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Highlands Porchfest
Written By: Audra Bullard, Center for Life Enrichment | Issue: September 2024
Highlands Porchfest brings the happy sounds to downtown, including local favorites and artists new to the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau, September 15. For information on musicians, venues, sponsors, schedules, and more, visit highlandsporchfest.com.
There are several indicators that Autumn is upon us here in our beloved mountain communities.
Crisp mornings, falling leaves, and the sound of over 45 live musicians of all genres performing at over 15 hosting venues across Downtown Highlands.
That’s right, folks! The fourth annual Highlands Porchfest will take place on Sunday, September 15, from 1:00 to 6:00 P.M.!
This year, attendees can expect the return of many festival fan-favorites, such as Andrew Wooten, Cody Marlowe, Madison Owenby, John Grove, Zack Couron, Carolina 441, Jerius Duncan, Larry and Jeannie, Jack Adams, The Shaheen Family, Zorki, and Wooten Hill, just to name a few.
There are a plethora of new artists also joining in the festival-fun this year.
Among them, and for the first time in Porchfest history, Ernest Bonilla will add Latin Pop to the festival’s menu of musical flavors. Birdie Nichols, a Nashville rising star, will grace the town with her youthful, authentic western country sound.
David Crisp, a Scaly Mountain local who’s no stranger to performing in Highlands, will make his Porchfest debut performing acoustic, traditional bluegrass, and soul.
Venues for this year’s festival will include: Kelsey Hutchinson Park/Founders Park, The Stubborn Bull, Ugly Dog, High Dive, Town Square, The Bascom, Highlands Wine Shoppe, Highlands Smokehouse, First Presbyterian Church, Mountain Life Properties, Art Highlands Gallery, High Country Wine & Provisions, Park on Main, Sotheby’s on Main, and Highlander Mountain House.
“This amazing community event wouldn’t be possible without all of our generous sponsors, dedicated volunteers, venue hosts, and fantastic musicians who share their talent and love of performing live music with Highlands,” says Porchfest Festival Director Fallon Hovis. “Thank you to everyone who has played a part, big or small, in making this annual Highlands tradition the success that it is!”
The fourth annual Highlands Porchfest Music Festival will take place on Sunday, September 15. This community event is free-to-attend, and organized by the Highlands-Cashiers Center for Life Enrichment.
