Lauded by the New York Times as a comedian who "has done for peanut butter what Jerry Seinfeld did for Pop-Tarts and Jim Gaffigan did for Hot Pockets," nationally renowned standup Greg Warren kicks off this year's Alternating Currents festival with a headlining set at Davenport Capitol Theatre, his August 15 performance treating audiences to a night with the Bob & Tom Show favorite frequently heard on podcasts including Nateland, Never Not Funny, Bertcast, Dumb People Town, and The Adam Carolla Show.

Two venues in downtown Rock Island will co-host one exciting literary event when the Midwest Writing Center presents readings and a release party for the annual literary magazine The ATLAS, the latest volume of which will, on August 15, be showcased in a late-afternoon event at the Rock Island Public Library and an evening celebration at the neighboring Rozz-Tox.

On August 3, the grandstand acts at the 2024 Mississippi Valley Fair continue with the artist whom The Rolling Stone Album Guide calls “the world's most beloved heavy-metal entertainer”: Alice Cooper, whose 2023 recording Road was hailed by Classic Rock as "a cohesively themed album lathered in multi-tiered guitars, anthemic choruses, and high-density power riffage, tempered by road-honed dynamism and built for the stage."

Delivering the most successful Shania Twain tribute act in Canada and throughout the United States and Europe, country-music chanteuse Donna Huber brings her touring performance as Shania Twin to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Rhythm Room on August 3, with Twain herself reportedly commenting that after seeing a poster of Huber in character, "I thought that was me! Donna is the best Shania Twain tribute out there."