Don’t call the cops on Saturday to complain about the racket coming from next door. The 30 local bands playing at the tenth annual Larchmere PorchFest have the city’s approval to perform. Figuring out which band is playing on which porch can be a bit tricky, but the organizers have posted a helpful schedule and map on the event’s website.
Acts such as Mourning [A] BLKstar, Smoke Screen, MuAmin Collective, Marcus Alan Ward and Mo Mojo are all on this year’s bill. There will be a Platform beer garden, and you can expect to find after-parties at local Larchmore bars and restaurants.
Jeff has been covering the Cleveland music scene for more than 25 years now. On a regular basis, he tries to talk to whatever big acts are coming through town. And if you're in a local band that he needs to hear, email him at jniesel@clevescene.com.
2 replies on “What You Need to Know About Larchmere PorchFest”
The bands and the porches are spread out…Larchmere is a good-sized neighborhood, and the porches are far enough apart so that the bands won’t compete with each other. Dueling banjos on the same street? Bad idea..
So you need to bring your bike. It’s the only way to fly. The more quickly you can get from one porch to another, the more music you can enjoy. My wife and I strap our chairs onto our backs, and our bikes allow us to see at least seven or eight bands. Time to go porchin’…
The crowds for PorchFest X were bigger than ever, by far. Thousands of people came…mostly on foot, making sidewalks extremely crowded and walking your bike impossible. Even riding a bike was tricky, because the streets were packed with so many cars and pedestrians. It’s becoming a race with the clock…and an obstacle course.
We rode frantically from one location to another on our bikes, with our chairs on our backs, to get good places to sit. Left each performance early, to beat the crowds and to get good places to…well…you get the idea. But we did manage to hear opera, blues, classical guitar, and smooth jazz. After five hours, we finally got burned out, and we went home.
PorchFest: More popular every year. A victim of its own success, perhaps?
Soon people will be saying: “Nobody goes there anymore…it’s too crowded!”
And they might have to change the name of the main drag to Lurchmore Boulevard!.
The bands and the porches are spread out…Larchmere is a good-sized neighborhood, and the porches are far enough apart so that the bands won’t compete with each other. Dueling banjos on the same street? Bad idea..
So you need to bring your bike. It’s the only way to fly. The more quickly you can get from one porch to another, the more music you can enjoy. My wife and I strap our chairs onto our backs, and our bikes allow us to see at least seven or eight bands. Time to go porchin’…
The crowds for PorchFest X were bigger than ever, by far. Thousands of people came…mostly on foot, making sidewalks extremely crowded and walking your bike impossible. Even riding a bike was tricky, because the streets were packed with so many cars and pedestrians. It’s becoming a race with the clock…and an obstacle course.
We rode frantically from one location to another on our bikes, with our chairs on our backs, to get good places to sit. Left each performance early, to beat the crowds and to get good places to…well…you get the idea. But we did manage to hear opera, blues, classical guitar, and smooth jazz. After five hours, we finally got burned out, and we went home.
PorchFest: More popular every year. A victim of its own success, perhaps?
Soon people will be saying: “Nobody goes there anymore…it’s too crowded!”
And they might have to change the name of the main drag to Lurchmore Boulevard!.