With the star-studded ensemble composed of Jon Auer (The Posies), Chris Stamey (The dB's), Pat Sansone and John Stirratt (Wilco), and original Big Star member Jody Stephens, the Big Star Quintet headlines a special July 15 concert event at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, 2024 marking the 50th anniversary of Radio City, the legendary sophomore release from the highly influential Memphis band Big Star.

In the classical-theatre organization's annual production dedicated to showcasing young talent, seven gifted high schoolers will present a workshop production of Genesius Guild's Sounds & Sweet Airs, the July 6 through 14 entertainment in Rock Island's Lincoln Park boasting songs, scenes, and soliloquies by the legendary William Shakespeare.

Boasting 15 songs that have reached the top 10 on Billboard's Adult Alternative Airplay list, and with the group's most recent album Exit Wounds lauded by Mojo as the outfit's "best original work by some yards," the Wallflowers headline a July 9 concert at Davenport's Capitol Theatre, the band's collection of chart-topping hits including "One Headlight," "Sleepwalker," and "When You're on Top."

Her 2024 singles including the hits "Country's Cool Again and "Go Home W U" (with Keith Urban), chart-topping country singer/songwriter Lainey Wilson performs a July 7 engagement in the John Deere Classic's "Concerts on the Course" series, the artist's number-one Billboard smashes including "Things a Man Oughta Know," "Heart Like a Truck," and "Wildflowers & Wild Horses."