PorchFest.info

Porchfests are events where various neighborhoods setup porches and bands for afternoons of music! Audiences can stroll from block to block, taking in the local sounds.

Porchfests got started in Ithaca NY, and they have a List of All Known Porchfests

Here are some in New England:

New England 2024 Porchfests:

May 11	Somerville
May 18	Malden
May 18	Watertown
May 25	Magnolia
June 1	Franklin
June 1	Medford
June 1	Newton
June 1	Dorchester
June 8	West Concord
June 8	Winchester
June 15	Fenway
June 15	Arlington
June 22	Dedham
June 22	Reading
June 29	Quincy
July 14	Shelburne Falls
Aug 10	North Falmouth
Aug 24	Jamaica Plain
Aug 24	Wellfleet
Sep 7	Ashland/Hopkinton
Sep 7	Belmont
Sep 7	Stoneham
Sep 7	Wakefield
Sep 8	Sharon
Sep 14	Hull
Sep 14	Plum Island
Sep 14	Swampscott
Sep 14	Walpole
Sep 21	Melrose
Sep 21	Milton
Sep 21	Natick
Sep 21	Roslindale
Sep 28	Medway
Sep 28	Lexington
Sep 28	Brookline
Oct 5th	Easthampton
Oct 5th	Sandwich
Oct 6th	Maynard
Oct 12	Woburn

Porchfest.info created and runs the websites for nine of these events (Medford, Fenway, JP, Melrose, Newton, Belmont, Dedham, Natick, Ashland/Hopkinton) and has consulted on several others, most notably creating the Somerville main map page. The core websites handle online signup, provide advanced scheduling tools for admins, and host the resulting map and schedule sites in a robust, scalable way to handle the crush of event-day traffic, and include abilities for the generation of print materials.

Feel free to contact me ( kirkjerk at gmail dot com ) if you want your porchfest on this list, or if you'd be interesting in using yourneighborhood.porchfest.info as your site.

Here's a page on collaborating with me on setting up your own porchfest website. .

Thanks to Robert B, Ike A, Jeff W et al for help tracking area Porchfests!