Watertown Porchfest Organizers Share What You Need to Know About City’s Inaugural Musical Extravaganza
WATERTOWN – The City of Watertown will be hosting its first-ever Porchfest on Saturday, May 18th from 12pm-5pm. The event will feature performances from a wide range of artists – not just musicians.
There are already dozens of performers from Watertown and elsewhere signed up for the event, but organizers are also looking for more residents to offer their porches, driveways, and lawns as performance sites.
Porchfest organizers Matt Hanna and Kristen Kenny visited WCA-TV’s new Studio B to talk with News Director Dan Hogan about the event.
Learn more at watertownporchfest.org.
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