With the band's collection of top-five Billboard smashes including such albums as August & Everything After, Hard Candy, Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings, and the chart-topping Recovering the Satellites, the Grammy-nominated alternative rockers of Counting Crows perform a July 6 engagement in the John Deere Classic's "Concerts on the Course" series, the artists also famed for such number-one hits as "Come Around," "Accidentally in Love," and "Mr. Jones."

Delivering an electrifying blend of metalcore, thrash, and death metal, the homegrown talents of Pit Lord headline the July 7 "Red, White, & Riffs: A QC Metal Fest" at Davenport's Redstone Room, the hard-rocking concert event also featuring sets by Xenospawn, Phantom Threat, Die First, Wyvern, and Braver Than I.

Touring in support of his 2024 album New Lost Ages, a work in which, according to Americana UK, "insightful lyrics and smart production choices make this a gentle indie-folk gem," singer/songwriter Tyler Ramsey headlines a July 10 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, his latest recording also heralded by DC Music Review as "an album that is both introspective and expansive, inviting listeners into a dreamlike realm where time seems to slow with each strum of the guitar."

With its 2024 lineup composed of touring headliners, Iowa City icons, Quad Cities favorites, and more, the Iowa City Jazz Festival (presented by GreenState Credit Union) returns from July 5 through 7, with three-time Grammy Award nominee Lakecia Benjamin headlining the nationally renowned Iowa City Jazz Festival that boasts music on two stages, culinary delights, artists, and activity booths, with free admission adjacent to the University of Iowa Pentacrest on Clinton Street and Iowa Avenue.