{"id":18237,"date":"2014-05-16T18:30:15","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T01:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonartsdiary.com\/wordpress\/?p=18237"},"modified":"2014-05-16T18:36:14","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T01:36:14","slug":"up-and-coming-somerville-porchfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonartsdiary.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/up-and-coming-somerville-porchfest\/","title":{"rendered":"Up, and Coming:
Somerville PorchFest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Concert, Festival<\/p>\n

Somerville, MA<\/p>\n

Saturday
\nMay 17, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Sheboom\"<\/a>
SheBoom
Performing in Somerville PorchFest
43 Munroe, 1-2pm
Photo: Grooversity<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The annual distributed music festival on porches all over Somerville.<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Apparently more than 175 bands participate in this all-afternoon, inclusive event which occurs wherever one may look, and listen, in Somerville, now home to a passel of artists and arts festivals of one sort or another. Somerville Open Studios<\/em>, the distributed art event for the plastic arts, happened just last weekend. Honk<\/em>, the great brass band festival, fills the city each fall. And here we have the great PorchFest<\/em>, which gives one a good excuse to combine urban hiking and appreciative listening. What a great reason to get out there, bump into friends on the street, and take attenuated pauses to hear some rousing music.<\/p>\n

Here’s the official Somerville Arts Council map and schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check out some of these notices about the event, which, hopefully, will inspire you to venture out to that uncharted sea of domestic musical proscenia:<\/p>\n

15 Bands Not To Miss At Somerville’s PorchFest This Weekend<\/em><\/a>
\n(Greg Cook, WBUR\/The Artery<\/em>, 5\/15\/2014)<\/p>\n

Somerville\u2019s PorchFest brings the festival home<\/em><\/a>
\n(Luke O’Neil, Boston Globe<\/em>, 5\/15\/2014)<\/p>\n

Somerville Arts Council Brings Back \u2018PorchFest,\u2019 \u2018Dancing in the Streets\u2019<\/em><\/a>
\n(Yiqing Shao, Boston Magazine<\/em>, 5\/13\/2014)<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

– BADMan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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