Akron’s annual music festival, PorchROKR, returns for its 11th year on Saturday, Aug. 19 with a day of live performances on porches and outdoor stages.
The festival’s footprint moves each year between four sections of the city’s Highland Square neighborhood.
This year, PorchROKR performances and vendors will be set up throughout the neighborhood’s southeast section, bordered by West Market Street, South Portage Path and Crosby and Rhodes Avenues.
The event begins at 8 a.m. with a PorchROKR 5K race to raise funds for the Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts. Yoga Squared will lead an outdoor yoga practice near the main stage at 9:30 a.m., between 42 Beck Ave. and the Fifth Third Bank.
Music starts at 11 a.m. with sets continuing every hour throughout the day, leading up to headliners Detention performing on the main stage at 7:30 p.m.
A silent disco dance party will conclude the event at House Three Thirty from 9 to 11 p.m.
Your guide to PorchROKR’s 2023 performers
More than 100 Northeast Ohio artists will perform at the free event Saturday.
³§³ó³Ü´Ú´Ú±ô±ð’s Amanda Rabinowitz and Brittany Nader share their top PorchROKR artist selections to help you plan your day by the hour.
Amanda’s picks:
11 a.m. – , Porch 19
12 p.m. – , Porch 8
1 p.m. – , Porch 13
2 p.m. – , Porch 12, or , Porch 34
3 p.m. – , Porch 35, or , Porch 7
4 p.m. – , Porch 2, or , Porch 22
5 p.m. – , Porch 31, or , Porch 9
6 p.m. – , Porch 4, or , Porch 10
Brittany’s picks:
11 a.m. – , Porch 33
12 p.m. – , Porch 32
1 p.m. – , Porch 17
2 p.m. – , Porch 14
3 p.m. – , Porch 9
4 p.m. – , Porch 32 or , Porch 34
5 p.m. – , Porch 19
6 p.m. – , Porch 32
³§³ó³Ü´Ú´Ú±ô±ð’s "" playlist on Spotify includes a sampling of songs attendees will hear on Saturday.
Shuffle at PorchROKR
Get to know some of the artists who will perform on Saturday through their prior Shuffle interviews.
11 a.m. – Alomar, Porch 7
3 p.m. – Big Pop, Porch 3, Shelby Olive, Porch 15 and Red Rose Panic, Porch 9
4 p.m. – Glass Bones (formerly known as CityCop), Porch 14
5 p.m. – Cory Grinder & the Playboy Scouts, Porch 9, The Labra Brothers, Porch 23 and DreamStates, Porch 15
