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The 2019 Ol' Front Porch Music Festival
Wanderers and Rabbits, Bluegrass and JazzOctober 10, 2019
Bill Hines serves up lunch for SoundRivers.The grilled sausage and onions sold out.Taking a break at the old well.Questions answered, directions given. It’s the Ol’ Front Porch information booth.Draco, a miniature Australian Shepherd, enjoyed the music on the Main Stage.
Green Creek Bluegrass on stage at New Village Brewery.Mark Hoff tries to distract Chris Daniels from his duties at the sound board. Both are members of Saltwater Gold.
The Gospel Ensemble is a collaborative group with several choirs participating.With a packed porch, the drummer set up his kit in the grass.Jim Kellenberger at the head of the sausage and onion lunch assembly line.
Pamlico High School JROTC Navy manned the barricades, keeping Oriental’s streets one-way and helping direct pedestrian (and golf cart) traffic.The men of Moores Creek Bluegrass.Local non-profits and others including Rotary Club, SoundRivers, Pamlico Parkinson’s Network, Prime Time, Pamlico Arts Council, and the South Pamlico Volunteer Fire Department sold food and snacks adjacent to the Main Stage.
Rita Vorleiter and Melinda Penkava dish Manhattan Clam Chowder for the Pamlico Parkinson’s Network booth.Fire Station 19 sold Root Beer floats.




















