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Porchfest 2022 is slated for Sunday, October 2 and the planning process is underway.
The event is a mini music festival with porches and front yards across the neighborhood operating as performance spaces.
This year event will culminate with a larger show at Greg Freeman Park in the late afternoon.
If you have not experienced Porchfest before, it is a magical and memorable event that shows the neighborhood in its best light.
The event is not unique to St. Louis, having started in Ithaca, New York, and then spread across the country, especially in college towns.
However, Skinker-DeBalivere’s event is St. Louis’ only Porchfest and it has taken place since 2017. How can you be involved? Musical acts of all kinds are encouraged to express an interest by submitting an online sample of their music.
In the past, the acts have primarily been pop/rock acts and singer-songwriters but variety is the key and any style of music that will garner an audience will be seriously considered. Organizers are also seeking neighbors who would be interested in hosting a concert.
The decision on which porches to use is combination of the logistics of the individual porch/yard itself as well as where it is in relation to other potential venues, so that coherent walking routes from porch to porch can be created. Details of how to sign up as either a musical act or venue can be found at https://skinkerdebaliviere.wordpress.com/ The Porchfest Committee is meeting on a regular basis, but additional members – especially those with an interest in food and drink, publicity, or organizing the logistics of the day itself – would be welcome.
If that sounds like you, please contact Community Council Director at Mike Reid at mike.reid@skinker-debaliviere.com. And even if you can’t be involved in any of these ways, be sure to save the date of October 2 in your planner. Porchfest St. Louis is an annual music festival highlighting local bands and taking place on front porches and yards in the Skinker DeBaliviere neighborhood.
It will take place on October 2, 2022. Attendees will enjoy intimate concerts on porches and in front yards throughout the neighborhood and then can enjoy a larger show at Greg Freeman Park to end the day.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Summer 2022.
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