Performing his multi-media love letter to rural America Fogottttonia, a show that former Quad City Arts executive director Kevin Maynard said "felt like being in the audience of Prairie Home Companion," singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and storyteller Chris Vallillo plays Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre on November 23. The musician was the recipient of a 1986 Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award for music composition and nominee for the Illinois Arts Council’s 1987 Governor’s Award for Individual Artist.

With two bands teaming up to deliver one evening of exhilarating Celtic tunes, the Coralville Center for the Performing hosts its concert event Irish Night on November 22, this stage celebration boasting the Midwestern talents of Illinois' four-person Steam Quartet and Iowa's three-person Sorcha.

During a week in which liberty and justice are on the minds of many Americans, it is very fitting that a newly formed Justice Choir of the Midwest is preparing for its inaugural concert on Sunday, November 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Davenport's First Presbyterian Church (1702 Iowa Street).

Teaming up once again for an unforgettable concert event boasting chart-topping hits and passionate lyrics, the combined contemporary-Christian talents TobyMac, MercyMe, and Zach Williams bring their national tour to Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK on November 17, performing dozens of fan favorites and delivering an uplifting, inspirational experience designed to get fans singing and dancing.

Two chart-topping country and pop acts will combine for one exceptional evening of music on November 16 when the combined talents of Little Big Town and Sugarland bring their national "Take Me Home Tour" to Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK, the former group's number-one singles including "Pontoon" and "Better Man," and the latter's boasting "Want To" and "All I Want to Do."

Their shows consisting of hits and deep cuts sure to have fans leaping out of their seats and singing along, the tribute musicians of Steely Dane headline a November 16 concert event at Davenport's Capitol Theatre, the group playing in the same configuration as the Steely Dan touring band, and their sets including a four-piece horn section, two guitars, two keyboards, and female background singers.

Armed with a Grammy Award nomination (for 2021's “The In-Between"), platinum and gold record sales, and multiple Top 25 entries on the Billboard Top 200, the alternative-metal and hard-rock outfit In This Moments brings their "The Godmore Tour" to East Moline venue The Rust Belt on November 20, the group also noted for smash songs including “Whore,” “Blood,” and ”Adrenalize” and career streams of more than 1.3 billion to date.

With Music Taster's Choice labeling the musician “one of the top 10 guitarists in the world,” the acclaimed blues rocker Anthony Gomes plays Davenport's Redstone Room on November 16 in support of his most recent release High Voltage Blues, a recording that stayed on the Billboard Blues Chart for a staggering 22 consecutive weeks, and that inspired Blues Rock Review to rave, "Whether you’re a long-time Gomes fan or you’re just discovering him, there’s plenty to dig into," adding that "the overall production might be the best of any Gomes album to date."

A night of thrilling electronic dance music is guaranteed at Davenport's Redstone Room on November 21, with Snakes and Stars – the new musical project of Michael Travis (The String Cheese Incident, EOTO) and Aaron Johnston (Brazilian Girls, David Byrne's American Utopia) – headlining a pulsating night of EDM with an opening set by the Midwestern sensations of The Tripp Brothers.

Delivering two hours of classic rock alongside a selection of skits and one-liners from live-show bootlegs between 1978 and 1984, the touring tribute musicians of Jump: America's Ultimate Van Halen Experience return to East Moline venue The Rust Belt on November 15, the band's lineup composed of a group of young talents all born in the mid-to-late '90s and early 2000s.

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