This Sunday afternoon, Sept. 28, the Longfellow neighborhood will hold its 10th annual Front Porch Music Festival, a neighborly celebration of music-making.
From 2 to 5:30 p.m., performers of all abilities — novice to professional — hailing from the Longfellow community broadly defined, will play from the front porches or yards of 20-some homes between Summit and Dearborn. Spectators are welcome to stroll the neighborhood to listen, or join the music-making in the Community Sing or Open Jam.
Bring a lawn chair and come enjoy the performances of musicians ages 4–84 playing a wide range of musical styles and traditions, including jazz, blues, Bollywood, classical, folk, and rock. In keeping with the free-flowing nature of this event, the following lineup is subject to change. Please check the website frontporchmusicfestival.com for the most up-to-date information.
2-2:30 p.m.: Family Folk Machine (418 Clark, backyard on Maple); Sisters of Song (503 Grant); Prairie Piffari (701 Grant); Kellen O’Cullom’s Irish folk stylings (515 Oakland); Richard and Randy’s guitar and harmonica selections (827 Dearborn).
2-3 p.m.: The Recliners (602 Clark); Bear Cat Hot Club (1231 Sheridan).
2:30-3 p.m.: Marcus and Trevor on dulcimer and guitar (426 Grant).
ADVERTISEMENT2:30-3:30 p.m.: Larry Mossman, Kathy Maxey, Karen Charney (832 Longfellow Ct.); PACK Quartet of clarinetists (611 Oakland).
3-3:30 p.m.: Morningside Cellos (715 Dearborn); Brandon De La Cruz (1209 Seymour); Antifahorn sound and poetry (751 Grant); The Misgivings (920 Dearborn); family sing-a-long (503 Grant).
3-4 p.m.: Marc Janssen Band (1231 Sheridan); Resubmissions (505 Clark).
3:30-4 p.m.: Petite Garçon (720 Clark); Mira and Janset’s violin duo (715 Dearborn); Tommy Santee Klaws (751 Grant); Something In Your Teeth (611 Oakland); Prairie Hill Uke-Estra leading a sing-a-long (503 Grant).
3:30-4:30 p.m.: The Glass Fortunes (1127 Maple); Pennies on the Rail with folk favorites (920 Dearborn); Lower Iowa Nordic Ensemble with a unique sound of hardanger fiddles (1316 Center).
4-4:30 p.m.: Smith Studio Saxes (1029 Bowery); Benj and Nicole Upchurch (751 Grant); Richard and Randy on guitar and harmonica (513 Grant); Will Ode’s folk selections (607 Oakland); Old Post Office Brass (1209 Seymour).
4-5 p.m.: Silt Creek (1231 Sheridan); David Greenwood-Sanchez (512 S. Summit); Open Jam (503 Grant).
4:30-5 p.m.: Usha Balakrishnan’s Bollywood songs (607 Oakland); SloMoBop jazz combo (1029 Bowery); Joe Cool’s acoustic guitar (827 Dearborn).
4:30-5:30 p.m.: Rusty Patch Studio cellists plus violist Michael Kimber (715 Dearborn); Community Sing with Lyndsey Scott (418 Clark).
5-5:30 p.m.: Hachtman Family Singers (1316 Center); The Note Wells jazz trio (720 Clark); Grant Street Brass Band (426 Grant); The 781s, ICPL House Band (1029 Bowery).
During the festival, walking or biking around the neighborhood is encouraged for all who are able. For visitors with cars, please park around the perimeter of the neighborhood or in the Longfellow Elementary School parking lot at 1130 Seymour Ave. Please note that Court Street is closed just east of Oakland (the intersection of Court and Grant is inaccessible by vehicle or on foot).
Find more information at frontporchmusicfestival.com.
Front Porch Music Festival organizers are Sara & Trevor Harvey and Diane & Nathan Platte. They love their neighbors.
This article originally appeared on Iowa City Press-Citizen: Celebrating 10 years of harmonious neighbors | Music Column
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