On September 27, University of Dubuque music and theatre students, along with area high schoolers, will have the opportunity to join a Tony Award winner on-stage when the university's Heritage Center presents A Broadway Cabaret with Special Guest Wilson Jermaine Heredia, an open-to-the-public concert event boasting the talents of the performer best-known for originating the role of Angel in Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning Rent.

Touring in support of their September release Something Is Working Up Above My Head, which Glide magazine lauded as "a dynamic collection" and "a taut, energized set," married singer/songwriters Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearts bring their musical project Shovels & Rope to Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn on September 28, sharing the indie-folk talents that led Rolling Stone to praise the duo's “inimitable vocal harmonies” and combined ability “to find joy in unexpected places.”

With the group's members, individually and collectively, having performed with or opened for the likes of Michael Franti, Little Feat, Yonder Mountain String Band, Nickel Creek, and George Clinton, the folk, bluegrass, and indie-rock sextet Elephant Revival headlines a September 29 concert at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, evermember of the ensemble a multi-instrumentalist who also contributes to the vocals and songwriting.

Celebrating the extraordinary compositions of Henry Mancini on the 100-year anniversary of his birth, the stage spectacular The Music of Mancini will delight audiences at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, its September 28 presentation taking patrons on a musical journey that travels from Mancini's early days with the Glenn Miller Orchestra to the timeless melodies of classics including Peter Gunn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and Charade.

A popular group of touring Chicago musicians, both figuratively and literally, play the Timber Lake Playhouse on September 28 when the Mt. Carroll venue hosts a night with The Chicago Experience, the tribute artists' repertoire taking audiences from the early hits off Chicago Transit Authority’s 1968 self-titled album, including “Beginnings” and “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”, through the 1980s smashes including “Hard To Say I’m Sorry” and “You’re The Inspiration."

Boasting an array of stunning tunes that capture the spirit and brilliance of one of the all-time-great American composers, Gershwin: A Birthday Celebration Performance will be presented at Moline's Sound Conservatory on September 28, the special encore performance (of the September 14 concert) dedicated to the genius responsible for timeless works including 1924's Rhapsody in Blue, 1928's An American in Paris, the songs "Embraceable You" and "Fascinating Rhythm," and the opera Porgy and Bess.

In a thrilling kickoff the University of Dubuque's 12th-annual Live at Heritage Center Performing Arts Series, acclaimed organist Gail Fisher will perform on the John and Alice Butler Pipe Organ on September 22, her repertoire that afternoon featuring wondrous classical compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Franz Listz, and others.

Nominated for more than a dozen Grammy Awards and winner of three Country Music Association (CMA) Awards, singing/songwriting superstar and Grand Ole Opry member Dierks Bentley brings his “Gravel & Gold Tour” to Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK on September 20, his 2023 Gravel & Gold inspiring AllMusic to rave that "when combined with the occasional barn burner, such as the jocular bluegrass closer 'High Note,'" the album "delivers a recipe for a good time."

Led by lead guitarist and vocalist Steve Brown, the band's co-founder who has been with his outfit for more than 40 years, the glam-metal rockers of Trixter headline a September 21 concert event at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, the group's hits including "Give It to Me Good," "Surrender," and "One in a Million," the latter a gold-certified Billboard smash and popular staple of early-'90s MTV.

Returning to the Moline venue in support of their new album Kinetica, Alice Cooper's daughter Calico Cooper and longtime bassist Chuck Garric bring their heavy-metal ensemble Beastö Blancö to Rascals Live on September 21, performing from a repertoire that includes the band's 2019 album We Are, a work that Metal-Temple.com called “Mötley Crüe meets White Zombie meets the heavy-metal period of Alice Cooper back in the 2000s."

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