More than a year ago, the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget was projecting a $3.2 billion deficit for what is now the current fiscal year.

Bringing together Davenport native and New York-based soprano Claire Kuttler, St. Ambrose University’s Dr. Nathan Windt, and Davenport musician Chris Nelson, the Second-Annual Tapestry Farms Harvest Moon Celebration will take place at Davenport's Trinity Episcopal Cathedral on October 8, the event designed to help connect refugees and neighbors in a shared hope of living joyful, healthy lives.

Performing an eclectic series of pieces ranging from a Bach suite to works from the early 20th and 21st centuries, lauded cellist Philip Bergman enjoys a showcase concert at Davenport's Deanery School of Music on October 14, this artist the principal cellist with Orchestra Iowa and the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra and proud former student of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's Hannah Holman.

Boasting more than 10,000 worldwide performances and featured on Entertainment Tonight and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, touring tribute artist Jay White brings his Sweet Caroline Tour to Davenport's Adler Theatre on October 9, this stage celebration of Neil Diamond including thrilling renditions of such classics as "Cracklin’ Rosie," "Cherry, Cherry," "Kentucky Woman," "Shilo," "Solitary Man," "Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show," and "Forever in Blue Jeans."

A dynamic celebration of the legendary singer/songwriter’s greatest hits, as well as the story of the man behind the melodies, the touring sensation The Billy Joel Legacy: A Tribute Experience comes to Davenport's Adler Theatre on October 10, this exhilarating stage spectacle the latest from the producers of The Life and Music of George Michael and this past February's Adler Theatre smash The Simon & Garfunkel Story.

Led by Poison drummer Rikki Rockett, a hard-driving rock outfit comes to East Moline's The Rust Belt on October 10 with the venue debut of Rockett Mafia, the group's current national tour centered around performing the classic Poison: Look What The Cat Dragged In album in it’s entirety.

With his songs, according to Little Village Magazine, "filled with a mix of goofy juvenilia, absurd sexual content, nerdy grammatical breakdowns and introspective lyrical detours," rapper and comedian Schaffer the Darklord headlines the October 10 "Horror Show 3" at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the popular touring artist appearing alongside Coolzey and Baby Jayne.

Hailed by Nashville Scene as an artist who "sings and plays like nobody's business," country and honkytonk singer/songwriter and fiddler Greg Garing returns to the Quad Cities on October 11 for an engagement at Davenport's Deanery School of Music, this veteran of the Nashville and New York City music scenes inspiring the legendary Johnny Cash to call him “the best country singer I’ve heard in 30 years."

The October 8 event made possible through partnership between the Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities and the Rock Island Public Library, a pair of iconic folk singer/songwriters will be saluted when the library's Watts-Midtown Branch hosts When Dylan Met Guthrie, an exuberant two-man show created by award-winning Wisconsin Artists Lil Rev and Will Branch.