Some Saturday nights are for squeezing into a crowded room and shouting over the music. This one at Tiny Acres is the opposite. It’s a work thing, a corporate night out, where people will probably be trying to finish a conversation they started in a meeting three months ago.
This show is a private corporate event out at Tiny Acres Events and Wedding Venue in Monmouth. It’s not open to the public, but it’s still one of those dates that sticks out on our calendar. Partly because it’s on a working farm in the middle of summer, and partly because corporate events have their own rhythm that’s different from a regular show.
From what we’ve seen of Tiny Acres, it’s spread out over quite a bit of farmland, with a renovated 1850s barn, a reception hall that can hold a lot of people, and a cabin on-site. It’s the kind of place where the walk from the parking area to the main building probably tells you more about the night than any schedule does—who’s hanging back to talk, who’s heading straight for the bar, who’s wandering off to look at the fields.
For a night like this, we’ll probably lean into songs that let people ease into the evening—some familiar piano and guitar covers, a few of our own, and enough space in the set list to pivot if the room suddenly decides it wants to sing along instead of just chat.
Show Details
- When: Saturday, August 1, 2026, from 7:30–9:30 PM
- Where: Tiny Acres Events and Wedding Venue, Monmouth, Illinois
- Who: Bell & Field (piano and guitar duo)
- What to expect: A private corporate gathering on a working farm, with live acoustic music that can sit in the background while people catch up, and step forward if the night turns more toward listening and singing along.
- Venue website: tinyacresevents.com
About Bell & Field
We’re a piano-and-guitar duo that moves between covers and originals, and we tend to read the room as we go—if people are talking shop, we keep it lighter and familiar, and if the room settles in, we stretch out a bit more. Corporate nights usually mean building a set that can shift from background to “oh, I know this one” without making anyone feel like they’re suddenly at a concert instead of an event.
About the Venue
Tiny Acres is a full-service event and wedding venue set on a working farm outside Monmouth. They’ve got a large reception hall, a renovated 1850s barn, and an on-site cabin that doubles as a bridal suite. It’s built for weddings, reunions, and company gatherings, so this kind of corporate night fits right into what they do all the time.
So, Saturday night we’ll be out at Tiny Acres, setting up the keys and guitar while folks finish their week and find their tables. Different kind of show, but still a good way to spend a couple of August hours.