Known for his deep knowledge and passionate performances of Sinatra’s music, nationally acclaimed vocalist Peter Oprisko brings his tribute concert Fabulous Frank to Mt. Carroll's Timber Lake Playhouse on October 4, his show designed to captivate audiences with faithful renditions of cherished classic, and as well as insightful storytelling that celebrates one of America’s most iconic entertainers.

Presented as part of the inauguration festivities for University of Dubuque President Travis L. Frampton, PhD, a special concert with the a cappella talents of The Newfangled Four will be held in the University of Dubuque's Heritage Center on October 3, the gifted ensemble composed of tenor Joey Buss, lead Jackson Niebrugge, bass Jake Tickner, and baritone Marcus Carline.

Lauded as one of country music's most successful acts with five number-one singles, multiple platinum-selling records, and more than 1 billion on-demand streams, the musicians of Parmalee bring their “Fell in Love With a Cowgirl” tour to Davenport's Capitol Theatre on September 27, the group's list of chart-topping hits including "Carolina," "Just the Way," "Take My Name," and "Gonna Love You."

Touring in support of their 2024 album Be Right Here, a top-10 Billboard hit that Glide magazine said "goes far beyond mere toe tapping or foot stomping," the lauded country rockers of Blackberry Smoke bring their "Rattle, Ramble and Roll Tour 2025" to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center on September 27, Uncut adding that the group's latest recording is "a minor classic of the genre."

Touring in support of his 2025 release Roadkill Poetry, a work whose title song was praised by Lightning 100 as "a cathartic, introspective road trip through an alt-country landscape," touring singer/songwriter Austin Sawyer brings his musical project Drumming Bird to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on September 27, his latest recording inspiring Xavier Newswire to state, "Give Drumming Bird a chance, and you'll find a new indie artist to brag to your friends about.

Having become Indianapolis' first hip-hop "supergroup" with the release of their first album This Time I'll Be of Use, which Pitchfork deemed "a record that brims with easy fusion and harmony," the artists of 81355 bring their tour to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on September 28 in support of their sophomore LP Bad Dogs, a work described by Joyful Noise Recordings as "an angelic, gritty, enthralling urban hymnal for the disillusioned."

With his 2022 debut Wellswood hailed by Americana UK as "an impressive and arresting debut" boasting "powerful, dramatic, and poetic story songs from the dark underbelly of the southeastern U.S.," New Orleans-based singer/songwriter Thomas Dollbaum headlines an October 1 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, PopMatters adding that the artist "fuses vivid lyric imagery with eclectic musical choices on his impressive debut album."

Praised by Raised Rowdy as an artist whose "energy doesn't waver" while "his band puts on an excellent performance," country singer/songwriter Kenny Feidler brings his tour to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on October 2, his lauded recordings ranging from 2014's The Lucky Buck Sessions to this year's Live at Buck's.

A Quad Cities-based tribute act dedicated to free-spirited and energetic concert experiences from the Stop Making Sense era, the tour de force of musicians known as Heads in Motion play the final concert in Bettendorf venue The Tangled Wood's 2025 Summer Concert Series, this September 27 show with the 10-piece ensemble celebrating Oscar, Grammy, and Tony Award winner David Byrne and his iconic rock outfit Talking Heads.

In their powerful tribute to American spirit and local legacy, the Knox-Galesburg Symphony will open their 2025-26 season with a powerful performance of Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait at Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre, the September 27 concert event presented under the direction of Richard Cangro, and featuring actor Steven Duchrow portraying Carl Sandburg as narrator – a nod to Sandburg’s Grammy-winning 1960 performance.

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