NENA Porchfest

01/20/2025

The 2nd annual Near Eastside Neighborhood Athens (NENA) Porchfest will be held on Sunday May 18, 2025. This is a FREE event that is open to the public. It will feature dozens of local musicians and bands playing on neighborhood porches and at Near Eastside businesses.

The tentative schedule is as follows:
✦ Noon-1:00 PM: Kick off show location to-be-announced
✦ 1:00-7:00 PM: Porch performances throughout the Near Eastside Neighborhood
✦ 6:00-9:00 PM: Closing performances at Jackie O’s Taproom
✦ Kids’ area
✦ Other activities and local businesses involved to be announced

We have opened online applications for residents in the Near Eastside Neighborhood who are interested in hosting a band on their porch: https://forms.gle/CQkz7Fpa5Pw94t6M6 .. and one for Athens area bands/musicians that would like to play in Porchfest: https://forms.gle/1DqnwjuM9X3mC9vY8

You can reach the Porchfest organizing committee here on our page to Like the page, post a question, or message us. You can also find us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/nena.porchfest/

This form is to submit a proposal to play music as part of the first Near Eastside Neighborhood Athens (NENA) Porchfest in Athens, Ohio on Sunday, May 18, 2025. We will accept musician applications through March 2, and intend to announce decisions by late March. The Porchfest model, created in Ithac...

08/07/2024

The organizing committee is beginning work for the 2nd Annual NENA Porchfest, which is already scheduled for Sunday, May 18, 2025. .. and NENA Porchfest continues to make the news, even over a month after the inaugural event. Here's another mention by the Athens County Independent.

Along with a repost of photos the Independent took at the Porchfest finale with the Water Witches playing to the biggest crowd Jackie O's Taproom has ever seen.
https://athensindependent.com/photos-from-the-nena-porchfest-finale-june-30/

08/02/2024

SAVE THE DATE.
NENA Porchfest 2025 will be held on Sunday May 18 2025.

Oh, and you can read or listen to the story linked below by from the event we had on Tuesday to garner feedback and ideas for next year's Porchfest.

Athens Porchfest organizer Rob Delach said the event raises awareness of how important porches are in strengthening communities.

07/07/2024

Thanks to the Athens County Independent for covering the Water Witches final show at Jackie O's Taproom as the finale to the first NENA Porchfest 2024 on Sunday June 30, 2024. Check out the great photos by Emily Bartholic that captured this amazing event.
From what we were hearing from attendees, they've never seen Jackie O's Brewery Taproom so busy. Our rough estimate was 400+ people in attendance there.

Porchfest came to an end with a lively night of drinks, music and dancing at Jackie O's Taproom.

07/06/2024

Thanks to all of you that came out to the first Near Eastside Neighborhood Athens (NENA) Porchfest! We had an amazing array of local musicians playing on porches and at local businesses as part of Porchfest. We’d love to hear about your experience at Porchfest with the hopes that we can use that feedback to make a potential 2nd Annual Porchfest even better. Please take a couple of minutes to fill out the survey linked below to provide us with your feedback.

This survey is for those that attended the first NENA Porchfest, held on Sunday June 30, 2024. Help us gauge how much you enjoyed the event, what we did right, and where we can improve if there is a 2nd Annual NENA Porchfest.

07/04/2024

You might recognize some of these guys from NENA Porchfest 2024 on Sunday during the Celtic music Jam at 3 Watt St.
Well, at least part of the group play regularly (weekly-ish) at the West End Ciderhouse on Thursday nights, including right now on July 4th.

07/03/2024

Thanks to Clint Haller for recording the final Water Witches show that took place as the finale of the First NENA Porchfest on Sunday June 30th at Jackie O's Taproom. If you were unlucky enough to miss the show, now you can watch it on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oBEtkDJ3PA

Recorded By Clint HallerSetlist help Would be Appreciated