Tacoma Porchfest

Did you love the HONK! bands at the Porchfest parade?? Then you’ll love Tacoma HONK Fest ! There’s going to be twenty brass bands coming to McKinley Hill on October 21!

You have until the end of the day today to put in your order for a Tshirt! Go to our website and click "Tshirt" from the drop-down menu. We will put in our group order from the amazing and get those out to you ASAP!

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Tacoma's Porchfest Was Full of Good Good, Great Music, and Foxy Mountain Rangers Tacoma's Porchfest is on the verge of becoming a destination-worthy event.

We are calling this year's shirt color Polarizing Pistachio. You either love it or hate it! We love it, and sold out on Saturday. Don't you want to join team pistachio? We will take online orders for another week and then will bring them to life!

Thank YOU bend.!

Did you have fun and still have a few dollars left in your pockets? We are still accepting donations to support this endeavor and help us keep it going year after year. 💚💚💚

Help! Whose are these? Modeled by Porchfest organizer extraordinaire Irina.

Come see Holly at the church lot for your $15 Porchfest tee. Posters also for anyone who donates to Porchfest!

Hey! If our website is having issues, get our event guide at

tacomaporchfest | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree View tacomaporchfest’s Linktree. Listen to their music on Spotify here.

Our website is down at the moment! Please click our linktree on our IG to access the schedule and map! Link also here —->

Mission Thrift swooped in and saved the day, volunteering their parking lot as a Porchfest stage for Echo Ravine, Broken Rain & Tacoma Noise Rodeo. We think this is a great match and will be our siren song to 6th Avenue, bringing passersby into our wonderful chaos. Come check these super fun musical acts, keeping in mind they are breaking for the parade from 3-4. Thank you Mission Thrift and these awesome bands for pushing through and making it happen. Tacoma Noise Rodeo echoravine.bandcamp.com; brokenrain.bandcamp.com

THIS IS A MUST-READ, TACOMA!

Hey, Porchfest made it into The Grit City Podcast! They want to know the logistics of parking, etc... So -
- please don't drive to Porchfest if you are close! If you must drive, please park in the surrounding neighborhoods north of 6th Ave; S of S 12th; East of Sprague; West of S Cedar. 2nd Cycle is hosting a family-friendly group ride from Wright Park into the festival. Carpool! Take an Uber! Rent a scooter! Ride your unicycle! Leap frog on over!

We can't wait and we hope everyone stays safe!

The Grit City Podcast: GCP: Sixth Ave Events and Aliens! On this episode, the guys discuss Porchfest, Art on the Ave, reflect on Putt Stuff, review Cajun seafood at Captain Crab, and a Scott Topic.

Check out at 820 S Anderson from 4-6pm!

Check out on S Prospect just north of S 8th tomorrow from 1-3pm!

Check out this amazing band at S 8th & S Trafton tomorrow from 1-3pm

Guess what??! Pierce County Explorer Search and Rescue (PCESAR) is volunteering at Tacoma Porchfest as our First Aid station, help with monitoring the festival and stepping in whenever needed. And they are doing it for FREE! Check out this amazing organization at their website soothersmaylive.org
We are so grateful to have such a strong, organized group of capable volunteers on hand at Porchfest, ready for anything. Look out for the red shirts and make sure to thank them! Chat with them at their table at the church lot and find out how to join!

Being a porch host is an act of radical hospitality. Our neighbors have stepped up in so many unexpected ways to make Porchfest so special! Not only have they opened their home to musicians they may not know, their yards to neighbors and strangers alike, they have gone above and beyond to make Porchfest their own personal concert space and hub for neighborhood connection. We've gotten to know so many of our neighbors through this venture, and all of our porch hosts are amazing people! This here is Nic & Athena from the orange house on S Pine -- they are early adopters who took a chance on this last year and couldn't wait to host again! We are SO LUCKY to have the best neighbors!

What are you doing at 3pm on Saturday? Well, we HOPE you are pumped from watching 2 hours of local rock from the 💚green side💚 and ready to dance your way down the people-moving parade to the 🩷pink side🩷 for more tunes from 4-6pm. Make some streamers on S State St, ride your unicycle, cart your kids in a wagon, just enjoy the music and sunshine and get to know each other!

OHEMGEEE it's finally here! The website is done, the set list is published and the field guide is LIVE. Thank you & for making magic happen!
Now go plan your route at tacomaporchfest.org (link in bio)

The great mind behind G Street Players was a HUGE player of Porchfest last year, using his incredible talents to support budding musicians. Lester is a big presence in Tacoma - a musician, businessman, producer and social justice activist among many of the hats that he wears. The G Street Players describe their style of music as "soul medicine". You won't want to miss this!

Fraidy-Dogs is a comedy/alt rock band that makes fun and catchy songs with humorous lyrics. Their songs cover topics such as dogs, pizza, aliens, zombies, and more. Check out two of their albums at fraidy-dogs.bandcamp.com

Fraidy-Dogs is a band for those who enjoy laughing and rocking out at the same time. 🎸😂

ff00ff makes “computer music for computer people." Their style is a mix of electronic, pop, rock, and experimental genres, with influences from video games, anime, and internet culture. Check out their music at ff00ff.bandcamp.com -- this is a band for those who enjoy creative and quirky computer music. 🎧💻

We fell in love with this married metal duo last summer, and we are so excited they are back to ROCK South Trafton again at Karen & Anders porch from 1-3pm. Check out their website, listen to their music, and get excited!

Echo Ravine is a noise pop band that blends distorted guitars, catchy melodies, and experimental sounds. You can listen to their songs at echravine.bandcamp.com and discover their unique style of noise pop THIS SATURDAY at the Laundromat Lot on S 12th. 🎸🎶

One of our favorite parts about Porchfest is that we get artists of all ages! Come check out some skate punk from near S 10th & S Steele from 1-3pm!

What kind of music does Daombra play? We don't know! Let's all go solve this mystery together, in person, on Saturday, August 5th. They will be sharing a stage with Innocent Civilians on Thom's porch from 1-3pm on S Steele near S 12th.

Check out Free Mechanics near S 10th & S Ferry from 1-3pm at Porchfest! Guide coming soon!

Check out from 1-3pm on S 7th St just south of Sprague -- event guide coming soon!