With the event held in celebration of the 155th anniversary of Schuetzen Park, the Davenport locale will host a special outdoor concert with Nathan Windt on September 21, the Jahreszeiten der Musik: Seasons of Music program showcasing the talents of this accomplished baritone soloist and longtime professor and Director of Choral Activities at Davenport's St. Ambrose University who received the 2016 Faculty Member of the Year Award.

Delivering what The Big Takeover described as "brilliant weavings of the sound that has made Joy Division and The Cure so loved," the post-punk goth rockers of Vision Video return to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on September 23, with Pitchfork raving that the group "exhibits a radiance that distinguishes them from fellow black-lipstick aficionados."

Headlining an ever-popular two-day music festival at the Codfish Hollow Barn, the South Carolina-based ensemble SUSTO brings its Americana and alt-country stylings to Maquoketa on September 19 and 20, the venue's Fine 2-Day Fest demonstrating the musicians' skills that led Americana UK to call their 2023 release My Entire Life " a fantastic album" with "each song memorable and joyous."

Presenting a sonically gorgeous recital offered as part of the 13th-annual Live at Heritage Center Performing Arts Series, the University of Dubuque hosts an afternoon with noted organist Colin Andrews on September 21, the musician performing on the John and Alice Butler Pipe Organ that was dedicated in May of 2021 and boasts an astonishing 3,033 pipes.