Her 2025 release Forever, in a four-star review, lauded by Slate as a work that "adds to her repertoire in its unrelenting barrage of brawling guitars, punkish attitude, and hopped-up melodicism," Nashville-based country rocker Lilly Hiatt headlines her first Raccoon Motel engagement on August 27, PopMatters adding that the artist' latest "celebrates the experiences couples have, the memories they create, and the struggles they overcome together."

Winners of the Quad-City Times' 2017 Reader's Choice Award for “Best Local Band” and one of the most successful music acts to emerge from the area in recent years, the AC/DC tribute artists of Electric Shock headline an August 23 event in the 2025 Summer Concert Series at Bettendorf venue The Tangled Wood, the night boasting hits from a classic-rock repertoire that includes Billboard chart-toppers Black Ice, Power Up, Ballbreaker, and 1980's seminal Back in Black.

For this year's annual Riverfront Pops concert event in Davenport's LeClaire Park, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra and Quad City Bank & Trust invite audiences to rock out with the talents of Jeans 'n' Classics and conductor Hisham Bravo Groover – as well as unforgettable hits of iconic ’70s horn bands – during the August 16 extravaganza Chicago & More!

With their 2023 Wandering Star praised by Americana Highways as "an upbeat celebration of commitment" and by No Depression as "a collection of songs that feel timeless right out of the gate," the country and Americana talents of Flatland Cavalry headline an August 21 concert at Davenport's Capitol Theatre, the group's recent compilation album Flatland Forever hailed by Holler Country Music as "a brilliant collection" and "a stunning mix of the old and the new."