Porchfest

Saturday, May 17, 2025

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About Porchfest
Hagerstown’s Historic South Prospect Street. The street will be closed that day from West Washington Street to the City Park Circle.

Porchfest is a free community event, organized by the South Prospect Street neighborhood group, sponsored in part by the City of Hagerstown, and local businesses. About 40 musicians play music from all genres on front porches, the main stage and at a beer garden provided by Hub City Brewery.

Hagerstown’s Music Instrument Collection program, also a key player sponsoring the event, will be accepting used band instruments at Porchfest. The nonprofit group gets them refurbished and back into the hands of local students who have a love of music.

Food trucks-BBQ, Mexican, Mediterranean, Loaded Potatoes, Boba Tea, Ice Cream. Bring the family. Pets welcome.

Porchfest, which started in 2007 in Ithaca, NY, spread throughoout the US & Canda. The Hagerstown Porchfest is organized by the South Prospect volunteer neighborhood called Historic Heights Neighborhood's 1st.

Porchfest Painting Contest

Congratulations to the winner of the PF painting contest: an 11th-grade student from BISFA!

This painting will be auctioned off in a silent auction the day of PF, starting bid at $150. Half the winnings (no less than $150) will go to the student, and the other half will go toward future PFs.

This painting will also be featured on new posters for the event.

Parking Map

Click here download the Porchfest Parking Map.

Musician Parking

Musician parking will be provided on the rear lot behind St. John’s Episcopal Church at the corner ofAntietam and Walnut streets. Several streets around the area will be closed to traffic as of about 9 a.m.

Best to enter off Walnut Street. Look for “Musician Parking” signs.When you arrive, please stop at the “Musician Check-in Booth” to sign a required form and collect a thank
you bag. Coffee and donuts will be provided there to musicians. MIC T-shirts also will be given away to musicians while they last.

We have rented 4 four-seat golf carts to help get you and your equipment from the “Musician Check-in Booth” to your respective porches or venues. Each porch will have power and one extension cord. Please bring any other electrical equipment you need.

If we have a rainout, head to Hub City Brewery, 25 W Church Street (just a few blocks from Porchfest), and play, listen to music and have a brew. Food trucks will serve BBQ, Mexican, Mediterranean, Loaded Potatoes and Ice Cream. The Alpine Plant Bar will be selling mock cocktails. Questions: Text the Porchfest Organizing Committee at 202-304-8870

Musician Lineup Locations

Food Trucks

121 South Prospect - Antietam Dairy (ice cream)

158 South Prospect - Boba Tea (Mediterranean)

178 South Prospect - Las 3 Hermanas (Mexican)

156 South Prospect - Alpine Plant Bar (mock cocktails)

257 South Prospect - Mountaineer Meat Smokers (BBQ)

251 South Prospect - Baked and Loaded (baked potatoes)

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