Voted the Best Neighborhood Festival and the Best Neighborhood Music Series, Petworth PorchFest returns on April 27th from 2pm to 6pm all across the neighborhood. There are 240 bands and 90 hosts so far, making this the biggest PorchFest yet!

You can check out the schedule and map to help plan out your day — there’s so many amazing bands playing!

Want to host a band? They are still accepting band submissions - sign up on their website!

Music at the Main Stage 5-8pm (Petworth Park: 801 Taylor St NW)

5pm: Gerf (surfy garage rock)
6pm: Bongo District (reggae, ska, Latin, funk)
7pm: Chill Band Feat. Riz Tha Great & Karpae (pocket soul, funk, hip hop)

Map of Hosting Porches 2-6pm

See the Schedule (to view on site, click on “View the Map” on their homepage)

Sample genres:
Rock, hip hop, R&B, indie, jazz, mariachi, folk, electronic, Latin, reggae, ska, alternative, blues, pop, Americana, Hungarian folk, Afro house, classical, funk, soul, acoustic, spoken word, children’s music, gospel, world, bluegrass, punk, bachata, salsa, surf, cumbia, country, deep house

Examples of bands playing in the neighborhood:

Smooth City (indie, pop, R&B) - playing at 4pm at 7 Sherman Circle NW
Grupo Fenix (folk, mariachi) - playing at 3pm at 1242 Quincy St NW
Ari Voxx (indie pop) - playing at 4pm at 821 Upshur St NW (FedWell, in collaboration with Art of Noize)
The Treads (country, rock) - playing at 3pm at 4400 Illinois Ave NW
Vintz Desert (indie folk, acoustic) - playing at 5pm at 610 Upshur St NW
Adriel Genet (of Burn the Ballroom) (alternative rock ) - playing at 4pm at 619 Upshur St NW
Pangea (psychedelic Afrobeat space funk) - playing at 2pm at 4419 5th St NW
The Fuss (reggae, ska) - playing at 3pm at 4022 13th St NW