With the outfit praised by Broadway World for music that is "quiet, understated, but so incredibly impactful," the indie-folk and pop musicians of The Arcadian Wild headline an October 18 concert at Davenport's Redstone Room, the group's most recent recording Welcome lauded by The American Root as "a momentary refuge from the stress and turmoil that plague today's everyday existence."

As the organization continues to mourn the loss of its founder Nate Lawrence, who passed away on August 15, staffers with the Polyrhythms Third Sunday Jazz Series are delighted to host an October 15 concert featuring Polyrhythms favorites The Mike Conrad Trio, with the team of pianist Conrad, bass player Katie Ernst, and drummer Cassius Goens III delivering an enthralling blend of improvisation, interaction, and expression at Davenport's Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Quad Cities.

A pair of acclaimed folk acts that each debuted over the past eight years will take the stage at the Raccoon Motel on October 17, with the Davenport venue hosting an evening showcasing the talents of Rum Ragged, the Canadian folk music group from Newfoundland and Labrador, and Adrian + Meredith, the Nashville-based outfit featuring the titular married musicians.

Their discography boasting such top-20 Billboard hits as Destroyer of the World, American Goldwing, VII, and All Across This Land, the Portland, Oregon-based country-folk rockers of Blitzen Trapper headline an October 19 concert at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, their most recent recording Holy Smokes Future Jokes lauded by Glide magazine as a work in which "the melodies are all mellow but unpredictable, and the vocal harmonies can't be ignored."