Newton PorchFest 2019: What To Know

NEWTON, MA — Prepare for Newton to transform into a free music festival Saturday. Last year was Newton's first foray into PorchFest, and it went over so well it's back for a second year.

Newton Community Festival of the Arts sponsors the event, which comes during "Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts" along with some 50 other special events between May and June.

The day-long grass roots free neighborhood music festival started in the Boston area with Somerville in 2011. The neighborhood of Jamaica Plain hopped on board in 2014 and today there are more than a dozen in Greater Boston, including in Newton and Brookline.

Local talent sign up ahead of time to perform for their neighbors on a porch or in an open space, it's all plotted on a map and then Saturday, June 1 from noon til 6 p.m. the Garden City turns into one giant music festival.

You can wander the city and check out the more than 100 free music performances on porches, front lawns and driveways around the city in Auburndale, Lower Falls and Waban.

You can grab a picnic and chill in one neighborhood or wander from street to street listing to just about everything: Jazz, Pop, Rock, Funk, R&B, Classical, Barbershop - it's all there.

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