Because The Shark Is Broken is an insider look at the making of Jaws, it seems both fitting and somewhat ironic that the play and movie share the same villain.

Magic is on display in Quad City Music Guild's and director Kathryn Weber's current, spirited presentation of 1776, its music direction by Claire Schaecher and choreography by Beth Marsoun. (And I hear the intermission hot dogs are terrific.)

Performing in their wildly anticipated "Final Frontier Tour," the iconic arena-rockers of Journey play Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK on June 24, the band currently composed of guitarist/vocalist Neal Schon (the longest-serving original member), keyboardists/vocalists Jonathan Cain (retiring from the group after this tour) and Jason Derlatka, drummer/vocalist Deen Castronovo, bassist Todd Jensen, and lead vocalist Arnel Pineda.

With their most recent album 152 hailed by Kerrang! as "a stunning set of songs that truly defies the band's age" and "the perfect bridge between past and present," the emo-pop and alternative rockers of Taking Back Sunday headline a June 19 concert at Davenport's Capitol Theatre, the staff Consequence magazine citing the group on their list of "The 100 Best Pop Punk Bands" in America.

Touring in support of new songs including his critically lauded "Cattleman's Call," country-music singer/songwriter Scott Wolverton headlines a June 19 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the performer hailed by Holler Country for his "warm and balanced, widescreen quality that draws from the heartland rock of Mellencamp and Springsteen, giving his songs a soft melancholy and a wide-eyed sense of wonder that sets them apart."

Lauded by SputnikMusic for their "very chill and dreamy guitar-driven indie rock with a distinct early-'00s feel," the touring quintet Dinner Time headlines a June 21 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the ensemble also hailed by PopMatters as "a band with loads of musical chops and a great deal of vision."

With her 2022 recording Still, Here praised by Pitchfork as "an alternately deliberate and exploratory” work in which "the guitarist and composer finds flashes of beauty at the heart of each instrumental tale," singer/songwriter Marisa Anderson headlines a June 20 concert at Rock Island's Rozz-Tox in support of her May release The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music: Volume 1.

Praised by Americana Highways as "consistently exciting and rambunctious," delivering "alt-country with a little garage-rock grunge," the touring talents of Old 97's headline a June 24 concert at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, Glide magazine adding to the band's numerous raves by saying the musicians "come off as down to earth in a rock subgenre that's rarely grounded.."

Performing under the baton of guest conductor Richard Cangro, the Knox-Galesburg Symphony will treat Orpheum Theatre to a Silver Screen Symphony on June 20, this cinematic celebration boasting thrilling selections from iconic film scores by legendary composers such as John Williams, Lalo Schifrin, and more.