A collective of Iowa-based musicians and educators founded in 2017 by a group of friends at the University of Northern Iowa, the high-energy ensemble BYObrass headlines a July 26 outdoor concert in the "Live at 5" series, the event held in Davenport's SkyBridge Courtyard and sponsored by Friends of Common Chord.

A celebration of the legendary hitmaker behind "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," "Time in a Bottle," "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," "Operator," and other iconic tunes, the Croce Plays Croce 50th-Anniversary Tour will find Jim Croce's Billboard-charting singer/songwriter son A.J. saluting his father at Davenport's Adler Theatre on July 21, the event coinciding with the recent BMG release of the three-record compilation project The Definitive Croce.

Touring nationally in support of their seventh album and 2022 release Strike a Nerve, an 11-track recording that Music Matters deemed “an adrenaline rush,” the hard rockers and alternative-metal artists of Drowning Pool headline a July 21 concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, their latest work inspiring Loud Hailer magazine to rave, "From start to finish, fans are sure to appreciate the unsettling comfort of this new but familiar album."

A Catholic priest with nearly two dozen solo and group albums to his credit, Fr. Stan Fortuna returns as the showcased guest in Polyrhythms' Third Sunday Jazz Series, his July 21 concert at Davenport's Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Quad Cities highlighting the gifts of this nationally renowned singer/songwriter revered for his evangelical musical contributions in genres including Catholic-based jazz.