With award-winning, Billboard-charting, internationally touring artists performing on the banks of a mighty river, the Mississippi Valley Blues Fest returns to Davenport for its 37th incarnation on September 15 and 16, the LeClaire Park event – hosted by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society – featuring nine thrilling Main Stage concert sets, nine additionally incendiary sets on the neighboring Tent State, and the return of the MBVS' popular blues-education and -appreciation initiative Blueskool.

Venerated rockers who achieved chart-topping Billboard success in the 1990s and are still going strong today, the hard-driving and critically lauded musicians of Skid Row and Buckcherry team up for a special co-headlining engagement at Moline venue The Rust Belt, their September 19 concert sure to boast hits from their most recent, respective albums The Gang's All Here and Vol. 10, as well as iconic smashes such as Skid Row's "18 and Life" and Buckcherry's "Sorry."

Their musical experiences having collectively earned them Grammy Awards, Chicago Music Awards, and opening sets for some of the biggest names in reggae, the Midwestern world-music artists of Gizzae headline a September 15 concert event at Davenport's Redstone Room, these talents having previously collaborated with the legendary likes of Ziggy Marley, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Carly Simon, and Talking Heads.

Touring together again for the first time since their initial 2018 disbandment, the punk-rock talents of Elmhurst, Illinois' The Orwells headline a September 20 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the group's 2017 album Terrible Human Beings lauded by New Noise Magazine as a work in which the musicians "maintain the same high caliber of energetic indie rock, and churn out a host of catchy anthems."

With the group's 2023 album Villagers hailed by Treblezine as "a richly layered record whose graceful arrangements land with a particular nuance," the experimental rockers of Califone headline a September 21 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, their latest release inspiring Beats Per Minute to rave that "Each minute of Villagers feels like home."

Celebrating a quartet of years as one of the Quad Cities' most popular FM radio stations with a free fiesta at East Moline venue the Rust Belt, I-Rock 93.5 will present the Four Freaking Years of Hard Rock: The I-Rock Anniversary Party on September 15, the night appropriately featuring four sets by gifted rock ensembles: Alborn, Through Fire, Iowa City's NonGrata, and the chart-topping Nonpoint.

Composed of Robert Clayton "Uncle Snap" Sharpe and Brian Andrew "Rooster" King, the country-rap duo The Lacs bring their "The Party from the South" tour to East Moline venue The Rust Belt on September 21, their 2016 release Welcome to Dodge City (with Hard Target) inspiring Country Music International's Penney Holley to rave, “I have had the absolute best time listening to this CD,” adding that “every beat, every chord, every lyric, every word of this entire album hits home to me.”

A one-of-a-kind concert event that takes audiences on a journey through the music, performances, and visuals of the King of Pop, the touring sensation MJ The Illusion lands at Rock Island's Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse on September 21, this stage celebration honoring Michael Jackson's contributions to music, dance, and fashion that made him a global figure in popular culture.

“Rich Men North of Richmond” caught on like a wildfire, and the haze it generated has become nearly impossible to escape. That's not just a glib metaphor - speculations on the origins of singer Oliver Anthony and who or what are behind the song's runaway success are so thick that it's hard to read the monitor.

Having released three studio-album smashes, three EPs, 12 singles, and 13 music videos since his professional debut a mere eight years ago, the chart-topping country-pop singer/songwriter Morgan Wallen brings his national tour to Moline's Vibrant Arena t the MARK on September 8, the artist's March release One Thing at a Time having debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and marking the biggest week for a country album by units since 2021.

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