Music scene · Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon is a small southern Illinois city where music has meant high school marching bands, church choirs, country cover bands, and county fair talent shows. St. Louis is the nearest major source of musicians.

Local bars and restaurants, the county fairgrounds, church fellowship halls, and the high school auditorium are the main venues. Community festivals sometimes block off downtown streets.

Jefferson County and regional artists perform in this southern Illinois city, with St. Louis musicians sometimes crossing the river for fair dates.

Play at county fair events and downtown restaurants, and volunteer for school musical productions. For more opportunities, drive to St. Louis or Carbondale.