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🐝 Evansville Buzz | Sept 6–7: Front Porch Fest EVV in the Heart of Haynie's Corner

Porch Party of the Decade - Evansville’s biggest free block party turns 10. Come porch-hop with us.

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Evansville Buzz
September 01, 2025

🎶 Porch Ain’t Over ‘Til the Music Stops

Evansville, your neighbor’s porch is about to be cooler than your living room. Why? Because Front Porch Fest EVV is back for its 10th anniversary and it’s turning the entire Haynie’s Corner Arts District into one giant, music-soaked block party.

Here’s the deal: over 45+ bands and solo acts are hitting porches, stoops, and steps on Saturday, Sept 6, and it’s all FREE. Yup zero dollars. Just bring your ears, your friends, and maybe a folding chair if your calves aren’t porch-hop-ready.

🗓 When + Where

  • 📍 Haynie’s Corner Arts District

  • 📅 Saturday, Sept. 6 | 3–8 PM

  • 🎤 Sunday After Party | Sept. 7 | 4–9 PM

    • Featuring Toby Ellis & the Breakdown, Dreamstreet, and Georgia Funkadelic

At 8 PM Saturday, hang at the corner for Two Pine or slide into one of Haynie’s local watering holes.

🎸 Who’s Playing?

Genres for literally every mood:

  • Indie vibes: The Randys, Rest in Peach, MacroGeo

  • Rockers: Fumble, Inc., VUKO, Dreamstreet, Dr. Doctor

  • Soul + Pop: Ada Vox & Drag Entertainers, Cool Daddy Dirk

  • Bluegrass & Folk: The Porch Ramblers, The Blue Bridge Boys

  • Jazz Magic: Monte Skelton, Little Old Dam Band

  • Wild Cards: ZAEDO (DJ), Pythons in the Everglades (hardcore), Spooky Branches (grunge), and more

This isn’t just a playlist it’s a choose-your-own-adventure soundtrack.

1. 419 SE 2ND ST.
Davis Residence
@ 5:30 – 8 PM
Fumble, Inc.

2. 41 E CHANDLER AVE.
Esther’s Styles
@ 5:30 – 8 PM
Ada Vox & Drag Entertainers

3. 503 SE 1ST ST.
Wayne Train
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
Kyle Paisley & the Print

4. 223 CHANDLER AVE.
Erin Johann
@ 3 – 8 PM
Hodgie

5. 619 SE 2ND ST.
The Manor House
@ 5:30 – 8 PM
VUKO

6. 611 SE 1ST ST.
The Word House
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
The Smoke Rings

7. 616 SE 1ST ST.
Jeff & Amy Hayden House
@ 5:30 – 8 PM
Monte Skelton

8. 713 & 723 SE SECOND ST.
Courtyard on 2nd St.
@ 5:30 – 8 PM
Dreamstreet

9. 300 WASHINGTON AVE.
Home Sweet Home
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
Matt Sullivan

10. 209 BLACKFORD AVE.
The WamROCK House
@ 5:30 – 10 PM ***
The Chugs

11. 900 SE 2ND ST.
Witzend Garden
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
Patriotic Soul

12. 802 SE 1ST ST.
Ana & Brian Gebhardt
@ 5:30 – 8 PM
The Randys

13. 711 SE RIVERSIDE DR.
Tim Hadley & Jason Johnson
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
Cher’Rita & Toby

14. 19 WASHINGTON AVE.
Ryan & Hillary’s House
@ 5:30 – 8 PM
Alex Yevincy

15. 37 WASHINGTON AVE.
Javon’s
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
Solemnly Swear

16. 219 WASHINGTON AVE.
Pete & Amy Emery
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
Little Old Dam Band

17. 802 SE RIVERSIDE DR.
Barchet Gant House
@ 6 – 10 PM ***
Happy New Month

18. 110 COLLEGE ST.
Lucy
@ 5:30 – 8 PM
The Honey Vines

19. 1001 SE 2ND ST.
The Watzlaviks
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
Maggie Hollis

20. 826 1ST ST.
The Davis Family
@ 5:30 – 8 PM
Cynthia Bourne

21. 916 SE 2ND ST. N
Wiffleball Field
@ 7 – 10 PM ***
ZAEDO

22. 64 ADAMS AVE.
64 Adams
@ 3 – 5:30 PM – Ritmo Candente
@ 5:30 – 8 PM – Darabello

