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Videos, Photos: Rocking, Rolling, Jamming, Dancing, Laughing at Jamaica Plain Porchfest!

By David Ertischek on July 9, 2017

People danced in the streets, children dangled from a circus trapeze, politicians sang, comedians tickled funny bones, and musicians offered their own unique musical stylings during the 4th Annual Jamaica Plain Porchfest on Saturday.

This year, 205 bands performed on 95 porches throughout JP delivering original songs and covers of bluegrass, hip-hop, jazz, Latin, rock, pop, classical and more. The streets were packed throughout the day as porchfesters gravitated to stoops, yards, driveways, churches and community centers.

Children enjoyed free trapeze lessons at the Eliot School, comedians performed at the Loring-Greenough House and politicians sang and danced at the First Baptist Church on Centre Street. This year, Porchfest also added the resource mobilization fair to feature area nonprofits.

The School of HONK jammed out for a large audience on the lawn of the First Baptist Church on Centre Street — and a baby got down, too.

Performers from the Commonwealth Circus Center led a Circus Porch for children all day long at the Eliot School.
School of HONK musicians took turns taking solos while the rest of the band backed them up.
Muddy River performed bluegrass music on Custer Street during the noon to 2 p.m. time slot.

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There was competitive comedy at the Comedy Porch at the Loring-Greenough House.
A moped slowed down to listen to music on Biltmore Street.
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