On August 2, this year's Mississippi Valley Fair will offer a two-fer of alternative rock and post-grunge with its fifth grandstand concert of the summer: a co-headlining event featuring Lit, whose top-10 Billboard hits include "Miserable," "Lipstick & Bruises," and the chart-topping "My Own Worst Enemy," and Pop Evil, their own Billboard smashes including the number-one singles "Trenches," "Torn to Pieces," and "Deal with the Devil."

Hailed by the Kansas City Pitch as "an eclectic band that thrives in the realm of genre-bending," the Missouri-based talents of Stranded in the City play a special outdoor concert hosted by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society, their August 3 engagement in Davenport's Kaiserslautern Park treating audiences to a group that, the Pitch continued, "delves deep into pushing the limits of individual talent."

Lauded by the Charleston City Paper as its "Singer/Songwriter of the Year," and praised for "deftly blending an array of influences that nod toward crooning pop-rock in the vein of Chris Isaak or Roy Orbison, the theatrical roots-rock excess of Bruce Springsteen, and the dark post-punk romanticism of Echo & the Bunnymen," Johnny Delaware performs a solo concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel on August 2, the artist also famed for his tenures with the alt-rockers of Susto and The Artisanals.

Two increasingly acclaimed alternative-indie outfits will share the stage at Davenport's Raccoon Motel on August 5, with the talents of Veaux touring in support of their recent singles and debut EP Still Awake, and the Fox Royale joining them while promoting recent hit songs including "I Don't Speak the Language" and this year's "Almost There."