With this year's musical guests including the Matt Full Band, the Frank Russell Quartet, and Davenport phenom CJ Parker, Polyrhythms proudly presents the 11th-annual Bill Bell Jazz & Heritage Festival at Rock Island's Martin Luther King Center and neighboring MLK Park, an August 22 through 24 celebration of cultural heritage in the Quad Cities named after the late musician, educator, and East Moline native lovingly known as “The Jazz Professor.”

Lauded by PopMatters as an artist who "creates the steely and visceral sounds that make country music so appealing and convivial," singer/songwriter JP Harris headlines an August 22 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, his accomplishments including curating and producing the Keep It Country Music Festival at Bandit Town in North Fork, California, and winning an Independent Music Award for Best Album – Country.

Performing a salute to the legendary Americana/country musicians who have amassed five Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music Awards, and three Country Music Association Awards, the Nashville-based River City Boys headline an August 23 concert event at Maquoketa's Ohnward Fine Arts Center, delivering highlights from a 47-year career in their "Salute to the Songs of The Statler Brothers” with a tribute to the group's iconic 2002 farewell concert.

A Grammy-nominated Nashville sensation whose plaudits include two Academy of Country Music Awards and a Country Music Association Award, singer/songwriter Tracy Lawrence headlines an August 15 concert event at Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center, the artist's many chart-topping singles including “Sticks and Stones,” “My Second Home,” “Alibis,” “Texas Tornado,” and “Time Marches On.”