On August 21, Figge Art Museum visitors are invited to experience an evening of phenomenal country music and craft beer when music legends Lorrie Morgan and Suzy Bogguss, alongside special guest Angela Meyer, light up the night in the 2025 Art of the Brew, an exhilarating outdoor celebration held on the Figge plaza.

Concluding 2026's Culture Bright Summer Series with a special August 23 evening of music, appreciation, and celebration, Common Chord presents an intimate performance by acclaimed singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright in the Davenport venue's newly reopened Redstone Room.

Hailed by Atwood magazine for delivering a “gritty blend of rock and soul that has a way of stopping people in their tracks,” the blues, Americana, country, and rock artists of Sons of Legion, Adam McInnis and Jack "Daddy Jack" Crenshaw, bring their “Soul to SØL World Tour 2026”to East Moline venue The Rust Belt on August 22, AllMusic adding that the artists have “pushed a vision of mystery and authenticity through their gritty country-rock tunes.”

Lauded by Premier Guitar as an artist who “plays guitar with a high-gain edge and slashing tone,” a famed blues rocker brings his outfit to Davenport when the Devon Allman Project plays the Redstone Room at Common Chord on August 25, Americana Highways hailing the artist's 2025 album The Blues Summit as “an immersive tribute to the storied musical genre of the blues and a wonderful addition to Devon Allman's extensive catalog.”

Hailed by Americana Highways as "a pro’s pro as a musician" and "a personable and warmly engaging performer," folk and indie-pop singer/songwriter Josh Rouse headlines an August 27 concert at Davenport's Redstone Room, AllMusic.com's Tim Sendra adding, “Like a baseball player who quietly hits 30 home runs every year or a golfer who regularly finishes in the Top Ten, Josh Rouse's continued streak of excellence is easy to ignore and maybe even downplay a little."

Lauded by DanDenney.com as artists who “possess a haunting quality laced with a yearning that mirrors the fragility of human connection,” the country-folk musicians of The Band Loula headline an August 26 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the group's 2025 debut EP Sweet Southern Summer hailed by Soundlink Magazine as “everything I want country music to be – raw, honest, haunting, and full of heart.”

His 2024 album Honky Tonk Ain't Noise Pollution praised by Metal Planet Music as “a damned fine slice of good ol' country music” that'swell-written, well-played, well-sung, and very well-produced,” Ellis Bullard headlines an August 27 concert at davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist also lauded by Saving Country Music for “making country music that actually sounds country, while also making it cool.”

Composed of bandleader Garrett Dutton on lead vocals, guitar, and harmonica, Chuck Treece on drums, and Jim Prescott on string bass, the touring talents of G. Love & Special Sauce headline an August 22 concert at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, the group's hit songs including such Billboard charters as “Stepping Stones,” “Rodeo Clowns,” “Astronaut,” “Go Crazy,” and “Peace, Love, & Happiness.”

With his most recent album Texas to Tennessee hailed by Album of the Year as “a fun, lighthearted, and breezy country-pop project from one of neotraditional country's most underrated '90s artists,” the chart-topping Texan Clay Walker brings his "Doin' What I Love Tour 2026" to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center on August 14, the artist having debuted six chart-topping hits and a dozen acclaimed studio albums over a career of more than three decades.

With its special August 20 event celebrating the opening of Common Chord's new Redstone Room facility, the Davenport venue's staffers are proud to host the area return of River Roots Live favorite Robert Randolph, his electrifying blend of gospel and blues signaling the return of a space that has helped shape the Quad Cities music scene for decades.

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