West Philadelphia Porchfest at West Philly
I think I have lived in Philadelphia for at least six of the nine West Philly Porchfests and I'm pretty sure this is the first one I've been to. I know I thought about it before. Sometimes the weather was the issue because if it rains you're gonna get wet because it's all outside. This year the weather was... rainy, but I decided to go anyway. I only got a little wet. I was singing sea shanties at the time.
In photographing Porchfest I'm trying to get pictures of the porches almost as much as the bands. I mean there are literally hundreds of bands playing over a few square miles. I took a couple of photos of each band I saw, listened to a song or two, and then went on to the next one. I just figure that for people not in West Philly it's as interesting to see the houses and the actual porches as much as the bands. Do I know any of the bands' names? No I do not, though I'm sure I could look them up. A few have tiny signs you might be able to read? Sorry if you're a band but the point was to cover the event more than any particular artist really. That said there were definitely a lot of good bands who I went home and looked up so I can go catch them another time.
Posted: 5/31/2025 at 7:00pm Tags: West Philadelphia Porchfest West Philly
