Music scene · Monmouth
A western Illinois farm-country college town where Monmouth College ensembles and community theater anchor local music, and bars host acoustic and cover acts from the Quad Cities area.
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A western Illinois farm-country college town where Monmouth College ensembles and community theater anchor local music, and bars host acoustic and cover acts from the Quad Cities area.
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Monmouth is a small western Illinois city home to Monmouth College, giving it a college-town feel amid farm country. School and college ensembles, church choirs, and community theater supply most music. Local bars host acoustic and cover acts. Musicians from the Quad Cities drive southeast for gigs.
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