Winner of four 1968 Tony Awards, including Best Play, and hailed by the New York Daily News as "a stimulating, funny, imaginative comedy," Tony and Oscar winner Tom Stoppard's Hamlet "companion" Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead opens the 2026-27 mainstage season at Augustana College's Brunner Theatre Center, the New York Times adding that this long-lauded work is "very funny, very brilliant, very chilling."

From November 12 through 15, magic, mystery, and adventure will take center stage at the University of Dubuque's Heritage Center, when William Shakespeare's The Tempest enjoys a student-acted production freshly adapted by Sunil Malapati, PhD, professor of chemistry at Clarke University.

Their latest repertoire taking audiences on a musical journey through Paris, Harlem, Vienna, and even the Quad Cities, the musicians of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Mark Russell Smith, present the 2026-27 season's second Masterworks concert, Cityscapes Home & Abroad, at the Adler Theatre on November 7 and Augustana College's Centennial Hall on November 8.

One of very few hard-rock and heavy-metal bands to earn both mainstream critical acclaim and major commercial success, Blue Öyster Cult returns to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center on November 6, the groups hits "(Don't Fear) the Reaper," "Godzilla," and "Burnin' for You" among the biggest from more than five decades of professional acclaim.

Touring the country in support of his fifth studio album Twilight Override, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter and lead vocalist and guitarist of Wilco Jeff Tweedy headlines a November 7 concert event at Davenport's Capitol Theatre, the songs from Tweedy's latest, according to AllMusic, "an affirmation of life and hope even as they acknowledge the shadows," and the recording itself "his best and most rewarding solo album to date."

A Grammy-nominated rock outfit composed of Jay Buchanan, Scott Holiday, Dave Beste, and Michael Miley, Nashville's Rival Sons headline a November 12 concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, hit songs from their eight-album-and-an-EP repertoire including "Nobody Wants to Die," "Too Bad," "Shooting Stars," and the chart-topping "Do Your Worst."

The thrilling repertoire of a three-time Grammy Award winner and recipient of the esteemed Billboard Century Award will be celebrated at East Moline venue the Rust Belt on November 6, the Minnesotan tribute artists of Free Fallin: The Tom Petty Concert Experience saluting the legendary bandleader of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and the remarkable career that saw more than a dozen of his songs topping the Billboard charts.

Appearing locally in their latest tour that will take the band to Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, and Colorado over the next several months, the popular rock and country-pop outfit Not Quite Brothers headlines a November concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, Central Iowa’s fastest growing cover band increasingly revered for their huge sound, eclectic setlist, and ability to enhance any party.

Appearing in two public events held in Davenport's First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary, award-winning singer/songwriter, author, and public speaker David LaMotte shares a few of his many talents on November 7, delivering an interactive reading of his children's book S.S. Bathtub at 10 a.m., and treating audiences to an exhilarating concert with a hopeful message at 6:30 p.m.

Every year, the Jerome Mirza Jazz Residency brings world-class artists to Galesburg's Knox College for a week of workshops, masterclasses, and community engagement made possible through the generosity of the Jerome Mirza Foundation, and this year's special guests, the artists of Jenny Scheinman's All Species Parade, will entertain audiences at Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre on November 6.

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