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 2025 Porchfests:

(Entries without dates are not yet confirmed)

May 10 Somerville
May 17 Watertown
May 31 Malden
Magnolia
Franklin
June 7 Medford
June 7 Newton
June 14 Dorchester
June 14 West Concord
Winchester
Fenway
June 21 Arlington
Dedham
June 28 Reading
June 28 Quincy
Shelburne Falls
North Falmouth
Jamaica Plain
Wellfleet
Ashland/Hopkinton
Belmont
Stoneham
Wakefield
Sharon
Hull
Plum Island
Swampscott
Walpole
Melrose
Milton
Natick
Roslindale
Medway
Lexington
Brookline
Easthampton
Sandwich
Maynard
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!

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