Folk

Bird Friend is a weird folk band from Portsmouth, New Hampshire & Somerville, Massachusetts. 

Rooted in folk and DIY, Bird Friend's music also incorporates elements of country, punk, psychedelia, and spoken word - touching on themes of displacement and decay, change, loss and unease in the modern age.

Geoff Himsel - vocals, acoustic guitar
Carson Kennedy - vocals
Andrew Eckel - vocals, electric guitar

Shelagh Rose is a Boston based singer/songwriter who performs regularly alongside her guitarist, Jordan Quigley, at many of the Irish pubs in the area. The band blends a great mix of folk, pop, country and traditional Irish!

Anosha, Patrick Evan and Christian are playing cover songs of well-known rock and pop songs as well as lesser-known indie covers. Refreshments are provided, we're in the backyard of the building. Stop by and bring friends and family!
 

Folk, guitar, voice. Succulent, sweet, surprises. Bubbles, hula hoops, chalk.
Petite person, booming vocals that can stop fixies in their tracks.
Also, sometimes an 80's sing-a-long song on ukulele thrown in, because we're grown ups and we can do what we want.

Want to hear something? If you request it and I know it? I'll play it.
*Also, though not specifically geared towards kids, people of all ages tend to listen joyfully. I think you'll like it.

Kingfisher, the eclectic duo of Cecilia Vacanti and Jeff Kaufman, plays both traditional and modern contra dance music.

Google “the greatest band in the history of recorded music”. Jim's Big Ego is still the top hit! Former-villen Jim Infantino (lead vocals & guitar) returns for a 3rd Porchfest, accompanied by Jesse Flack (bass), Dan Cantor (percussion). (Josh Kantor has potential scheduling conflicts). “Kid safe but not kid oriented”.

NOTE: Since we're close enough to the central zone, we're playing earlier to avoid sound conflicts with the bands on Tennyson and Pembroke. 

There will be banjo.

Indie Folk

In 2021 Mary Z. Cox & Boston-based fiddler Cameron Freer recorded live “Hogfiddle Sessions” featuring clawhammer banjo, mountain dulcimer & fiddle. Cameron & Mary Z. reemerged from Covid in 2022 to play a concert in Western North Carolina & are looking forward to playing NY and the Northeast in May 2023. Mary Z. also took solo shows and workshops in 2022 to the Florida Folk Festival, Ozark Roots Dulcimer Festival & western NC dances, performance & jams in 2022.

Folk-punk isn't dead, and you're next.