Porchfest will Bring Music, Dance, and Community to the Streets of Jamaica Plain By Amanda Burke on July 5, 2015 Porchfest will Bring Music, Dance, and Community to the Streets of Jamaica Plain Sterling Rhyne plays on the porch of resident Betsaida Gutierrez at JP Porchfest 2014. Photo credit Samuel J. Sacks. On Saturday, the streets of Jamaica Plain will be filled with the sights and sounds of music and dance, as thousands of attendees comb the sidewalks for the JP’s second annual celebration of art and community, Porchfest.