First Maplewood Porchfest to take place Sunday 9/3-- postponed to Monday 9/4

What better ending to the summer than a free music festival on the streets of Maplewood?! Our first annual Porchfest, on Sunday September 3 from 1-5pm (rain date Monday September 4), will feature 30+ bands performing at more than 20 porches in the Hilton neighborhood. Follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/maplewoodporchfest/   for a map and schedule, announcements, and updates. Come join us for this great community event!

This sounds wonderful! We'll be there.

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Big Train returns... 

Available for parties. Reasonable rates. Very few bad habits.

A week from today, Maplewood will be alive with the sounds of Porchfest! For a guide to the entertainment, use our digital listing blog. Paper maps with schedules will be available at the end of the week at locations near you - stay tuned.
https://maplewoodporchfest.blogspot.com/
 (With cell phones, use web version.)

Four more days till four amazing hours of music on our streets in Maplewood! So...where's the MAP of the porches, you ask? What's the specific SCHEDULE of music? Well, we will post both tomorrow right, and paper copies will be available in various locations (tbd) on Friday and all weekend. You can always get your copy at our kickoff at DeHart Park playground at 12 noon on Sunday or at any porch location...https.//Maplewoodporchfest.blogspot.com

Looks great!

• DeHart Park: Kickoff & Honk Parade
• (1) 3-5pm: The Modesto Kid
• (2) 1-3pm: Kenselaar Brothers Quartet
• (3) 1-3pm: The Community
• (3) 3-5pm: Diesel Wagon
• (4) 1-3pm: Band of Strays
• (5) 1-3pm: no band 1-2pm, Drunken Birds
• (5) 3-5pm: Thea Kearney, Die-Cast Cars
• (6) 3-5pm: Peter Carbonara/Harvey Rubenstein
• (7) 1-3pm: The Silvertones Flute Ensemble
• (8) 3-5pm: Forget the Whale
• (9) 1-3pm: Elan, Ranu Podder
• (10) 3-5pm: Laredo
• (11) 1-3pm: Rusty Cadillac, The Porchresters
• (11) 3-5pm: Soul Jazztet with open jam
• (12) 1-3pm: Flip Da Skrip Band
• (13) 3-5pm: Zoe
• (14) 1-3pm: Kludge Light
• (15) 1-3pm: The Apostles
• (15) 3-5pm: Kai Chambers
• (16) 1-3pm: Chris Nitti, Jaybird
• (16) 3-5pm: Big Head Baby Blues Band
• (17) 1-3pm: Amish Internet
• (17) 3-5pm: Los Traficantes del Amor
• (18) 1-3pm: Mood Ring
• (18) 3-5pm: Big Train
• (19) 3-5pm: Time Bandit
• (20) 3-5pm: Pianoman Bob and Stevie-G
• (21) 1-3pm: Barbara's Bunch
• (21) 3-5pm: Astronaut Jones
• (22) 3-5pm: Bri Blvck, Chris Koch
• (23) 1-3pm: QWERT
• (23) 3-5pm: Janice Wiggins

Thanks Jamie!

Drum roll, please: Here is our event MAP and SCHEDULE! Paper copies are available now in the following establishments: Park Wood Diner, Gigi's Cupcakes, Hilton Library, Finlay+Gage Musical Instruments, and the Maplewood Community Center at DeHart Park. You can also get one at the kickoff at DeHart at 12 noon on the event day, as well as at any of the porches  

Maplewood Porchfest Update

Well, weather is looking a little iffy for Sunday : ( . 

We remain hopeful and will make the call on Sunday BY 9AM to postpone until Monday.

If we do use the rain date, the schedule should be exactly the same except a day later. We will post any changes, on MOL as well as on on the Maplewood Porchfest FB page

Due to weather related conditions, Maplewood Porchfest will take place on Monday September 4.  Everything will pretty much remain the same, just a day later. Any changes will be posted here.  Looking forward to a great day tomorrow!

srw780 said:

Due to weather related conditions, Maplewood Porchfest will take place on Monday September 4.  Everything will pretty much remain the same, just a day later. Any changes will be posted here.  Looking forward to a great day tomorrow!

Good call.  No point in "singing in the rain" without Gene Kelly.

What's the best news about postponing to a rain date? MORE LEMONADE STANDS! We are hearing about Hilton kids selling all along the Porchfest route. A walk with friends, great music, and lemonade on a sunny day...life is good.

If you do have a little something more to give:
* Buy a delicious snack from the Porchfest FUNDRAISER BAKE SALE on wheels from our cycling volunteers! Proceeds help defray some of our costs.
* Don't forget to TIP YOUR BANDS - they certainly earned it : )
* Bring CANNED FOOD/DRY GOODS for hungry seniors; boxes will be at several porches along the route.

Hit up Maplewood Porchfest on FB for latest info. 

What a great afternoon. Thanks to all the awesome talent, and to the hard-working organizers and hospitable hosts!

Well done!  I'm glad you had a rain date - weather was perfect.

The values of the houses in Hilton just went up 10%. Great event. I can't wait till next year.

Fantastic event!  Great music.  Great vibe.  Thank you to all the organizers and musicians.  I hope it becomes another wonderful Maplewood tradition.  If there's a contact person for this event, I'd volunteer to help next year.  Lemme know.

Wow, what an amazing day thanks to the volunteers, bands, porch owners, Maplewood Community Music, Hilton Neighborhood Association, Vic DeLuca, Julie Weinberg, and all of our awesome attendees. Special thanks to Jamie for pinning this thread.   It might be too early to speculate on next year just yet, but Jeff L we have your name on file