Touring in support of their 2023 release Lighting Up the Sky that hit number one on Billboard's Top Hard Rock Albums chart, one of the millennium's most successful and acclaimed alternative-metal acts lands in Moline with the arrival of Godsmack, the Grammy Award winners – and inspirations for Boston, Massachusetts' annual "Godsmack Day" – who headline a Vibrant Arena at the MARK concert event on September 28.

Having carved out a sizable cult following over the past four decades as purveyors of catchy, contagious, multilayered funk, Morris Day & the Time bring their national tour to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center on September 22, the famed funksters deliver an 'in the flesh' flavor that keeps generations of fans flapping their limbs to "The Bird" and grooving to "Girl."

Arriving in Davenport for a live September 22 performance one year after Baz Luhrmann's movie smash Elvis and weeks before Sofia Coppola debuts her bride-of-Elvis film Priscilla, international tribute artist Shawn Klush will command the Adler Theatre stage with his Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Experience, a thrilling celebration of Presley's music and magic that has spent numerous years captivating audiences around the globe.

Delivering an evening of enthralling classical music boasting two Bach compositions alongside a quartet of additional pieces, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra opens its Autumn schedule at Davenport's First Presbyterian Church in the intimate concert event Up Close with the Mesa-Zelek Duo, with organist Greg Zella and cellist Thomas Mesa collaborating prior to the latter's forthcoming guest appearance in the QCSO's first Masterworks concerts of the 2023-24 season.

Touring in support of his 2022 release Neon Blue, which Holler Country praised as "a crash course in pure country from one of the music university’s finest and most knowledgeable professors," singer/songwriter Joshua Hedley headlines a September 28 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's latest also inspiring Pitchfork to rave that "the pleasure of Neon Blue is how Hedley subtly twists country conventions, making retro-minded songs and sounds seem both familiar and fresh."

One of the Quad Cities' best-loved rock ensembles, and musicians responsible for one of the area's best-loved outdoor festivals, headlines a Summer 2023 Concert Series event at the Tangled Wood on the first day of fall, with the Bettendorf venue, on September 23, hosting an evening with the jam-band talents (and Dawn & On Music Festival originators) of The Dawn.

With the concert event boasting six dazzling costume changes, exquisite musicianship, powerful vocals, and a spectacular and immersive multimedia backdrop, the touring artists of BritBeat: A Multimedia Concert Journey Through Beatles Music History take the stage at the University of Dubuque's Heritage Center on September 23, allowing patrons to step into a time machine and experience a remarkable recreation of the Fab Four in concert during the fabulous 1960s.

On September 23, a revered group of chart-topping, Grammy-winning rockers will be celebrated when Mt. Carroll's Timber Lake Playhouse presents the six-piece ensemble Heartache Tonight's An Eagles Tribute, an evening of beloved, iconic hits sure to include such chart-toppers as "Hotel California," "Peaceful Easy Feeling," "Best of My Love," "One of These Nights," and, of course, "Heartache Tonight."

Boasting unforgettable show tunes rom the musicals Kiss Me, Kate and Anything Goes, as well as numerous other songs recognizes as 20th-century classics, the concert event American Songbook: An Evening of Cole Porter will be held at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts on September 23, the event's beloved numbers including 'I Got You Under My Skin," "De-Lovely," "Begin the Beguine," and "I Get A Kick Out Of You."

On September 28, the chart-topping, Grammy-winning rockers of the Eagles will be celebrated when Rock Island's Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse hosts the return of 7 Bridges: The Ultimate Eagles Tribute, an evening of beloved, iconic hits sure to include such chart-toppers as "Best of My Love," "One of These Nights," "Heartache Tonight," and "Hotel California."

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