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Local Athens band, Nana Grizol, performing last year on Pulaski Street at Historic Athens Porchfest, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Athens residents pack the neighborhood streets to listen to Nana Gritzol\u2019s live performance. (Photo Courtesy \/ Joshua L. Jones)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PORCHFEST<\/strong> \u2013 Historic Athens\u2019 Porchfest will commence this Sunday at noon. The event will feature over 200 different performers of various genres within seven historic Athens neighborhoods. 368 words, photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By James Bowling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fifth annual Porchfest<\/a> will kick off Sunday, Oct. 15, at noon throughout several neighborhoods of Athens to showcase the city\u2019s infamous live music scene. Porchfest is an opportunity for Athens residents to gather amongst their community, viewing varied performances and enriching themselves in the endless history of the Classic City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over local 200 artists will play on the porches of Boulevard, Normaltown, Buena Vista Heights, Cobbham, Newtown, Pulaski Heights and Reese-Hancock<\/a> neighborhoods, a notable increase from the 160 performers just last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe most unique part about Porchfest is the scope of it,\u201d said executive director of Historic Athens, Tommy Valentine. \u201cSince you have different options every hour and since people are going to make different choices, it becomes this kind of choose your own adventure situation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cafe Racer<\/a>, as well as various other Athens-based businesses, will be sponsoring a diverse lineup of artists \u2013 allowing admission to be completely free of cost for all attendees. The festival will commence early Sunday afternoon and the streets won\u2019t be quieting down until 8 p.m. that evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homeowners across the city volunteer their homes for the event, matching different home-types with various musical genres. This variety routinely attracts thousands of attendees<\/a> from a wide scope of preferences and historical backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe also get to welcome a lot of people into the event that might not have been welcomed at local festivals that might focus on different genre niches,\u201d said Valentine. \u201cYou know, we really get to take a little bit of everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, Porchfest has granted unique opportunities for both seasoned and up-and-coming artists<\/a> to experience playing in front of a lively college-town crowd. This includes even the most amateur performers, with Porchfest being many artist\u2019s first ever live gig. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Washburn, a sophomore undergraduate student at the University of Georgia, will make her Porchfest debut this Sunday. She looks forward to sharing a social moment playing alongside her father, Cameron Washburn, and his college band, known as The Rays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s something that really excites me too is that, I\u2019m like super stoked to play,\u201d explained Washburn, \u201cBut I also hopefully will get the chance to walk around and look at a bunch of different other bands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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