With her sound described by Post-Punk.com as "a genre-defying journey, a mysterious blend of sounds that teeters between light and shadow," multi-genre musician Taraneh headlines an October 20 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist also hailed by Paper magazine as "a magnetic force in the New York music scene" who "looks like a goth Debbie Harry and sings like a moody siren."

With his music, as described by Westword, "soothing respite from the chaotic day-to-day realities that cloud our minds," Joel Van Horne brings his project Covenhoven to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on October 22 in support of 2025's The Color of the Dark, which Americana Highways said "continues Van Horne’s recent trend toward gradually opening his music to a bigger sonic palette while keeping all of the lyrical intimacy he’s had since day one."

Performing from the repertoire of a county icon who boasts two Grammy Awards, 17 American Music Awards (including "Artist of the '90s"), and the RIAA Award for being the U.S.'s best-selling solo-album artist of the century touring performer Shawn Gerhard brings The Ultimate Garth Brooks Tribute to Maquoketa's Ohnward Fine Arts Center on October 18, the concert event sure to include Brooks favorites such as "Friends in Low Places," "The Dance," and "The Thunder Rolls."

Quick-witted improvisation, audience participation, new games featuring musical direction by Bob Derkach, and loads of laughs will be enjoyed when Davenport's Adler Theatre hosts an October 22 evening with the nationally touring comedians of Whose Live Anyway? – the hilarious stage show inspired by TV's Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and a touring sensation boasting famed standup and improv comedians Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Joel Murray, and Jeff B. Davis.