Touring in support of their September release Funerals, the metal artists of Sicksense headline a November 5 concert at Davenport's Redstone Room at Common Chord, Crucial Rhythm praising the band's third EP as "a compact but remarkably varied release, moving between furious aggression, sarcastic defiance, emotional heaviness, and genuine grief without ever losing the band's unmistakable identity."

Hailed by Atwood magazine for songs boasting "exciting rhythms" and lyrics that "heartbreakingly honest," the Nashville-based rockers of Post Sex Nachos headline a November 1 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel in support of their fifth full-length release Big Bad, Off the Record Press adding that the group "makes engaging, danceable rock tracks with just the right amount of heartache and vulnerability."

Touring in support of her 2026 release Runaway Jane, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Celeste Tauchar brings her indie-rock project talker to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on November 5, the artist describing her sound as "emo indie rock with glitter all over it."

With guests invited to come in costume as their favorite deceased person, Rock Island's Hauberg Civic Center Mansion will host its I See Dead People Halloween Costume Party on October 30, a full day and evening of spooky-season delights featuring flashlight tours from 6 to 9 p.m., music and dancing, readings with local medium Ryan Sumpter, and a prize for the event's best costume.