Lauded by PopMatters as an artist who "creates the steely and visceral sounds that make country music so appealing and convivial," singer/songwriter JP Harris headlines an August 22 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, his accomplishments including curating and producing the Keep It Country Music Festival at Bandit Town in North Fork, California, and winning an Independent Music Award for Best Album – Country.

Performing a salute to the legendary Americana/country musicians who have amassed five Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music Awards, and three Country Music Association Awards, the Nashville-based River City Boys headline an August 23 concert event at Maquoketa's Ohnward Fine Arts Center, delivering highlights from a 47-year career in their "Salute to the Songs of The Statler Brothers” with a tribute to the group's iconic 2002 farewell concert.

A box-office hit from 2000 lauded by Quentin Tarantino as "a brilliant retelling of the Superman mythology," M. Night Shymalan's psychological superhero thriller Unbreakable enjoys a special August 22 screening at Davenport venue The Last Picture House, the event hosted by, and featuring a subsequent Q&A with, therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright, both of the nationally renowned podcast Cinema Therapy.

Boasting a 91-percent approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and hailed by the site's critical consensus as "a bitingly satiric and hugely entertaining parody," director/co-writer Edgar Wright's 2007 cult classic Hot Fuzz enjoys an outdoor screening at Rock Island's Rozz-Tox, the August 22 event treating fans to the second part of Wright's "Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy" that also includes Shaun of the Dead and The World's End.