Rock

Rustle is back for its second year at Porchfest, playing covers from bands including Dispatch, The Rolling Stones, and The Black Keys. Special guests this year include Ben Yardley from Vancouver's rock trio La Chinga on guitar, as well as Russell Chudnofsky on drums.

A 3-piece rock band based in Somerville. We've been rattling around town for a few years now, working on writing as many songs as possible. We all write and sing, and we'd love to see you this Porchfest!

Original 5 piece rock n roll band that traveled in time from 1973 to rock Porchfest 2018.

Brett and Ryan were in a band together throughout college, where they played monthly shows at the legendary Whitney Bar and Grill in the great city of Hamden, Connecticut. After college, they both found themselves in Boston, and began playing as an acoustic duo at whatever gigs they could get: bars, bridal showers, weddings, birthdays, house parties, and everything in between. After playing together for 10 years, they've got a pretty wide ranging set list- everything from Hall & Oates, to Blackstreet, to The Kinks, to Alanis Morissette, and much more.

Blues Rock and Roll

The Sock Puppets hail from the Kennerbunks in Southern Maine, and weave together Dark Ages folk, 80’s skate punk, 70’s Stones, funk and jam rock influences into a transportive, improvisational fusion of country-punk and trance-grass.

When the Sock Puppets play, songbirds weep. Fish leave the sea and evolve into walking fish. Boulders transform into sky-trout…and then unicorns appear in bursts of sparkly rainbows and eat them. No one knows why these things happen. It's not important. Be a part of history. Share the journey. Feel the magic.

The Snacktones play originals and select covers across a variety of genres with influences in rock, reggae, blues, american folk, and beyond. We enjoy ourselves most when joined by friends and will feature a number of great Somerville artists sitting in on a fun and playful Porchfest jam. Come on by!

Some originals, more covers. Some rock, more metal.

The ever-churning blueshift test tube swirling with the musical styling of a sweetfolk mystic, tribal beatkeeper, funkthumper, and a psychedelic warmtone jester. Planet Nowhere is a four piece folkstomp funkrock band that has been touring New England since 2016 - filling the streets of Boston, the mountains of Vermont, and the hills of Maine with the sounds of their original music.