Have you ever sat on your porch and overheard a neighbor strumming guitar on another porch? PorchFest takes this idea and multiplies it to create a city-wide event where neighbors share their love of playing and listening to music.

Somerville's PorchFest began in 2011 and has been growing rapidly ever since. This year more than 200 musical acts will be performing on porches (and sometimes spilling into front yards and gardens) across Somerville on Saturday, May 11. Almost every genre of music you've heard of (and a few you probably haven't) will be played at this year's PorchFest including gypsy punk, cosmic Americana and killer blues, Afrobeat, acid folk, and American space rock. There's even Porch-ioke where passersby can step up and belt out a tune with a band backing them up!