Porchfest 2021

One of the easiest events to promote in Jacksonville is the annual Porchfest celebration that happens annually (besides 2020 for obvious reasons) and it FINALLY came back - with a small twist. Porchfest is generally a magnificent way of getting introduced to the Historic Springfield neighborhood in Jacksonville, where it turns into a type of massive block party, except specific porches are picked where musicians are scheduled to perform. Thousands of people (local & national guests!) show up to see 25+ bands perform, food and drinks everywhere, and a true dose of southern hospitality.

The Twist - we basically had a monsoon come in during Saturday’s festivities, what was supposed to be an all day event, turned into house parties during the day (pictures below show a few from the drag show house that Dale Stoudt (AMAZING realtor) hosted in order to raise funds for JASMYN, and a few performances at Underbelly that night (which I didn’t get a chance to cover).

The leader of SPAR, Kelly Rich, and her team scrambled and got back at least a dozen of the bands for Sunday, and made it Porchfest 2.0, which brought out a ton of people, and I was able to cover the nighttime portion with Mama Blue and LPT performing. (pictured below). It definitely helped that it was a winning day for the Jaguars as well, so city morale was on a HIGH! Exceptionally executed and all the props go to the team at SPAR!

I highly suggest keeping in touch and putting Porchfest 2022 on your calendar as soon as the date is announced!