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Plans for this year’s Porchfest are firming up but there are still opportunities to get involved.
The event, scheduled on Sunday, October 2, is a music festival incorporating multiple mini venues across Skinker DeBaliviere, mostly on residents’ porches and front yards. Acts already signed up to perform encompass a wide variety of styles, including folk, punk, new age, classic rock, jazz, and choral music. New this year is the St. Louis Boogie Brass Band, which will wind its way through the neighborhood, encouraging spectators to follow the band so the audience grows as the procession goes on.
The afternoon of music will conclude with a performance by the Free Agents, a soul/funk band, at Four Corners Park (Des Peres at Kingsbury) at 5:30 pm.
The full listing of performers and neighborhood venues, including a map with suggested walking routes, will be released near the date. Volunteers will also be needed for the day to coordinate logistics, such as refreshments and handing out maps. Porchfest organizers are also looking for further financial sponsors for the event, available at a variety of levels. Sponsors’ names will appear in highly visible places, including on porch signs throughout the neighborhood at PorchFest STL. Sponsors will also be acknowledged in social media, posters and other promotional materials leading up to the event. Money raised will cover the costs of presenting this distinctive and free neighborhood event, with additional monies acting as a fundraiser for the Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council.
If you are interested in being either a volunteer or a sponsor, please contact the SDCC office at 314-862-5122.
The latest information about Porchfest 2022 can be found at https://www.facebook.com/PorchfestSTL/
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September–October 2022.
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