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."

Capturing the exhilarating fire and fury of favorites such as “Magic Man," “What About Love,” "Barracuda," and “Crazy on You," the tribute musicians of Heartless bring their driving beats, burning guitar riffs, and soaring vocals to Mt. Carroll's Timber Lake Playhouse on September 20, the show also boasting classic songs Heart has covered by artists including Led Zeppelin and The Who.

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.

Two lauded indie-rock ensembles with 2025 albums share one night at Davenport's Raccoon Motel on September, with the venue hosting The Band Feel in support of their recently released sophomore EP Into the Sun, and the return of The Thing with Feathers, whose So Electirc album will debut next month.

Having sold almost 10 million copies worldwide of their 11 studio albums including their 2003 double-platinum breakthrough The Beautiful Letdown and 2009's Grammy Award-winning Hello Hurricane, the alt-rock musicians of Switchfoot bring their national tour to Davenport's Capitol Theatre on July 15, the band revered for their exhilarating live performances resulting in more than 5 million concert tickets sold in more than 40 countries worldwide.

Currently touring in support of her new album Rhinestone Requiem that Entertainment Focus said "blends Brandy Clark-style lyricism with the vocals of Nanci Griffith and the heart of a honky tonk angel," singer/songwriter Sunny Sweeney headlines a September 18 concert at Davenport's Redstone Room, her latest inspiring Americana UK to dub it "a sparkling yet soul-baring exploration of resilience, heartbreak, and honky-tonk healing."

Praised by American Songwriter for her "superb talents and determined approach to her profession," acclaimed country singer/songwriter Kelsey Waldon returns to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on September 13, the artist's 2022 release No Regular Dog lauded for the creative force, as stated at Americana Highways, "whose skill and resolve make her an indispensable force in Americana."

Delivering a blend of comedy, music, and improv that's both familiar and like nothing seen before, entertainer Michael Leahy's alter ego Clownvis Presley returns to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on September 17, this singular figure having toured with Insane Clown Posse, Neil Hamburger, and Mac Sabbath, and boasting a stage act lauded by L.A. Weekly as "better than the real Elvis."

A trio of acclaimed indie acts will share the Friday-night bill at Rozz-Tox on September, the Rock Island venue proud to host a collective concert set with the artists of Peretsky, Desert Liminal, and Drowse.

With his program boasting songs, stories, and lore from Yiddish-theatre classics and such artists as Al Jolson, Fannie Brice, Sophie Tucker, Ted Lewis, and Eddie Cantor, jazz, blues, and folk singer/instrumentalist Lil' Rev – a.k.a. Marc Reverson – brings his one-man show Jews of Tin Pan Alley to the Moline Public Library on September 17, the touring favorite cited by the Wisconsin Area Music Industry as “Best Harmonica Instrumentalist” in 2000 and "Best Folk Singer”in 2004.

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