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."

Appearing locally with familiar traveling companions such as Peanut, José Jalapeño, Bubba J., Sweet Daddy Dee, and a new friend not unreminiscent of a current U.S. president, comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham brings his national "Still Not Canceled" tour to Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK on October 19, the performer's comic talent and audience rapport establishing why he holds the Guinness World Record for “Most Tickets Sold for a Stand-Up Comedy Tour.”

A South Carolina native boasting more than a million InstaGram followers, the red-headed, frequently shirtless comedian Ginger Billy brings his Midwestern tour to East Moline venue The Rust Belt on October 13, his debut video netting the performer nearly a million views on YouTube alone.

On October 17, the author of more than two dozen books, all of which are written for young and middle-grade audiences, will be the highlighted speaker when the Rock Island Public Library hosts the virtual Illinois Libraries Present program Food, Family, & Folktales: A Conversation with Grace Lin, with Evanston Public Library children’s librarian Brian E. Wilson joining the lauded and awarded writer in conversation.