Porchfest has been growing steadily since its inaugural year (2022), when Porchfest featured 50 bands on 35 porch stages. In its second year (2023), the event doubled in size featuring nearly 100 bands on 55 stages, this year, (2024), the event doubled again to over 200 bands on 65 porch stages, with an estimated 8,000-10,000 attendees - and continued growth is anticipated in 2025.
While the porch or front yard is a typically private space reserved for morning coffee and cookouts with family and friends. Placing performers on porch “stages” within a walkable radius creates opportunities for meaningful exchange, connection, and joy which are all building blocks to building healthy and vibrant communities.
What makes Tacoma Porchfest unique is that, because the festival takes places on porches, which are typically considered private property and “off-limits,” it creates an atmosphere which is both intimate and unusually inviting. Diverse groups of attendees are welcomed into private yards to enjoy music and dance. Once there, conversations take place and meaningful connections are made between people of various races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities, economics, and disabilities.
Tacoma Porchfest is organized by community members in partnership with Central Neighborhood Council, North End Neighborhood Council, and the Sixth Ave Business District. It is made possible with funding from Tacoma Venues & Events and individual donations from festival attendees. Tacoma Porchfest is a City of Tacoma Sponsored Event.
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