Uptown Columbus to turn front porches into stages for city’s first Porchfest
Columbus will have its first Porchfest on May 2, a day of free live music, local art, food vendors and community activities in the Columbus Historic District.
Presented by Uptown Columbus, the family-friendly event will turn neighborhood front porches into stages from noon to 6 p.m., with performances scheduled in roughly hourlong sets spanning genres, including rock, jazz, country, folk, R&B, classical, singer-songwriter and blues.
“Porchfest is about more than music,” Melody Kiser, the event’s producer, said in a news release. “It’s about seeing a neighborhood come alive. It’s neighbors welcoming neighbors, musicians sharing their art, families walking from porch to porch and the whole city experiencing Uptown in a new way.”
The festival will also include arts and crafts vendors, food trucks, family activities and People’s Choice Awards.
The celebration will continue with a free after-party concert from 6-9 p.m. at the Chattahoochee Promenade, featuring Red & the Revelers, a rock and soul band from Mobile, Alabama.
Admission to this event is free.
Event maps and schedules will be available to help guests find porch locations, set times, vendors and amenities.
Organizers encourage attendees to arrive early and bring comfortable shoes, along with a lawn chair or blanket.