Porchfest
Porchfest is returning June 19th, 2027!
Thank you for another great year in 2026.
Artist Schedule:
Lawnridge Park
NW Lawnridge
Manzanita
NW Washington
NW 4th Street
Sponsorship
Help us make Porchfest a success again this year by becoming a sponsor! Call us at 541-862-1461, or email porchfestgrantspass@gmail.com.
Musician Application Form 2026
Porchfest Grants Pass June 20th, 2026 .
Musician Application Below
With over 4,000+ attendees, food, snack, and drink options will be in high demand at Porchfest.
If you decide to participate, please fill an application and acquaint yourself with these guidelines to have a successful and profitable experience. Please remember, the purpose of Porchfest is to raise funds for local youth support programs; your fees support our fundraising efforts.
Food Vendor fee is $75. This fee is waived for Non-Profits. Applications will NOT be processed until approved and requested fee received.
- Food vendors must be ready to sell at 10:30AM and provide enough food to feed 3,500 attendees. There is no vehicle access after 10:00 AM.
- We will have around 10 – 16 vendors selling food and snacks.
- NOTE: No power provided. You must supply your own power.
- Checks must be made to ‘Porchfest Grants Pass’ prior to event.
- Be sure to use your registered business (legal) name(s) and any DBA’s.
- CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE (called an “Acord” document) MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MAY 1ST (Certificate Holders are City of Grants Pass & Rogue Gateway Rotary Club)
- Scan and email a copy of your Certificate of Insurance to rarnpriester@evergreenfederal.bank
To secure a Food Vendor spot, all paperwork and payment must be completed by May 15th, 2025 at the very latest.
MAIL TO: RG Rotary Foundation/Porchfest, PO Box 176, Grants Pass, OR 97528
QUESTIONS?
Email: Renee (Porchfest Food Vendor Volunteer), OR call Renee 541-295-7163
Artists, Makers, Non-Profits – Want to sell, display or market?
Get a 10 x 10 space at Porchfest
Participation Fee is $40 (Waived for Non-Profits)
Applications will NOT be processed until approved and requested fee received.
• Marketplace Vendors need to be finished setting up their booth / displays by 10:15 am
• Warning – the streets will be closed to all traffic at 10:30 am- your vehicles must have left the event area
• Space is roughly 10 ft x 10 ft. Staking is not allowed
• Porchfest will not reserve a space until the $40 registration fee and this form have been submitted and approved.
TO RESERVE A SPACE COMPLETE THE APPLICATION (link above) AND MAIL A $40 CHECK, PAYABLE TO “Porchfest Grants Pass” (note: ‘vendor/artist’ in memo line)… OR… use the Pay Now button below to pay using PayPal.
MAIL TO: RG Rotary Foundation/Porchfest, PO Box 176, Grants Pass, OR 97528
QUESTIONS?
Email: Cindy (Porchfest Marketplace Volunteer), OR call Cindy 541-218-2378
Questions about Porchfest 2025 please email porchfestgrantspass@gmail.co
For any questions regarding Porchfest call 541-862-1461 or email porchfestgrantspass@gmail.com.
Contact
Platinum
Sara Katz & David Markle
Gold
Silver
James Basker & Angela Vallot
Link & Jennifer Krauss Phillippi
The Millards
Frequently Asked Questions
Porchfest is a free music festival taking place on the front porches of neighborhoods in small towns and large cities across the nation — and it’s coming to Grants Pass again this summer!
Porchfest is a revival of a tradition from the past, when time moved a little more slowly and folks gathered on their porches to visit with neighbors, family, and friends, brought out the guitar or fiddle, and made music together.
This family-friendly, free, community-building event — the first of its kind in Oregon — started in 2017. Local musicians perform a variety of genres on the front porches of historic Grants Pass homes in the NW Washington Boulevard area, with participating streets closed to vehicle traffic.
Yes! Thanks to your donations, the generosity of our sponsors, and dedicated volunteers, we are able to present this event at no cost to our guests.
Our musicians donate their time — you are welcome to tip the performers to show your appreciation of their generosity.
There will be a marketplace for artists and crafter booths located on the median strip on Washington Blvd. Food vendors will be located in designated areas (please check the Event Program), or bring your own picnic — no alcohol permitted.
Many of the organizations that receive Porchfest funds will have booths at the event. And of course, there is a raffle with many donated prizes!
Follow this link to our form to request a booth. The fee for participating in the Marketplace is a one-time fee of $40. (Fee is waived for non-profits.)
- Bring folding chairs and blankets for seating in Lawnridge Park and in front of porches.
- Most vendors accept both cash and credit cards — bring one or both for food and merchandise purchases.
- Please consider the temperature before bringing your pet; the asphalt can become quite hot, especially later in the day.
- Bring a picnic! Outside food and drinks are permitted, although no alcoholic beverages please.
Yes! Our route is only a few blocks long, and the streets where bands are performing are closed to make this event especially pedestrian-, child-, and pet-friendly. Friendly, well-behaved dogs on leashes are more than welcome.
We love kids and kids love Porchfest — all of our music is family friendly, and Lawnridge Park has plenty of room for a little running around.
There is limited handicapped parking at Bethany Presbyterian Church at the NW 5th Street entrance and NW Hawthorne Ave next to Lawnridge Park.
Schedules and maps are provided to visitors on Porchfest day at the festival, and will be posted on our Facebook page and website as we get closer to the event.
Normal street parking outside of the event area is available to all. However, this is a very popular event — please consider carpooling, walking, or biking to the event.
There will be various food vendors at the event. Check the Event Program on the day for locations and options.
The organizational effort is led by Rogue Gateway Rotary and our amazing volunteers. Please consider helping us — we’d love to have you on our team! Contact us at porchfestgrantspass@gmail.com.
No. Alcohol is not allowed and will not be sold by any vendor.
Restroom facilities are located near Lawnridge Park and on 4th Street.
Yes — stop by the event information booth.
Porchfest Grants Pass is an annual charitable event, with net proceeds benefitting youth programs in Josephine County. It is through our generous sponsors that we can make this event available to our community.
Sponsors receive cost-effective advertising in the lead-up to Porchfest, goodwill in the community, a boosted community profile (more than 4,000 attendees in 2023), and the satisfaction of supporting local youth non-profits.
Each year we choose local youth-oriented charities to receive the donations raised during Porchfest. Recipients for Porchfest 2025 include:
- Boys and Girls Club of the Rogue Valley
- Project Youth Plus
- Crossing Bridges Therapeutic Riding Center
- Redwood Play4 All Inclusive Playground
- GP District 7 Early Learning Program
- Rogue Gateway Youth Programs
Yes, your donation is tax-deductible. Donations are distributed by RG Rotary Foundation.
No. Organizers, performers, porch hosts, and others all participate as volunteers, giving freely of their time, talents, resources, and hospitality as a gift to the neighborhood and community. Musicians are free to put out a tip jar or sell their music.
Yes, there will be a raffle!
Use #GPporchfest for all Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram posts. You can also use #porchfestgrantspass, #porchfest, or #porchfest2026.
Extreme weather conditions are out of our control and may cause temporary delays, postponement, or cancellation of the event. We will communicate any changes via our website and Facebook page.
Porchfest volunteers are already making plans for 2026! Please mark your calendar for Saturday, June 20th, 2026. We’d love to see you there!