Hailed by The Guardian for delivering "jubilant indie singalongs" and by SputnikMusic for their "tune sense and magnificent, swelling choruses," the Portland-based rockers of Ages and Ages headline a September 18 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the outfit's recent credits including a Tiny Desk performance for NPR's All Songs Considered, an appearance at Newport Folk Festival, and the March release of their fifth album Fine Thanks and You.

Boasting more than 3.5 million career streams and supporting performances alongside Houndmouth, Wilderado, Briscoe, and Penelope Road, the independent country and blues-rock musicians of The Takes headline a September 22 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the band's 2026 single "Uprooting Roses" hailed by Off the Record Press as "a beautifully soft declaration of love that leaves you breathlessly hopeful and dazed from affection."

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.'s iconic Lifes Rich Pageantry, tribute-artists musicians and friends Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy, alongside special guests, headline a September 24 concert event at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, Narducy also lauded for his solo project Split Single, and Shannon an Oscar-, Emmy-, and Tony-nominated actor whose film credits include Man of Steel and Knives Out.

With the show chockful of upbeat, honky-tonk hits including “On the Road Again,” “Ring of Fire,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Good Hearted Woman,” and “Whiskey River,” the tribute talents of The Highway Men Live land at the University of Dubuque's Heritage Center on September 19, the ensemble having performed country-music to millions of fans around the country, and emerging as perhaps the greatest country-music super-group in America.