Hailed by AllMusic as "a moody Los Angeles-based surf rock/garage outfit with a Merseybeat heart and a take-no-prisoners punk attitude," The Buttertones headline a September 1 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the group's 2020 recording Jazzhound lauded by Album of the Year as "a fun and playful affair that will make you feel as though you and your surfer buds are getting ready for a night out in the '60s."

Headlining a two-day music festival at the Codfish Hollow Barn, the South Carolina-based ensemble SUSTO brings its Americana and alt-country stylings to Maquoketa on August 31 and September 1, the 2024 Fine Two-Day Fest demonstrating the skills that led Americana UK to call their 2023 release My Entire Life " a fantastic album" with "each song memorable and joyous "

A 2022 Grammy Award nominee for The Great Average American, a comedy set that Paste magazine called “full of sharp observations and hilarious insights into regular life,” standup sensation Nate Bargatze brings his national "The Be Funny Tour” to Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK on August 23, the funnyman also noted for his Comedy Central Presents and Prime Video specials and multiple appearances on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

With the event held in advance of the forthcoming German Expressionist Film Series at Davenport venue The Last Picture House, the German American Heritage Center's August 28 presentation The Cinema of Weimar Germany will find Bruce Walters offering fascinating insight into one of film history's most notable periods, its distinctive style characterized by stark contrasts, dramatic shadows, and fantastical sets that conveyed the emotional and psychological turmoil of post-World War I Germany.