Porchfest
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The Arts
Porchfest 2026: Here’s Some Itinerary Suggestions
The annual Historic Athens Porchfest is coming up on Sunday, Oct. 18, and students in Kyser Lough’s First Year Odyssey seminar on music in Athens have scoured the 200+ Porchfest band lineup to build a few custom, themed itineraries for attendees. We’ll give you the first 4-5 shows to visit,…
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Home & Garden
Tour Unique Homes Behind Music at Historic Athens Porchfest
The porches are the centerpiece at Historic Athens Porchfest on Oct. 18, but there’s so much more to the homes hosting musicians and bands at the free community event. Porchfest hosts opened up their residences before the crowds to students in a journalism seminar on home and garden writing class.…
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Home and Garden Series
Porchfest in Athens’ Normaltown
Shelby Day and her family were looking for more than a house when they moved to Normaltown in January 2024. They wanted a neighborhood where people knew one another, shared spaces and created a sense of belonging. Day found that in Normaltown, one of the seven historic Athens neighborhoods participating…
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Home and Garden Series
Porchfest in Normaltown
Ramsey Nix was pushing her newborn son on Normal Avenue in 2012 when she noticed a sale sign. Her family lived nearby in a newer bungalow, but the older home along her walking route always caught her attention. She peeked into the backyard and was instantly in love. The…
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Home and Garden Series
Porchfest in Newtown
A vibrant purple house on Barber Street will transform once again into a music venue for Historic Athens Porchfest, marking the fourth time homeowner Courtney Loskoski and her husband, Van, have served as hosts. They expect crowds to gather on picnic blankets and lawn chairs on Oct. 18 to…
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Home and Garden Series
Porchfest in Boulevard
The first time Simeon Niolon stepped onto the front porch of 156 Boulevard, the house reminded him of home. Niolon grew up in Alpharetta, Georgia, where his grandfather and his grandfather’s siblings were born in a house similar to the one on Boulevard. Inside, the tall ceilings, heart-pine floors…
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Home and Garden Series
Porchfest in Cobbham
Neighbors can’t seem to walk past 824 Hill St. without saying hello. In the half hour Gaby Covington and Paul Quick sat on their porch on a recent Wednesday morning, four people stopped at the sidewalk to chat. “There’s a way of life with the sidewalks,” Covington said. “We…
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Athens-Clarke County
Historic Athens Porchfest Returns for Its Eighth Year
Denise Sunta spends weeks matching hundreds of bands to hundreds of front porches, making sure no two sets at the same time land next door to each other and that no musician playing in multiple bands gets double-booked across neighborhoods for Historic Athens Porchfest. This year, a University of Georgia…
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Grady Nightshift
How One Lyndon Avenue Home Captures Spirit of Athens’ Porchfest
Each October, as the first hints of fall whisper through the air, Athens comes alive in a way true to the Classic City. For eight hours, Athens’ annual Porchfest transforms front yards into concert stages. Neighbors spill into the streets, guitarists perform alongside gardens and the sound of live music…
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Athens-Clarke County
Boulevard Neighborhood Bands Together at Historic Athens Porchfest
Community members in white ringer tees with the words “Save Historic Legion Pool” and kids in costume filled the streets of the historic Boulevard neighborhood on Sunday. The shirts addressed the “Save Legion Pool” initiative to protect the pool on the University of Georgia’s campus and bring attention to the…