Lauded by the New York Times as "gorgeous" and "hypnotic," and by the Hollywood Reporter as "utterly fabulous," the teen edition of the Broadway smash Hadestown enjoys a July 18 through 20 run at Rock Island's Center for Living Arts, the original staging of this youth-performed musical the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Direction, and, for composer Anaïs Mitchell, Original Score.

Delivering what The Hollywood Reporter described as “a joyous blast of defiant analog vitality in a manufactured digital world,” the City Circle Theatre Company brings School of Rock: The Musical to the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts July 18 through 27, this stage sensation based on the beloved Jack Black comedy hailed by Broadway World as “a big, beautiful blast of musical comedy from start to finish.”

On July 24, art collectors David and Sarojini Johnson will join artist Joseph Lappie at Davenport's Figge Art Museum for an incisive and engaging discussion on Fever Dreams: German Expressionism, exhibition featuring German prints. the arresting current exhibition featuring loans from the David and Sarojini Johnson Print Collection.

With its quartet of gifted tribute artists composed of Rich Kosak, Mark Hermansen, Rich Hattery, and Shane Smith, the KISS tribute rockers of Mr. Speed bring their "Partners in Crime" tour to Davenport's Adler Theatre on July 19, the musicians' uncanny likeness to their idols, in look and sound, resulting in the group being named "The Best KISS Tribute Band in the World" at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas.

Touring in support of last year's Billboard hit Strong, an album that People magazine called "tailor-made for jubilant live performances," chart-topping country rocker Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line headlines a July 18 concert at East Moline's The Rust Belt, the singer/songwriter's smash singles including "Back Then Right Now" and the double-platinum-selling "5 Foot 9" and "Dancin' in the Country."

A thrilling night of post-grunge and industrial, alternative, and nu-metal is guaranteed at The Rust Belt on July 24 when the East Moline venue hosts a co-headlining double bill featuring The Union Underground and Spineshank, with another pair of high-energy rock acts on hand via openers Adema and Sicksense.

Praised by Rock and Roll Fables for compositions that are "tense, dynamic, and diabolical," and by Ghost Cult as "wonderfully expansive and unpredictable," the post-metal rockers of Somnuri headline a July 23 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the group inspiring Revolver to rave, "If you like your stoner metal with a little something extra, then Somnuri are for you."

A pair of exciting young composer/performers will co-headline a July 19 concert event at Rozz-Tox when the Rock Island venue hosts sets with two arresting musicians: Jeremy Young of Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, Quebec, and Jesse Perlstein of Los Angeles.

Famed for delivering a buzzer-beating performance on NBC's The Voice, where she got to work with Alicia Keys and Adam Levine, powerhouse chanteuse Sharane Calister brings her band and her incredible vocal cops to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Rhythm Room on July 19, the Iowa artist's return engagement sure to wow audiences with her unique blend of R&B, pop, and modern soul stylings.

Performing in support of their tenth and reportedly final studio album Egg & Dart, the June 13 release described by Americana Highways as "a rhinestone shining darkly" and by The Fire Note as "elegiac, thunderous, unforgettable," the indie rockers of Murder by Death bring their farewell tour to Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn on July 20, That's Good Enough for Me adding that "Egg & Dart's impact will be felt for years to come, solidifying Murder By Death's place in music history."

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