Porchfest call for Bands

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Calling all local musicians! Porchfest Sebastopol has officially opened the window for band submissions for our TWO events this year. Pass this along to your musician friends.

Saturday, June 6th at Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Saturday, September 12 in a Sebastopol neighborhood (TBD)

Go to this link and submit your band’s info under “My band wants to play.” Describe briefly your act and provide links to video or webpages. Let us know which event you can play or both. While we strive to accommodate all entries, that is of course, not possible. Deadline is May 1st.

We try to feature local, original music from Sonoma County although we have had some regional players as well. We support music of all ages and abilities. Additionally, though we love them, tribute and cover bands are not what our festival is about.

Get Involved – Sebastopol PorchFest

Thanks and keep up the good work of making music.

Gill Brothers, Orange Door Stage, 2024
945 Band, Sparc Stage, 2025
945 Band, Sparc Stage, 2025

Congratulations

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Come out and celebrate the Winners of the Northbay Music Awards at HopMonk Sebastopol.

Thursday, December 4th
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Congratulations to all the winners but especially to these Porchfest acts!

Ellie James – Best Female Solo Artist, Best Indie Band, Best Songwriter
Flowstone – Best Americana Band AND Most Northbay Vibe
Marshall House Project – Best Funk Band
LaiddBackZach – Best Hip Hop
945 Band – Best Rock Band
Sophia Kandler – Best Lead Vocals
Open Mic With Ceni – Best Open Mic Venue

Porchfest bands THIS SUNDAY in the HopMonk Abbey

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Good news for local music lovers and Porchfest supporters:
This Sunday Nov 23rd at 6:00PM we’ll open the Abbey up to THREE Porchfest bands.

  1. Lady Bloom (Americana) – Lauren Norgeot and Deena Cahill mesmerized the 2025 PF crowd on the Campanella Stage.
  2. Pasaflora (Soul, R&B) – killed it at 2024 PF on the Clam Bar stage.
  3. Sakoyana  (Jazz, funk) – from ’24 and ’25 PF, come back from Santa Cruz for another stellar Abbey stage show.

Ticketed show $20 (+ fee), Doors at 6pm and Lady Bloom begin at 7 PM.
Come out and support your local musicians!

   

Congratulations to NORBAY awards to Porchfest bands

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We had some good news that a few of our Porchfest acts went on to WIN “Best Of” awards at this year’s North Bay Music Awards.

Congratulations to:

Flowstone – Best Americana Band AND Most Northbay Vibe
Ellie James – Best Female Solo Artist, Best Indie Band, Best Songwriter
Marshall House Project – Best Funk Band
LaiddBackZach – Best Hip Hop
945 Band – Best Rock Band
Sophia Kandler – Best Lead Vocals
Open Mic With Ceni – Best Open Mic Venue

Now, get out there and check these bands out again!

Big Thank Yous

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Porchfest Sebastopol would love to THANK all 42 bands who played this year.  We know some of them had other gigs that day and we salute their efforts to keep music local and accessible.  They played for free!

Please people, if you can, SUPPORT THESE ARTISTS when you see them playing around town and support them on the social media.  They all probably have Venmo accounts which can be found.

 

2025 Acts to check out

Julia Hunt
Mazon Mendoza
Barbed Wire Valentine
Lady Bloom
Doron and Friends
House Catz
Marcos Pereda
Aaron Ruiz from Hard Medicine Corporation
Deeep Cover
Revolve
BMR
Late But Ready
School of Rock Dad Band 3
School of Rock Funk Band 2
School of Rock House Band 1
Hubbub Club
Bohemian Highway
SABIEE
Brittany Aquamarine
SPACE
Finding.Nic0
Roots Fusion
Petrified Sun
Matty Tucker
Sonomacana
Under A New Sun
Gill Brothers
Osito
Sakoyana
Marshall House Project
945 The Band
Gradina
Clementine Darling
Mazie Lewis
Dantana
Sloan Irving
Peyton Roze
Lola Guthrie & Kai Guthrie
Mama Crow
Space Walker
Ellie James
Flowstone

Music Starts Promptly at Noon

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Five artists will kick off PorchFest this year promptly at Noon.

Julia Hunt - Campanella Stage

Bohemium Highway - KB Properties Stage by Chimera

Matty Tucker - Solful Stage

Gradina - Taste West County Stage

Revolve - The Judd Patio Stage by School of Rock

We have schedule boards and a mobile schedule so you can keep track of all the artists and stages throughout the day. Have fun. Stay safe. Be kind. Make friends.

PorchFest Partner SebArts Preview of the Annual Art Trails

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This year we've partnered with the Sebastopol Center for The Arts (SebArts) to be the central hub for PorchFest. SebArts was founded in 1988 and as many of you know, part of it's mission is to "...[cultivate] creativity and [inspire] appreciation for the transformative power of art." It only makes sense that Sebastopol PorchFest and SebArts came together to promote and cultivate this year's lineup of talented acts that will perform across seven stages. Three of those stages are located at SebArts.

In conjunction with PorchFest this year, SebArts opens its Art Trails preview. Starting September 13, some of the work of the ~150 artists who will participate in Art Trails this year will be on display in the galleries at SebArts. Please take some time on PorchFest day to visit the galleries and see the work of these local fine artists.

Porchfest is ON – “where it’s at”

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July 30, Sebastopol, CA – Well, we’ve officially applied for a permit to use existing stages in Ives Park AND make new “porchlet” stages throughout the park. While we haven’t been given the official OK from the City of Sebastopol yet, we are FOR SURE going to have 4 stages at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts.

Details and lineups coming soon but we’re hoping for 7 stages and 40+ bands.

  • 2 acoustic stages (south patio and parking lot)
  • 1 youth-based School of Rock stage on the north patio
  • 1 main indoor stage for the 7pm after hours show featuring Flowstone with Ellie James opening. There will be a $10 ticket donation for an after hours wristband. There’s a maximum of 250 people allowed inside so donate in advance to reserve your wristband!
  • Beer + Wine garden
  • Food trucks in the SebArts parking lot

Thanks everyone for your patience. (Hardly) Porchfest lives!

Flowstone

Ellie James