Marty Eckerman has played at Porch Fest since 2016. They play mostly classic rock favorites.
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Performing at The Port Austin Area Historical Society Strawberry Social 2-5pm
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We are a newly formed Alternative band from Port Austin. This will be our first time performing together live
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Welcome back, Dr Harp & Sweet Melissa! Get in the groove with this talented four-person group featuring guitars, keyboards and blues harp. Plan on seeing a rousing set of jump blues, boogie and americana with tunes spanning about 100 years of history.
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Mike is from Detroit and Jenna hails from the Chicago area. They have been playing music together for over ten years and are known for their timeless cover selections, unique arrangements, and thought provoking and entertaining original music.
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Welcome back the Bill Denbrock Big Band! For more than 40 years, this authentic full-band has played arrangements of music of the swing / big band era.
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Blue water and thumb area,been playing together for 35 years,play at any acoustic venues.
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This group started up and played for many years in the Lansing, MI area at community events. Most of the music is southern old time string band music, some old time, bluegrass, and country songs, some Thumb Area Michigan fiddle tunes.
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Cliff is a Port Hope resident since 2011 and the leader of the Port Hope Thursday night music program sponsored by The Chill Zone. He relies on his 6 string guitar, but is also known to play a 12 string guitar and banjo.
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Jeff Taylor lives and works in Huron County and has performed at a number of events throughout the thumb over the years. He plays mostly acoustic classic rock and folk music.
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Mountain Babies are a quartet from the Port Huron area who have just released their junior album "The Cottage, The Creek & The Spirit" which is very inspired by Grindstone City and Port Austin. Their music is an array of instrumentation playing to the familiarity of indie, folk powerhouse Fleet Foxes. It’s earthy, emotional, and natural.
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Singing classic country songs accompanied by acoustic guitar
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The Benny Prill and Friends band plays classic Polka, Waltz, Oberek, and American tunes out of Kinde, MI. Longtime friends, Benny and Terry Dekoski have been playing a variety of music together for approximately 42 years.
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Arnie, originally from the UP, and Greg, originally from downstate in Trenton, have performed in numerous bands over the decades, and now they are joining forces here at Porch Fest, uniting their prolific guitar talents and strong vocals in a nice blend of early rock and country sounds.
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Circle of Friends focuses on Peter, Paul & Mary, transporting audiences back to the sixties with songs of peace, protest, struggle, and love, and has since diversified to cover more artists.
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The Reel Happy String and Swing Band is a Detroit Michigan Area Band Performing Swing, Dixieland, New Orleans Jazz, Old Jazz, Irish, folk, Country, Traditional American Rags, Bluegrass, Latin, Waltz, and more.
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Art and Dennis will be performing for the first time as The Keyboard Kombo, with a nice blend of easy listening to light rock and country.
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Welcome back, the Buggs to Porch Fest! Raymond and Susan Bugg are a husband and wife duet from Harbor Beach, Michigan. Raymond plays guitar and sings and Susan sings and provides an atmosphere of joy with an assortment of costumes and props.
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The Grands is a dulcimer-based acoustic folk trio specializing in traditional string music. This set will consist of old favorites and a number of kids' songs in which participation with rhythm instruments is encouraged.
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Three siblings who have a great time singing together. Marty is from Muskegon and has over 40 years of experience playing guitar. Carole is from Grand Rapids. Peggy is from Port Austin. They have been singing practically from birth. If you enjoy singing along with the oldies from the 60’s, come join in for some easy harmonies and lots of fun memories in song.
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