An eagerly awaited springtime touring event rides, jumps, and spins into the Vibrant Arena at the MARK on May 9 as the Moline venue hosts two presentations of Monster Jam 2026, the amphitheater event that brings a new level of high-flying, four-wheel excitement to the entire family with racing, two-wheel skills, donuts, and freestyle competitions.

An eagerly awaited springtime event taking place over Mother's Day weekend in Davenport's spacious Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, the Beaux Arts 2026 Spring Fair will treat visitors to an outdoor celebration of visual arts and fine crafts on May 9 and 10,, with the annual event featuring food, live music, children's activities, and works for sale by dozens of artists and Midwestern vendors.

With the May 14 event led by Co-Senior Curator Joshua Johnson, the Figge Art Museum's latest Music and Maker's Night will boast an art-making activity and live music in the Davenport venue's Quad City Bank & Trust Grand Lobby, as well as Johnson guiding museum guests on a tour of the fascinating exhibition Get Surreal ( A Surreal Lens).

There's a line, or rather a lyric, that fully encapsulates what Michael is about, and it's found in Jackson's 1983 smash “Billie Jean”: “And be careful of what you do / 'Cause the lie becomes the truth.”

Kitty: Jeramie Coleman’s charm was a wonderful contrast to Antonio Stone’s severity. Watching the two of them clash so fiercely was riveting.

Mischa: For sure. And there was a third actor, Dwayne Hodges, who provided a big contrast to both Stone and Coleman, but delivered an equally compelling performance.

With its venue transformed into a space to honor and celebrate the creativity of four graduating digital art and design majors before they step into the world as professional designers, the 2026 DART Senior Thesis Show will be on display at the University of Dubuque's Bisignano Art Gallery throughout the summer, this annual exhibit an energetic mix of illustration, motion design, and digital painting.

An iconic group of chart-topping, multi-platinum-selling musicians whose 2026 album I Beat Loneliness was hailed by the Daily Express for its "forceful blend" of melancholy lyrical content and "explosive" choruses, the English rockers of Bush bring their "The Land of Milk and Honey" tour to Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK, the May 5 concert event by the band's founder, lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist Gavin Rossdale.

Touring in support of their September release I Feel the Everblaxk Festering Within Me, a Billboard-charting hit that made the top five in Germany, the deathcore musicians of Lorna Shore headline a May 2 concert event at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, the group composed of lead guitarist Adam De Micco, drummer Austin Archey, rhythm guitarist Andrew O'Connor, vocalist Will Ramos, and bassist Michael Yager.

With Americana UK raving that the talents are an "outstanding" duo who "demonstrate excellent musicianship," folk rockers Mandy Fer and Dave McGraw bring their outfit Sway Wild to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on May 6, First-Avenue.com adding that the project's album debut was "nothing short of an artistic epiphany."