With smash pop and rock hits performed by the intensely gifted tribute artist Brian Harris and his five-piece ensemble The Mad Hatters Band, the repertoires of two iconic artists will be celebrated at Mt. Carroll's Timber Lake Playhouse on October 5, with the stage event The Piano Men: Simply Billy & Simply Elton delivering a night of incredible music and showmanship by two of history's most venerable and beloved talents.

Touring in support of their 2024 recording Hiyo that AllMusic called "their boldest departure from bluegrass traditionalism to date," the Americana musicians of Chatham County Line headline a September 24 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel the group's latest also inspiring AllMusic to deem it "the work of a talented, imaginative group bravely stepping beyond their borders, and the result is one of their best, most fascinating works to date."

With their most recent recording Afterglow lauded by SputnikMusic as "the strongest album in their career," the experimental-rock and synth-pop musicians of The Bunny the Bear headline a September 29 concert event at Davenport's Redstone Room, Ghost Killer Entertainment adding that Afterglow is "versatile enough to accommodate even the most casual of listeners while still retaining songwriting and orchestration prowess that would appeal to a hardcore music nerd."

Lauded for albums including 2006's Whiskey on a Sunday, 2011's Speed of Darkness, and their 2022 critical smash Anthem, the contemporary Celtic rockers of Flogging Molly bring their national tour to Davenport's Capitol Theatre on September 27, AllMusic raving that "the group's hard-hitting sound still makes room for the nuances of their folk influences, and the songs make room for tales of brawling and wild times and more sentimental stories of love, loyalty, and times past."