Praised by Rolling Stone for their “gutbucket rock & roll and soulful boogie” and by NPR Music for being “fresh, original, and truly pledged to rock and roll,” the Philadelphia-based musicians of Low Cut Connie headline an August 4 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel in support of their latest studio album Private Lives, revealing why the Los Angeles Times wrote of the outfit, “Their ferocious live show … is unmatched in all of rock right now.”

With his credits including five studio albums, an EP, 14 music videos, and eight chart-topping singles on Billboard's Country Airplay chart -- i all in his first decade of professional performing -- singer/songwriter Dustin Lynch headlines the final grandstand concert in the 2022 Mississippi Valley Fair on August 7, his Blue in the Sky from earlier this year the country artist's fifth consecutive recording to land on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart.

Touring in support of such recent hits as "Rolex on a Redneck" (with Jason Aldean) and "The Worst Country Song of All Time" (featuring Hardy and Toby Keith), as well as his most recent album Fire & Brimstone, country-rock superstar Brantley Gilbert headlines the Mississippi Valley Fair's grandstand concert on August 6, the Nashville artist's career achievements including multi-platinum sales, a trio of studio-album chart-toppers, and a “Favorite Country Music” citation from the American Music Awards.

The recent winner of four Academy of Country Music Awards – two of which, for Female Artist of the Year and Music Event of the Year, she received earlier in 2022 – singer/songwriter Carly Pearce headlines the Mississippi Valley Fair grandstand concert on August 5, the artist revered for such chart-topping Billboard smashes as “Every Little Thing,” “I Hope You're Happy Now” (with Lee Brice) and “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” (with Ashley McBryde).

Currently earning raves for his June release Tulip Drive an album whose song list boasts, according to Entertainment Focus, “absolute classics destined to win over the hearts and minds of radio listeners and music fans” – chart-topping country star Jimmie Allen headlines an August 4 grandstand concert at the 2022 Mississippi Valley Fair, the singer/songwriter's plaudits including last year's Country Music Association Award for New Artist of the Year.

A pair of bona fide rap and hip-hop legends act as co-headliners for the August 3 grandstand event at the 2022 Mississippi Valley Fair, with the second night of the fest boasting a two-fer concert featuring the Grammy-winning, multi-platinum-selling Nelly and the chart-topping, People's Choice Award-winning Flo Rida.

Currently touring in support of his 2022 release Bad Reputation, a top-10 debut on Billboard's Top Current Album Sales chart, Grammy-nominated rock, hip-hop, and country artist Kid Rock serves as the opening headliner for the 2022 Mississippi Valley Fair, his August 2 performance treating fans to a repertoire of more than 30 years and his iconic number-one hit "All Summer Long."

Headlining a Raccoon Motel concert two days before his 30th birthday, singer/songwriter and rising country star Jesse Daniel plays the Davenport venue on August 3 in support of his 12-song album Beyond These Walls, with the artist lauded by Rolling Stone for his “swaying grooves and hot licks,” and by Sound & Soul as “nostalgic, stylish, and country to the core.”

With the New York Music Daily lauding their “darkly inventive Americana” and The Sound praising their “infectious, foot-stomping Americana tunes,” the touring musicians of Muddy Ruckus – guitarist and Quad Cities native Ryan Flaherty and “suitcase drummer” Erika Stahl – headline a July 28 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the duo's 2018 album Bellows to Mend described by Evolvement Radio as “hands down their best work so far.”

One of the Quad Cities most eagerly anticipated day-long festivals returns on July 23 in the seventh iteration of the Dawn & On Music Festival, with the area musicians of The Dawn hosting bluegrass, funk, roots, reggae, and plenty of rock in nine exhilarating concert sets – from nine much-admired local and regional acts – held in Rock Island's Schwiebert Riverfront Park.

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