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	Home \| Find a Local Contractor Designs \| Decorating \| Ideas Screen Porches \| Enclosures \| Build Mobile Home Porches \| Build Porch Roof 3 Season Porch \| Screen Porch Windows Vintage Porch Parts \| More Porchfest Celebrations Enjoy These Special Music Events Porchfests are special music festivals held on front porches while neighbors and visitors stroll from porch to porch to enjoy the festivities! Our calendar lists events around the country so you can find one near you. These special events for music can be great last minute family vacation ideas. Listen to local musicians and enjoy the sights of the surrounding area. The first Porchfest was held in Ithaca NY in 2007 and the idea has happily spread to other neighborhoods across the country and into Canada with more being added every year. Blane Howard Performs at Porchfest Neighbors, friends, and community gather for Porchfest What Porchfests Are About Porchfests are music events in local neighborhoods that take place on porches. Typically, local musicians take turns playing for specific amounts of time. In many cases, neighborhoods also have food carts and other entertainment venues for kids of all ages making it an ideal family event. If you are lucky enough to live near one of these events, then take your kids, bring a lawn chair and a cooler for a fun day of socializing and enjoying wonderful music on the front porches of your neighborhood. If you don't see one near you, it might be a good idea to organize one in your community. Have porches? Have musicians? Have families? Then you have what you need! While we aim to reflect accurate information, it is always best to check with each individual website (links provided below) to be sure of their current details. Thank you! We Love Music on the Porch Meet the Amigos L to R: Carolyn Bauer, Don Hudgins, Anita Hudgins and Liz Ostman Our dear friend and neighbor, Liz, belongs to a musical group, the Amigos, who play ukulele on the porch every Tuesday. The four of them, Anita, Don, Carolyn and Liz, began playing together at the Fifty Forward group in Hermitage TN. But when the pandemic came, they moved their music outside, socially distanced. Don offered his wonderful porch and that's where they meet every Tuesday afternoon "picking and grinning", as Liz so enthusiastically says. Ukulele on the porch They play a wonderful wide variety of music from gospel, like Swing Low Sweet Chariot, to country, like Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker, to rock, Eric Clapton's Let It Rain. Dave and I think they have found the perfect recipe for authentic joy - music on the porch with friends! We look forward to their first album The four of them joke about putting out an album, but you know, they live in Music City. Here in Nashville, TN, music dreams can come true. We are cheering them on and hope they continue playing for a good long time. PorchFest Calendar Being Updated Periodically United States Porchfests and Music Events If your event is not listed here or if you are aware of a scheduled date, please let us know and we will gladly add it. We also love hearing your tips for organizing a successful event and seeing your photos and videos, too. Arizona Tucson, Arizona Garden District Date: Usually in April Tucson Porchfest - Date TBD California Gilroy, California Date: Usually in September San Francisco, California Date: Usually in May San Francisco Mission District Napa, California Date: Usually in July See pictures of the Napa porch festival from prior years. Colorado Mapleton Hill - Boulder, Colorado Date: Usually in September Florida Jacksonville, Florida Date: Usually in November Historic Springfield Palatka, Florida Usually in April (Palatka's South Historic District located on the banks of the majestic St Johns River) Quincy, Florida Usually in October Indiana Carmel, Indiana Date: Usually in September Maine Portland, ME Maryland Takoma, Maryland Date: Usually in May Hagerstown, MD Massachusetts Arlington, Massachusetts Date: Usually in June Boston, Massachusetts Date: Usually in August Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Date: Usually in July Newton, Massachusetts Date: First Saturday in June Somerville, Massachusetts Date: Usually in May Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Date: Usually in May Walter Hill Music Fest Rain date is one week later Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Date:Usually in September Missouri Kansas City, Missouri Date: Usually in October West Plaza Neighborhood Porchfest New Jersey Cranbury Township, New Jersey PorchFest Cranbury is a weekly, summer-long, roaming block party for neighbors of all ages. New York Buffalo, New York Usually in May 2015 event was held on October 3rd Ithaca, New York Ithaca: where porchfests got their start! Date: Usually in September Oswego, New York Date: Usually in September Historic Westside Neighborhood of the Franklin Square District (website not available) Rochester, New York Sackets Harbor, New York September 15th from 12 - 6PM Ohio Akron, Ohio Date: Usually in August Larchmere, Ohio Date: Usually in June Pennsylvania Erie, Pennsylvania Date: Usually in September The Old Town section of Erie, Pennsylvania South Carolina Charleston, SC Folly Beach Porchfest Tennessee Franklin, Tennessee Westhaven Community - Please see our coverage of this wonderful porchfest in Franklin Date: Usually in June Texas McKinney, Texas Tucker Hill Community Date: June 2nd, 2018 Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Date: Usually in September Virginia Stuart, Virginia Date: Usually in September Washington Spokane, Washington International Porchfests and Music Events Canada Belleville, Ontario Usually in September Montreal (NDG) Date: Usually in May Vankleek Hill, Ontario Date: Usually in July Winnipeg, Manitoba From the first porchfest celebration in Ithaca N.Y. in 2007 to over 19 today across the U.S. and Canada, more and more neighborhoods are embracing music to create a sense of community. These family oriented special music events allow neighbors to meet neighbors and for others to witness the gathering of friends for a day of entertainment. Fun scene from the Westhaven Porchfest, Franklin TN Singer/song writer Kate Schettler Front porches become the venue onto which local musicians play for a specified time to people of all ages. Neighbors join by walking, riding bikes, driving golf carts, or riding skate boards and move from porch to porch. Kids sell lemonade and watermelon and vendors sometimes supply the ice cream. Grab a folding chair, your cooler and enjoy live music on wonderful porches Find a porchfest this year; it's a great family vacation idea or weekend activity. Musical group Concord Road performing at Porchfest Grab a folding chair, your cooler and enjoy live music on wonderful porches Music on the Porch Day - Last Saturday in August Last Saturday in August Check out their Facebook Group to register or see where music is being played in your area. Similar to a porchfest, but on the same day worldwide. A book to celebrate this special event. As an Amazon Associate, this is our referral link. Wonderful Pictures from The First Napa Porchfest Musicians on the Porch First 2 photos courtesy of Napa Porch Festival Facebook page A fantastic crowd turned out for the festivities More Napa Porchfest Pictures The following photos were taken by Rick Anderson. 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