The rare touring outfit that can boast raves from both Metal Planet Music (which deems the ensemble "a phenomenal heavy rock band and worthy of your full attention") and Jesus Freak Hideout (which states that "they continue to rock hard and move at a breakneck pace"), Stryper headlines a May 20 concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, the Grammy-nominated and Dove Award Winning group famed for such Billboard-charting hits as “Calling on You,” “Honestly,” and “Always There for You.”

For its Rivermont Collegiate concert event on May 21, Polyrhythms' Third Sunday Jazz Series will treat audiences to the glorious vocals of a Midwestern artist when it presents a 5 p.m. performance with the Judy Page Quartet, the Peoria native's repertoire given tremendous instrumental assist by bass player Mike Nellas, keyboard player Daniel Leahy, and popular Quad Cities percussionist Manuel Lopez III.

Lauded by Nada Mucho for their "upbeat, happy, and very crowd-pleasing songs about relationships gone bad," the three-piece garage-twang outfit Chris King & the Gutterballs headlines a May 18 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the Chicago musicians' talents inspiring ReverbNation to rave that the artists “posses a charm as the songs worm into the ear via wooly production and heartfelt playing."

Performing nationally in support of his most recent album Alone Together, Again – a recording that inspired Tinnitist to state that "the lyric content and music content of every song catches the senses of the listener and creates excitement – Dave Mason brings his "Endangered Species Tour 2023" to Davenport's Adler Theatre on May 17, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-r noted for his venerable solo career and his co-founding of legendary rock ensemble Traffic.