Lauded by PopMatters as an alternative-folk singer/songwriter who "sits comfortably amongst the likes of Ray LaMontagne and Damien Rice with his smoky vocals and keen ability to strike an emotional chord," Florida musician Matthew Fowler headlines an August 15 concert event at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's most recent recording inspiring A Green Man to rave, "If you enjoy creative independent folk music at all, you owe it to yourself to check out The Grief We Gave Our Mother.”

A critically lauded shoegaze project headlined by founder Scott Cortez, the alternative rockers of Astrobrite headline an August 12 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the group's 11-album discography including Pinkshinyultrablast, which SputnikMusic called "rapture for the spirit ... bracing in the way of rock and immediate in the way of pop."

Those responsible for “Try That in a Small Town” have been accused of holding and promoting racist views; to be racist requires convictions, and it’s unlikely that these hacks have any convictions at all beyond fattening their back accounts.

Returning to the Quad Cities in support of 2022's Explosions, which Cryptic Rock called "an intense album you can listen to over and over and still find cathartic release of heartbreak and pain with each spin," the alt-rock and -metal talents of Three Days Grace headline the August 4 grandstand concert at the Mississippi Valley Fair, the group's credits including a half-dozen top-10 Billboard album smashes and more than a dozen chart-topping singles.

Three-time Grammy nominees who have sold in excess of 40 million albums worldwide, the rap rockers and nu metal artists of Limp Bizkit headline the August 5 grandstand concert at this year's Mississippi Valley Fair, their most recent album Still Sucks lauded by The PRP for its "off-the-cuff atmosphere and a less-is-more approach that fits the group’s current status like a glove."

Hardy, August 6

A Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music Award nominee who has written songs for Florida Georgia Line, Chris Lane, Blake Shelton, Dallas Smith, Thomas Rhett, and Morgan Wallen, singer/songwriter Michael Wilson Hardy, better known as Hardy, serves as the final grandstand headliner for the 2023 Mississippi Valley Fair, his August 6 concert sure to boast his from his 2023 album The Mockingbird & the Crow, a number-one smash on Billboard's U.S. Country, Indie, and Rock charts.

Lauded by Pitchfork for his "thunderous voice" and the creator of a major Billboard hit with last year's major-label mixtape debut 90 Days, rap singer/songwriter – better known by his professional moniker Finesse2tymes – headlines an August 5 concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, his December recording leading Yourstru.ly to rave that "the delivery is superb, and the beat arrangement is classic hip-hop."

With his recent album Invisible Secret delivering what One Nation News deemed "lush, Latin inflected works that reflect jazz through a prism of salsa," beloved Steinway Artist and Quad Cities native Byron "BK" Davis brings his Audacity Blues Tour to Common Chord's Redstone Room on August 5, the Davenport venue treating audiences to the musical gifts of an accomplished sextet led by the master pianist who boasts more than four decades of professional accomplishments.

With Blues Blast magazine calling his playing “speed-freak fast and clean and crisp” and Northwest Music Scene deeming him “a force to be reckoned with,” venerated rock guitarist, keyboardist, and singer Pat Travers brings his ensemble the Pat Travers Band to Davenport's Redstone Room on August 4, the high-energy trio playing from a repertoire of hits dating all the way back to Travers' self-titled 1976 debut.

Music lovers wouldn't necessarily consider the styles an ideal match. But on August 10, Blues Beatles will wow Rhythm City Casino Resort visitors by instilling the songs of John, Paul, George, and Ringo will distinct blues rhythms and phrasing – a blend that had On Stage Magazine raving that the group's Brazilian musicians “seamlessly and successfully melded classic Beatles tunes with deep-down Southern blues. These reinventions of familiar Beatles music lead a listener to wonder what would have happened if the Beatles had signed with Motown through some crazy twist of fate.”

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