Music scene · Kewanee
A small farming and manufacturing city between Peoria and Chicago where marching bands, church choirs, and polka and country bands play local bars and civic festivals.
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A small farming and manufacturing city between Peoria and Chicago where marching bands, church choirs, and polka and country bands play local bars and civic festivals.
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Kewanee, Illinois, is a small farming and manufacturing city between Peoria and Chicago. Music traditions include school marching bands, church choirs, and polka and country bands at local bars and civic festivals. Peoria and Chicago musicians occasionally pass through for events.
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