Industrial rockers whose Billboard-charting hits include Destroy What You Enjoy, Builders of the Future, and the platinum-selling Tonight the Stars Revolt!, the musicians of Powerman 5000 headline a July 22 concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, the group's most recent album The Noble Rot having received a five-out-of-five rating by Cryptic Rock, which called the recording "a must-listen if you're a fan of Powerman 5000 or the fantastic camp of a B-movie."

Liliac, July 21

Formed in Los Angeles in 2015 and now based in Atlanta. the chart-topping heavy-metal musicians of Liliac headline a July 21 concert event at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, this "First Family of Rock" boasting a quintet of musical talents who are also siblings: the Cristea clan of Melody (vocals, bass, flute), Samuel (ead guitar, backing vocals), Abigail (drums), Ethan (bass, additional rhythm guitar), and Justin (keyboard).

A popular, Chicago-based touring outfit composed of lead vocalist Billy Yost, guitarist Jonny Ifergan, and bassist Daniel Leu, The Kickback headlines a July 24 concert event at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, with Rolling Stone raving that the band "conjures the very best parts of The Veils and The Walkmen and The Killers, writing lean, nervy songs that snarl and snap."

With singer/songwriter Alynda Segarra's 2022 recording Life on Earth lauded by Pitchfork as a "powerful" album that "exudes a glorious irreverence," the New Orleans artist's alternative-folk project Hurray for the Riff Raff headlines a July 25 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, Pitchfork adding that their latest release boasts songs that "are both intimate and immense, and they’ve never sounded more honest or self-possessed."

Touring in support of his 2022 album Nation of Heat Revisited, a remastered take on his 2009 EP debut with the songs in a different track order and with added instrumentation, Maryland-based folk singer/songwriter Joe Pug headlines a July 27 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's latest inspiring No Depression to rave, "Pug has achieved something impressive: the songs feel fresh yet familiar, speaking to their timelessness."

Held in conjunction with the vinyl-release after-party for his full-length concept recording of piano and electronics, the Together We Rise Farewell Concert with St. Ambrose University professor William Campbell will be held at Rock Island's Sound Conservatory Music Academy & Shoppe on July 22, the contemporary-classical composer stating of his latest, "This music was created in my belief that we can all work for the common good and justice for everyone within our society.”

Currently celebrating their 35th year of delivering high-energy Southern party rock to crowds nationwide, the New Duncan Imperials headline a July 22 concert event at Rascals Live, the Moline venue's guests having released a dozen albums over their career and boasting monikers as fun as their music: Skipper, Goodtime, and Pigtail.

A gifted singer/songwriter and one-man band musician who has performed more than 4,000 concerts nationwide to audiences of all ages, Rick Kelley is the latest special guest in the Butterworth Center's and Deere-Wiman House's Music on the Lawn series, the popular children's musician delivering a July 19 performance filled with humor and original songs.

A Pakistani-American author and interfaith activist once featured in Oprah Magazine as a woman making a difference in her community, Saadia Faruqi will make a quintet of public appearances as the latest guest in Quad City Arts'; Visiting Artist series, her accolades include being a Sydney Taylor Notable for 2021's A Place at the Table co-written with Laura Shovan and earning a South Asia Book Award Honor for A Thousand Questions.

Based on the wildly popular, award-winning children's television show that has been enchanting youths since 2004, the touring sensation Peppa Pig Live! Peppa Pig's Adventure comes to Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK on July 20, this stage musical bringing to life all the memorable characters and warm humor evident in the series that has been broadcast in more than 180 countries worldwide.

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