PRINCETON PORCHFEST 2025

A big thank you to all the the generous neighbors that offered their porches for this year’s event. 

The following 15 porches will feature 5 live performances each, from 12-5pm:

1. 102 Witherspoon Street (Note: we outgrew our corner. Join us in our parking lot!)
2. 254 Witherspoon Street
3. 287 Witherspoon Street
4. 225 Birch Avenue 
5. 94 Birch Avenue
6. Maclean House on Princeton University Campus
7. 107 Moore Street
8. 39 Moore Street
9. 17/19 Jefferson Road
10. 30 Chestnut Street
11. 45 Linden Lane
12. 4 Queenston Place
13. 302 Nassau Street
14. 49 Markham Road
15. 84 Murray Place

These stages have special schedules:

16. Hinds Plaza
From 3-4:30pm, Hinds Plaza will host a Porchfest-edition of Story & Verse, ACP’s monthly open mic. In partnership with the Princeton University Art Museum and the Princeton Public Library, poet Roberto Lugo will feature at 3:30pm.

17. Palmer Square Green

There will be three sets on the Palmer Square stage, to begin at 3:30 and conclude with the Official Porchfest After-Party!

• 3:30-4:15pm
• 4:30-5:15pm
• 5:30-6:15pm
  • After-Party in the Square! Join us for the closing act of Princeton Porchfest 2025. Enjoy lawn games, bubbles, and beer, wine, and snacks from Winberie’s Restaurant & Bar.

Neighbors offer their porches, performers volunteer their talents. We pair the two and performances are held throughout the community between 12-5pm, allowing attendees to move from house to house while enjoying music and Princeton hospitality. 

Our interactive map and list of performers is sorted by genre, so you’ll be able to plan your perfect Porchfest day. Hard copies of this year’s map will be available in our lobby, in local newspapers, and printable for you to download at home.

If you missed the February 13 deadline to apply to perform, join our 2025 performer waitlist! 

Porch Host applications are closed. If you’d like to be considered for future years, complete this three-question Porchfest 2026 interest form.

Yes! Thanks to the good will of our sponsors, volunteers, performers, residents, community sponsors, and donors, Princeton Porchfest is free to attend. If you’d like to help support Princeton Porchfest, you can make a donation here. It’d be so appreciated!

Princeton Porchfest will be held rain or shine. In the event of weather, come prepared with an umbrella or windbreaker. Nothing can stop us from dancin’ in the rain!

Porches are chosen so that they are in small “clusters” spread across town, easily walkable to one another. Those on foot might hit two or three porches, those on a bicycle (or those trying to get their steps!) might try to get to them all. You can do Porchfest however you like – there will always be plenty to see and hear close-by. 

You don’t need to bring anything, but you’re welcome to bring water, an umbrella for rain or to keep the sun off your back, and a blanket or lawn chair to stay comfortable during the 45-minute sets.

Princeton Porchfest is brought to you by the Arts Council of Princeton. We are an independent non-profit arts center with the mission of building community through the arts. Porchfest is our mission in action!

Princeton is a town for foodies! We highly recommend checking out the many incredible restaurants, bars, and cafes Princeton has to offer. Come for lunch and stay for dinner!

The Arts Council welcomes you to use our facilities at 102 Witherspoon Street.

The town has three parking garages that will put you right in the heart of the Porchfest map. Check out your options here.