Tag Archives: Grand Porch Party
Grand Porch Party 2017–coming June 11 to Uptown West
If you’re new and don’t know about The Grand Porch Party, get this in your calendar right now: Sunday, June 11, 2017 2pm-5pm in Uptown Waterloo West (more specifically: here). It’s porches + live music. It’s free-no-pay, hipster-friendly, dog-friendly, wheelchair-friendly, … Continue reading
1shot #238-lawn tennis
At the Grand Porch Party a couple of weeks ago, I found more than one kind of string. On Euclid Ave, this is Waterloo. DW
Mid-town music and porches–June 14!
From the don’t-miss-this department, The Grand Porch Party 2015 is less than four weeks away. Sunday, June 14, 2015 2pm-5pm in Waterloo mid-town west. This map link to the corner of Alexandra and Avondale will get you in the general … Continue reading
Grand Porch Party 2014-umbrella edition
It’s been a couple of weeks since the Grand Porch Party, but I still have that slight post-GPP buzz from the mash-up of music and mid-town community. I had to bail out of the afternoon at 4:30 to get to … Continue reading
Grand Porch Party–the bands played on
You wouldn’t know it was raining except for the umbrellas. Music lovers showed up in force for Sunday afternoon’s Grand Porch Party in mid-town Waterloo. The TL;DR: great bands, great crowd, great music. Another GPP win. More pics later. This … Continue reading
Grand Porch Party band–The Short Films
Only 3 weeks away, on Sunday June 8, is the ever-awesome Grand Porch Party, and y’all know that (and you’ve told two friends, right?) but some of may not know some of the bands playing at GPP. Last weekend I … Continue reading
Grand Porch Party 2014–give an hour, get a lot
I stopped by the pre-event Grand Porch Party volunteer recruiting night on Thursday in mid-town west Waterloo on Roslin Ave to catch up on the GPP progress. Here’s the TL;DR: we really need some volunteers for a short 1-hour stint on … Continue reading
Grand Porch Party 2014–only 5 weeks away
Weather got you down, friend? This year’s Grand Porch Party is a mere 5 weeks away, on June 8. Above is a pic I took at last year’s event. Look how warm those people are. Listening to awesome live music … Continue reading
Grand Porch Party 2013–music+community for the win!
You start with a band and a porch. Like the Ever Lovin’ Jug Band and 25 Avondale Ave S. Then you add community, amazing sponsors who totally get the vision, a hard-working volunteer crew, and absolutely unbeatable weather. Then multiply … Continue reading
Grand Porch Party is Sunday!
The Grand Porch Party is this Sunday! Check out their site for the line-up and then come out and listen to some great music. Don’t worry: I’ll be shooting pics, not playing this guitar. DW