Blues guitarist extraordinaire Jeff Swan will be joined by local musicians including saxophonist and keyboardist Pete Hannon, bassist and singer David Denisar, and Morton drummer and WIU graduate Michael Coers to perform in an evening of live music.
Traveling songwriter Average Joey will share an unlikely blend of folk songs, country tunes, and punk rock banjo backed by fiddler and all-around musician John Lane.
The Western Illinois Museum is pleased to welcome Dave Barkley to Our Front Porch on Sunday, December 13 at 7:00 pm. The Macomb native and… Read More »Dave Barkley’s Illinois Song
We have something to make you happy Illinois has a rich folk and ethnic music heritage that seldom receives the attention it deserves–until now! The… Read More »Membership Gift
In celebration of World Ukulele Day, the Western Illinois Museum and Ukulele Macomb are pleased to hold the annual Community Sing-a-long on Tuesday, January 31… Read More »Community Sing-a-long
The Western Illinois Museum will kick off the Annual Al Sears Jazz Festival with a program on Friday, September 23 at 4:30 pm designed to… Read More »Music and Dance of WWII
The Western Illinois Museum will host the popular Ukulele University 101 on Saturday, February 13 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm. The workshop is an introductory… Read More »Ukulele 101
Tweed Mummert The narrator of these two excerpts is Tweed Mummert, a life long resident of Macomb. For 32 years he owned and operated Mummert… Read More »Stories about the Courthouse Square