Anyone interested in helping plan a "Porchfest" in spring 2011?

[mamabunny72.livejournal.com]

Got the info below in my neighborhood yahoo group; the article is from the Somerville Patch website:

"City Mulls Hosting Porchfest, A Citywide Festival of Porch Concerts: The next big idea for an arts event is brewing in Somerville. The Somerville Arts Council is mulling over whether to introduce Porchfest, a house-by-house music festival where musicians perform on porches throughout the city. Think of it as open studios—very open and breezy studios—but for music."

Read the rest of the article here:
http://somerville.patch.com/articles/city-mulls-hosting-porchfest-a-citywide-festival-of-porch-concerts

The Porchfest Planning Meeting is on January 10 at 7 p.m. at the West Branch Library. Contact the Somerville Arts Council at www.somervilleartscouncil.org or 617.625.6600 ext. 2985.

Comments

[toddpage.livejournal.com]

two members of my band [Dirty Water Brass Band] are going to the meeting :)

[ifotismeni]

that sounds pretty amazing!

[amy-s1.livejournal.com]

Highland Rd would be a great street for this. Larger porches and little front yards for the "crowds"

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=highland+rd+somerville+ma&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Highland+Rd,+Somerville,+MA&gl=us&ei=Qq4bTaWxOIL-8Aafr7WgDg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ8gEwAA

[georgy.livejournal.com]

Highland Road may be my favorite street in Somerville :-)

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

I am curious about the history...how did those folks get front yards? It's also miserable to drive down as it's not wide enough for 2 way traffic.

[amy-s1.livejournal.com]

I would give Orchard st the "best street" award, Highland feels a bit too suburban. Highland would be better for the Porchfest though. Here is a little history on the Highland Rd front yards:

http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/fun/gardening/x418531249/The-long-history-of-Highland-Road

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, mine too!

[gruene.livejournal.com]

I have a porch, but it's on the second floor, which would limit interaction with the audience.

On the plus side, it's probably high enough that most of the rotten tomatoes would miss...

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

I would recommend a 2nd floor stage. No fighting to see the artist and better acoustics.

[ron_newman]

A rooftop concert, as in Let it Be, would be awesome

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

I would definitely be interested in having our porch used for that!

[ron_newman]

Love this idea!

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

i'd play, but i suspect my house's other band would drown me out ;)

[ron_newman]

Take shifts.

[bluesauce.livejournal.com]

I'd be interested in playing at this, so I might stop by the meeting just to find out the how and the when. This is a really cool idea.

combine?

[wellthan.livejournal.com]

Would be interesting to combine this with Somerville Open Studios. Would make a really cool big event and differentiate it from other open studios. Also, could combine resources, etc instead of building from scratch.

[kmac912.livejournal.com]

This is fantastic!