Touring in support of his 2023 album Twenty on High, which Holler Country deemed "10 songs of hope pushing back against self-doubt – and vice versa – wrapped in a nostalgic glow," country-music singer/songwriter Drayton Farley headlines an October 5 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's latest inspiring Saving Country Music to call him "among the top flight of resurgent country-adjacent performers carrying on what artists such as Jason Isbell helped instigate."

With this month's new release Human Reaction praised by Distorted Sound as "an album that is so experimental" yet "still manages to be an evenly-paced experience that doesn’t crumble under being ‘out there,'" the alternative rockers of mssv headline a September 29 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the trio a project, initiated in 2019, composed of guitarist Mike Baggetta, bassist Mike Watt, and percussionist Stephen Hodges.

Two legendary forces in country music – as well as artists who were born fewer than seven months apart – will be celebrated at the Ohnward Fine Arts Center when the Maquoketa venue presents Cash & Cline: Country Royalty Tribute Show, a September 30 stage sensation boasting Johnny-and-Patsy hits performed by Benny Wheels and Lori Gravel.

Celebrating more than five decades of professional performance with accomplishments including chart-topping success, tens of millions in album sales, and 2000 induction in the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, the rockers of Three Dog Night play Davenport's Adler Theatre on September 28, their repertoire including such timeless hits as “Mama Told Me (Not to Come),” “Black and White,” and the iconic “Joy to the World.”

Touring in support of their 2023 release Lighting Up the Sky that hit number one on Billboard's Top Hard Rock Albums chart, one of the millennium's most successful and acclaimed alternative-metal acts lands in Moline with the arrival of Godsmack, the Grammy Award winners – and inspirations for Boston, Massachusetts' annual "Godsmack Day" – who headline a Vibrant Arena at the MARK concert event on September 28.

Having carved out a sizable cult following over the past four decades as purveyors of catchy, contagious, multilayered funk, Morris Day & the Time bring their national tour to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center on September 22, the famed funksters deliver an 'in the flesh' flavor that keeps generations of fans flapping their limbs to "The Bird" and grooving to "Girl."

Arriving in Davenport for a live September 22 performance one year after Baz Luhrmann's movie smash Elvis and weeks before Sofia Coppola debuts her bride-of-Elvis film Priscilla, international tribute artist Shawn Klush will command the Adler Theatre stage with his Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Experience, a thrilling celebration of Presley's music and magic that has spent numerous years captivating audiences around the globe.

Delivering an evening of enthralling classical music boasting two Bach compositions alongside a quartet of additional pieces, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra opens its Autumn schedule at Davenport's First Presbyterian Church in the intimate concert event Up Close with the Mesa-Zelek Duo, with organist Greg Zella and cellist Thomas Mesa collaborating prior to the latter's forthcoming guest appearance in the QCSO's first Masterworks concerts of the 2023-24 season.

Touring in support of his 2022 release Neon Blue, which Holler Country praised as "a crash course in pure country from one of the music university’s finest and most knowledgeable professors," singer/songwriter Joshua Hedley headlines a September 28 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's latest also inspiring Pitchfork to rave that "the pleasure of Neon Blue is how Hedley subtly twists country conventions, making retro-minded songs and sounds seem both familiar and fresh."

One of the Quad Cities' best-loved rock ensembles, and musicians responsible for one of the area's best-loved outdoor festivals, headlines a Summer 2023 Concert Series event at the Tangled Wood on the first day of fall, with the Bettendorf venue, on September 23, hosting an evening with the jam-band talents (and Dawn & On Music Festival originators) of The Dawn.

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