Arlington Moves Porchfest Stage To Town Hall

ARLINGTON, MA — The Arlington Center for the Arts will present Porchfest Stage, a scaled-down version of the annual music festival, on the front steps of Town Hall as part of its annual Arlington Open Studios event.

Porchfest Stage will take place Saturday, Nov. 13 and feature free public performances by local musicians throughout the day.

Porchfest will return in full on Saturday, June 18, 2022. A call to musicians, porch hosts and volunteers will go out early next year.

The event was not held this past spring due to the pandemic, and the ACA said it was unable to sufficiently plan for a large-scale event in the fall.

"Things may look a little different this year, but you can be sure that ACA is working thoughtfully to create unique occasions for community-building through the arts," Executive Director Tom Formicola said in a statement.

This year's event will occupy one full block in the heart of Arlington’s Cultural District. In addition to Porchfest Stage, Open Studios will showcase the work of local artists at three locations, including ACA, Town Hall and First Parish Unitarian Universalist. Robbins Library will also host a Books & Art Sale as part of the day-long event.

For those members of the Arlington Porchfest community who will miss an event in their neighborhoods this year, ACA will soon be posting a DIY Porchfest Guide on its website so that die-hard Porch Hosts and musicians might coordinate some more intimate events of their own for the enjoyment of friends and neighbors this summer and fall as suits their schedules.

Those interested in learning more about Porchfest Stage, DIY Porchfest Kits, and Arlington Porchfest 2022, please visit www.acarts.org and www.arlingtonporchfest.org.