Traveling the country in support of their 2025 recording Unravel and praised by Time Out Chicago for their "heavenly harmonies on top of furious fingerpicking," the bluegrass quartet The Henhouse Prowlers headlines a November 20 concert at Davenport's Redstone Room in their 20th year of performance, the group also lauded by Sound Fuse for their "straight-laced, tight-knit, barn-burning bluegrass with enough vocal harmonization to make Del McCoury blush."

Blues Blast Music Award nominees lauded for their high-energy live shows that feature virtuosic musicianship, tight harmonies, and infectious rhythms, the artists of Levee Town play a November 16 afternoon concert at Davenport's Gypsy Highway Bar & Grill, the concert co-presented by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society and boasting talents who deliver, according to Blues Rock Review, "a balanced formula that works exceptionally well.

Hailed by The Reflector for songs that are "emotional, intimate, and cinematic," indie-pop, folk, and jazz singer/songwriter Delaney Bailey headlines a November 18 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's 2022 EP (i would have followed you) lauded by Ones to Watch as "a hauntingly breathtaking folk project that both disintegrates you yet reminds you just how alive you really are."

Hailed as the guitarist of Chicago's three-piece indie rock band Dehd, Jason Balla brings his super-group Accessory XL to Rock Island venue Rozz-Tox on November 16, the exhilarating bedroom-pop ensemble boasting the talents of Balla, Adam Schubert (Bnny), Nic Ghol, Kevin Fairbairn and Shiraz Bhatti (Deeper), Sarah Jane Quillin (Desert Liminal), Whitney Johnson (Matchess / Circuit Des Yeux), Chris Sutter (Meat Wave), and Eli Schmitt (TV Buddha).

Known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and keyboard player for Remedy Drive, the Nashville-based rock band with roots in Nebraska, David Zach brings his national tour to the Aledo Opera House on November 16, his ensemble famed, for the last 10 years, for using their music to shine a light on human trafficking and releasing a trilogy of counter-trafficking-themed albums.

Composed of Ron Schneider of bass, Kelly Lawson on drums, and David Perkins on guitar, the touring talents of Eliminator: A Tribute to ZZ Top bring their show to Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre on November 15, the group dedicated to faithfully reproducing the tone, taste, and tenacity of “That Lil’ Ol Band from Texas” through such radio classics as “LaGrange,"Tush," “Sharp Dressed Man,” and “Legs," and other beloved favorites.

One of the most venerable and beloved stage musicals of all time, The Sound of Music closes Quad City Music Guild's 2025 season with a November 14 through 23 run at Moline's Prospect Park Auditorium, the show adored by all generations for its rich characters, beautiful celebration of family, and unforgettable Rodgers & Hammerstein score boasting such iconic songs as “My Favorite Things,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen,” “Climb Ev'ry Mountain,” “Edleweiss,” and the unforgettable title tune.

On November 18, a virtual evening of cooking insights, techniques, and foodie exploration will be delivered as Illinois Libraries Present and the Rock Island and Silvis Public Libraries host a presentation of J. Kenji López-Alt: A Journey Through Food & Science, a delightful how-to program with the award-winning cookbook author and New York Times food columnist.

Eventually, the bubble will no doubt burst, as one does quite memorably toward the end of his latest film. But barring the unrelieved misery wallow that is 2017's The Killing of a Sacred Deer, no one's movies over the past 10 years have tickled and astonished me quite like Yorgos Lanthimos', with the director's new, wickedly entertaining oddity Bugonia much like his others, and also not at all.