{"id":1,"date":"2023-10-15T20:20:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T20:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/learning-technologies\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-08-04T01:35:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:35:24","slug":"event-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-graybarbee\/event-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"New Neighborhood Addition makes 2023 Athens Porchfest Biggest to Date"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Gimme Hendrix<\/a> performs a live set at Athens Porchfest. Gimme Hendrix is a Jimi Hendrix tribute band based out of Athens. (Photo\/Gray Barbee)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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This Sunday in Athens seven different historic neighborhoods will be hosting the fifth annual Porchfest music festival. The event will feature over 200 local performers<\/a> and will take place from noon to 8 p.m. Attendance is free.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The event is run by Historic Athens, a non-profit working to celebrate and conserve community heritage in Athens for over 55 years. Porchfest has gained steady popularity since its inception in 2019 with last year\u2019s concerts drawing over 13,000 people<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The festival began in 2019 with 67 porches and 69 performers<\/a>. Since a virtual celebration in 2020 the event\u2019s popularity has skyrocketed as it has become one of the Athens communities\u2019 favorite festivites. In 2022 \u201cTravel and Leisure<\/a>\u201d ranked Porchfest weekend in Athens a top 12 October travel destination in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Being the biggest Athens music festival to date, Historic Athens have linked a spreadsheet<\/a> to their website detailing the name, address, neighborhood, time and genre of each artist to enable individuals to plan their afternoon accordingly.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

One addition making this year\u2019s Porchfest larger than last is the addition of the Reese-Hancock neighborhood as a venue, which has served as a key educational center for the local Black community since the 1860\u2019s. The traditional neighborhood venues of Boulevard, Buena Vista Heights, Cobbham, Newton, Normaltown and Pulaski Heights will also be open to the public.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Among other local performers, Nuci\u2019s Space\u2019s Camp Amped will open up the event at noon at 738 Cobb St and Winterville Mayor Dodd Ferrelle\u2019s band will close at 7 p.m. at 650 Pulaski St. The event will be sponsored by Cafe Racer Coffee and Donuts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Athens Porchfest 2023 was a pleasure to cover. It was a great opportunity to get out in the community and give some local musicians an opportunity at a larger platform. I learned that it is harder than I thought to come up with a caption on the spot for social media.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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