Through Labor Day weekend, the tri-states offer a solid list of music and comedy entertainment, from independent acts at cozy Codfish Hollow Barnstormers to the new Back Waters Amp that opens in July. The season is capped off with a blockbuster concert festival at the Field of Dreams Movie Site over Labor Day weekend in early September.
June 3
Jeff Dye
Mississippi Moon Bar at Diamond Jo, 301 Bell St., Dubuque.
June 5
Ward Davis
Mississippi Moon Bar at Diamond Jo, 301 Bell St., Dubuque.
June 6
Them Coulee Boys
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, 5013 288th Ave., Maquoketa, Iowa.
June 12
DeVotchKa
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, 5013 288th Ave., Maquoketa, Iowa.
June 13
A Taste of Ireland; Five Flags Theater, 405 Main St., Dubuque.
June 19
Clare Bowen & Jonathan Jackson
Mississippi Moon Bar at Diamond Jo, 301 Bell St., Dubuque.
June 20
Kathy Mattea; Five Flags Theater, 405 Main S., Dubuque.
June 24
Old 97s/The Shackletons
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, 5013 288th Ave., Maquoketa, Iowa.
July 1
The Heavy Heavy/Lunde
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, 5013 288th Ave., Maquoketa, Iowa.
July 3
An Evening with the Jayhawks
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, 5013 288th Ave., Maquoketa, Iowa.
July 4
Whiskey Myers, with Taylor Hunnicutt
Backwaters Amp, 1855 Greyhound Park Road, Dubuque.
July 8
Steve Hofstetter
Mississippi Moon Bar at Diamond Jo, 301 Bell St., Dubuque.
July 9
Pert Near Sandstone/Arkansauce
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, 5013 288th Ave., Maquoketa, Iowa.
July 10
Hairball, with The Pork Tornadoes and The Deal Breakers
Backwaters Amp, 1855 Greyhound Park Road, Dubuque.
Rock & Roots Series: Appalachian Road Show
Five Flags Theater, 405 Main St., Dubuque.
July 15
Jon Reddick; Delaware County Fair, 200 E. Acers St., Manchester, Iowa.
July 16
Daughtry, with Crossfade
Delaware County Fair, 200 E. Acers St., Manchester, Iowa.
July 17
Koe Wetzel; Delaware County Fair, 200 E. Acers St., Manchester, Iowa.
Drivin N Cryin/Laid Back Country
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, 5013 288th Ave., Maquoketa, Iowa.
Back Booth Alley; Southwest Music Fest, Second Street, Platteville, Wis.
July 18
The Pork Tornadoes, with Sonic Circus
Southwest Music Fest, Second Street, Platteville, Wis.
July 23
Pokey LaFarge/Cedar County Cobras
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, 5013 288th Ave., Maquoketa, Iowa.
Jennifer Lyn & the Groove Revival
Five Flags Theater, 405 Main St., Dubuque.
Bailey Zimmerman
Great Jones County Fair, 800 N. Maple St., Monticello, Iowa.
July 24
Megan Moroney
Great Jones County Fair, 800 N. Maple St., Monticello, Iowa.
July 25
Riley Green
Great Jones County Fair, 800 N. Maple St., Monticello, Iowa.
July 26
Gary Allan and Rice Rodeo
Great Jones County Fair, 800 N. Maple St., Monticello, Iowa.
Nick Shoulders
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, 5013 288th Ave., Maquoketa, Iowa.
July 31
Sleep Theory, with Alborn
Dubuque County Fair, 14569 Old Highway Road
Blue Steel; Jo Daviess County Fair, High Street, Warren, Ill.
Aug. 6
One of These Nights
Clayton County Fair, 26143 Ivory Road, Garnavillo, Iowa.
Aug. 7
John Foster, with Flatland Ridge
Clayton County Fair, 26143 Ivory Road, Garnavillo, Iowa.
Aug. 8
The Talbott Bros/Wolfskill & The Wild
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, 5013 288th Ave., Maquoketa, Iowa.
Aug. 21
Ken Kilian Swingtet; Grant County Fair, 916 Elm St., Lancaster, Wis.
Aug. 22
G Love & Special Sauce
Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, 5013 288th Ave., Maquoketa, Iowa.
Irish Hooley; Backwaters Amp, 1855 Greyhound Park Road, Dubuque.
Sept. 2
The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight; Five Flags Arena, 405 Main St., Dubuque.
Sept. 4
Shinedown
Field of Dreams Movie Site, 28995 Lansing Road, Dyersville.
Sept. 5
Carrie Underwood
Field of Dreams Movie Site, 28995 Lansing Road, Dyersville.
Collin Raye; Five Flags Theater, 405 Main St., Dubuque.
Sept. 6
Creed
Field of Dreams Movie Site, 28995 Lansing Road, Dyersville.
Chris Gray writes for the Telegraph Herald.
