A Porchfest +

According to Wikipedia, porchfests were started in Ithaca, New York, in 2007, and “porchfest events bring local musicians and neighborhoods together to celebrate and create a sense of community.”

But this is East Atlanta, so we do our porchfest with a few twists. We kick off the day with the quirkiest parade in Atlanta Strutting through our main street. Then we spread the action throughout the EAV business district and to the neighborhood’s park and porches.

Because the Strut has always been about giving back to the East Atlanta neighborhood, we added the porchfest as a safer way to continue our festival tradition and celebrate during the height of the pandemic. Our 2020 winning neighbors, below, each received a fabulous trophy and $1,000 donated to a neighborhood nonprofit:

East Side Avenue won in the Dragon area.
The Rooster winner was Metropolitan Avenue
Shadowridge Drive won in the Peacock area. (Not pictured is the Llama winner, Paoli Avenue)