Producing what Album of the Year calls "an ominous twilight mood blending trip hop, darkwave and ambient for a serious gothic vibe," the independent musicians of Public Memory headline a September 15 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, their 2023 single "Savage Grin" hailed by Post-Punk as a work that "feels as though we’re ensconced in a mountainous hotel lounge or a timeless, glittering ballroom, yet with an underlying sensation of being pursued or haunted."

Performing a special concert event with a fresh style all his own, rising country singer/songwriter Brett Westgrove performs a September 19 engagement in the John & Alice Butler Hall of the University of Dubuque's Heritage Center, an evening that will find the headliner sharing his journey from aerospace engineering to Nashville, and detailing how he overcame the challenges to pursue his musical dream.

Lauded by legendary film critic Roger Ebert as "ambitious and inventive, and almost worth seeing just for Anjelica Huston's obvious delight in playing a completely uncompromised villainess," director Nicolas Roeg's The Witches enjoys an outdoor screening in Rozz-Tox's "Garden Cinema '90s Family Night" series on September 7, with Rotten Tomatoes' critical consensus adding that "Roeg's dark and witty movie captures the spirit of Roald Dahl's writing like few other adaptations."

Adored for her many TV and film appearances, including memorable roles in Coming 2 America and the original Borat: Cultural Learning of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, as well as her 2023 Netflix special Town Business, comedian and actor Luenell headlines a September 7 night of comedy at Davenport's Capitol Theatre, her varied list of accomplishments including being inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in 2015.