With their 2023 Wandering Star praised by Americana Highways as "an upbeat celebration of commitment" and by No Depression as "a collection of songs that feel timeless right out of the gate," the country and Americana talents of Flatland Cavalry headline an August 21 concert at Davenport's Capitol Theatre, the group's recent compilation album Flatland Forever hailed by Holler Country Music as "a brilliant collection" and "a stunning mix of the old and the new."

Hailed by Americana Highways as a duo that "kicks ass in its country-flavored bluegrass rock n’ roll hybrid," the touring talents of Teddy & the Rough Riders headline an August 20 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel in support of their 2024 album Down Home, a recording that Twangville hailed as "a throwback to earlier country themes without invoking the slightest hint of bro country cliche."

On August 20 at the Moline Public Library, guests are invite to bring an appetite for sizzling storytelling when the library presents an online author talk with Casey McQuiston, the writer's program "Returning to Romance Through Food & Flirty Fun in Fiction" a virtual hour with the New York Times bestselling author of Red, White, and Royal Blue and last year's acclaimed romantic comedy The Pairing.

Presented as the official back-to-school pick in the venue's Garden Cinema series, the 1982 cult classic Fast Times at Ridgemont High enjoys an August 15 showing at Rock Island's Rozz-Tox, the film praised by Richard Roepner as a work that "continues to resonate as a substantial time capsule of the period," and that stands as "the best ribald teen comedy ever made."