23. 90 ADAMS AVE.
McCord House
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
Cool Daddy Dirk

24. 50 ADAMS AVE.
Alhambra Theater
@ 3 – 8 PM
Evansville Music Academy

25. 814 SE RIVERSIDE DRIVE
The Higgins’ House
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
Nick Hamilton

26. 1000 SE 1ST ST.
Randy & Sandy Notter’s House
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
The Porch Ramblers

27. 71 ADAMS AVE.
Mikey’s on Adam4Adam
@ 8 – 10 PM ***
Rest In Peach, TRUCK, SUV

28. 1106 PARRETT ST.
The Whittler’s House
@ 3 – 8 PM
505 Main

29. 31 ADAMS AVE.
Brad & Jacob’s House
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
Michelle Shelton

30. 22 JEFFERSON AVE.
Tree of Life @ 22
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
Spooky Branches

31. 115 SE 1ST ST.
Nicholls House
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
First Street Classical

32. 15 JEFFERSON AVE.
Spankey’s Una Cafe
@ 5:30 – 8 PM
Python in The Everglades

33. 1163 PUTNAM ST.
Jack & Brian’s Front Porch
@ 5:30 – 8 PM
Dr. Doctor

34. 1135 SE FIRST ST.
Leader Boren House
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
The Old Gold Room/Mike Boren

35. 1207 PARRETT ST.
Josh & Alli Wurtz
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
Paul Blake

36. 1201 SE 1ST ST.
The 1201 SE Street Crib
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
NeRo AnGeLo

37. 1206 PARRETT ST.
Lynn Kinkade & Gracie Strange
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
Nina Programs

38. 1227 SE 2ND ST.
Keith Williams
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
TMB3

39. 1305 PARRETT ST.
Andrew Clark House
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
The Blue Bridge Boys

40. 125 SE 2ND ST.
Les & Lo
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
CR3

41. 302 SE 2ND ST.
@ 3 – 5:30 PM
MacroE

42. 1320 SE 2ND ST.
Ebonie P. House
@ 5:30 – 8 PM
Isaiah Rashad

43. 59 TAYLOR AVE.
Mona House
@ 5:30 – 8 PM
Mona

🧃 The FAQs That Matter

  • Cost? Free 99. (Bring cash to tip your fave porch rockers.)

  • Kid-friendly? Absolutely. If they dig live music, they’ll dig this fest.

  • Food? Food trucks parked by the Haynie’s Fountain Sat 3–9 PM + Sun 4–9 PM.

  • Coolers? Yep even with alcohol (but leave the glass at home, please).

  • Bathrooms? Port-o-potties near Alhambra + 700 block of 2nd St.

  • Parking? Free street parking. Pro tip: park near your must-see band.

🐝 Why We Love It

Because this isn’t some big-budget festival with barricades and wristbands... This is Evansville being Evansville! Neighbors hosting bands on their porches, strangers becoming friends, and our city’s music scene getting the love it deserves. It’s local, it’s authentic, and it’s the best reminder that this town knows how to throw a party.

Buzz Tip: Don’t over-plan. Wander, discover, and let the porches guide you. That “random house on 2nd Street” might just host your new favorite band.

Photo of Samantha Buente provided by Rachel Wambach

💡 Buzz Shoutout: Samantha Buente

Every great festival has a mastermind, and for Front Porch Fest EVV, that genius is Samantha Buente. When she’s not running Haynie’s Corner Brewing Company, she’s busy turning the entire Arts District into Evansville’s favorite late-summer block party.

Samantha has spent six years as events coordinator for Haynie’s Corner, curating bands, wrangling volunteers, and matching musicians with porches like a musical matchmaker. Thanks to her detail-obsessed planning (and serious sponsorship skills), the fest not only entertains 7,000+ porch-hoppers each year—it also pays the artists who make the magic happen.

In her words: “Nothing ever surprises me more than seeing the neighborhood really come together… it’s beautiful.”

So next time you’re raising a glass at Haynie’s or dancing on somebody’s lawn, give Samantha a cheer. Without her, this porch party doesn’t happen. 🐝🎶

📸 Stay Buzzin’

If you’re hopping porches, tag us in your pics and vids: #EvansvilleBuzz #EisForEveryone. Let’s blow up the feed with Evansville showing off.

Stay local. Stay weird. Stay buzzin’.
— The Buzz Team ✌️

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