 2019, one of the Quad Cities' most adored holiday traditions returns to Davenport's Adler Theatre when the professional talents of Ballet Quad Cities perform Tchaikovsky's holiday dance classic The Nutcracker. A December 11 and 12 event boasting new choreography and staging by Artistic Director Courtney Lyon and Artistic Associate Emily Kate Long, the eagerly awaited family experience will feature live musical accompaniment by Orchestra Iowa, as well as the return of guest artist Domingo Rubio, the longtime portrayer of the company's dancing Dracula.

Family audiences are invited to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and enjoy an evening of wonderful choral music when the professional vocal ensemble the Nova Singers treats listeners to the yuletide cheer of Peace, Love, Joy!, a pair of moving and uplifting concert events taking place on December 10 at Moline's First Congregational Church and December 11 at Galesburg's First Lutheran Church.

Unforgettable show tunes and beloved seasonal standards will be on the December 11 repertoire at the University of Dubuque's Heritage Center when the venue houses the touring sensation Neil Berg's Broadway Holiday, an evening of stars and songs from the Great White Way boasting Dubuque native Rita Harvey, a castmate in Broadway's revival of Fiddler on the Roof with Harvey Fierstein and Rosie O'Donnell.