Historic Athens Porchfest Returned to Athens This Past Weekend

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024

The sixth annual Historic Athens Porchfest, presented by Café Racer, took place Sunday October 20th, featuring 209 performances on porches across 7 historic neighborhoods in Athens. The one-day community festival lasted from 1-7pm and included music from a variety of genres as well as performances from music theater, dance and comedy troupes.

Porchfest began in 2019 with 70 bands across 4 neighborhoods: Boulevard, Newtown, Buena Vista and Pulaski Heights. It was expanded to Cobbham and Normaltown in 2020 and last year Reese-Hancock was added, rounding out the festival to cover 7 historic neighborhoods across Athens.

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