The Front Porch

The Front Porch A nonprofit community music school, venue, and outreach organization in Charlottesville, VA. At The Front Porch, we connect everyone through music.

🎷 We’re excited to be part of the first annual Charlottesville JazzFest 2026!In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of...
05/27/2026

🎷 We’re excited to be part of the first annual Charlottesville JazzFest 2026!

In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Downtown Mall, the festival will bring four days of incredible jazz performances and lots of opportunities to experience live music around town 🎶✨

The Front Porch will host three outstanding acts:

June 4 (8 PM): The Stephanie Nakasian Trio ft. pianist Matt Baker and bassist Karl Kimmel
June 5 (8 PM): The Robert Jospe Trio ft. pianist Daniel Clarke
June 6 (5 PM): The Charlie Ballantine Trio

Come celebrate jazz, community, and live music with us.
🎟️ Ticket Link:
https://aftontickets.com/event/group/38jyn6zx71?

Terri Allard brings her full band to Rivanna Roots Saturday, June 13th. Scuffletown with Matty Metcalfe opens at 6:30 pm...
05/26/2026

Terri Allard brings her full band to Rivanna Roots Saturday, June 13th. Scuffletown with Matty Metcalfe opens at 6:30 pm. This one’s selling fast so don’t wait!!

The Terri Allard Band plays kickass Americana. Fronted by powerhouse singer-songwriter, Terri Allard, the group showcases long-time bandmates Gary Green (harmonica), Eddie Hall (drums), Sonny Layne (bass, vocals), Jeff Saine (lap steel, accordion, vocals) and Jim Taggart (guitar, mandolin, violin and vocals). IYKYK

📸 William Albert Allard

Scuffletown with Matty Metcalfe have been shaking stages from Nashville to Dublin for longer than they care to admit. Their swampy, high-energy brand of Americana is tinged with influences from delta blues to modern alt-country (with just a touch of jazz, swing, zydeco and bluegrass thrown in for good measure), and their combination of acoustic guitar, steel slide, harmonica, flute and accordion rocks familiar songs as well as their acclaimed originals. The Trio has been performing and touring collectively for more than 20 years which includes a recent 2024 featured appearance at the prestigious Willie Clancy Festival in County Cork, Ireland.

Food Vendors:

Thanks to all the sponsors who make this series possible! Sun Tribe

Mark your calendars! You’re invited to join us at for Gin & Jazz on Monday, June 8.Sit by the pool (or swim!) and liste...
05/26/2026

Mark your calendars! You’re invited to join us at for Gin & Jazz on Monday, June 8.

Sit by the pool (or swim!) and listen to some amazing jazz by DG3 - a jazz trio that showcases modern music and modern takes on classic jazz standards. Front Porch staff and board members will be there to chat and answer questions. This event is FREE and open to the public, and a portion of the bar sales will benefit The Front Porch! We hope to see you there!

Memorial Day Weekend ReminderThe school will be closed Saturday, 5/23 - Monday, 5/25 in observance of Memorial Day.Lesso...
05/22/2026

Memorial Day Weekend Reminder

The school will be closed Saturday, 5/23 - Monday, 5/25 in observance of Memorial Day.

Lessons and office hours will resume on Tuesday.

Wishing our whole community a safe, restful weekend filled with friends & family, sunshine 🤞, and music🎶

Just announced! David Wimbish (The Collection) and Jesse James DeConto (The Pinkerton Raid) team up for a singer-songwri...
05/21/2026

Just announced! David Wimbish (The Collection) and Jesse James DeConto (The Pinkerton Raid) team up for a singer-songwriter co-bill Sunday, August 30th @ 7 pm.

David Wimbish and Jesse James DeConto have been making music together for more than a decade, since David recorded trumpet on Jesse’s second full-length back in 2013.

In 2025, David acted as producer for a third album with Jesse’s songwriting outlet, The Pinkerton Raid, titled IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY, TELL THEM, due out October 2. David will release his self-produced album HEAVY LOVE with Nettwerk Music Group on November 13.

For the first time, David & Jesse are hitting the road together in 2026, each bringing a unique spin on their intimate storytelling, singing and playing toward hope and healing. Jesse will be supporting David on some of his first US tour dates since reimagining his career as a solo artist after a decade and four full-length albums with The Collection. His songs have flowed from therapeutic conversations with guitar or piano, through boisterous festival stages with a six-piece band, and now back to the most intimate foundations of his Appalachian indie folk-pop.

Thanks to our sponsors

05/20/2026

Thank you to W. E. Brown for choosing us as part of their W.E.Brown Gives Back program, which facilitated the making of this Front Porch feature! The Gives Back program helps bring recognition to many area non-profits and supports their work in the community. We are so grateful!

On sale now! The Front Porch presents acclaimed flatpicker Rebecca Frazier, Friday, September 11th at 8 pm. Doors open a...
05/19/2026

On sale now! The Front Porch presents acclaimed flatpicker Rebecca Frazier, Friday, September 11th at 8 pm. Doors open at 7:30 pm.

Bluegrass luminary Rebecca Frazier gained notoriety as the first woman to grace the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine. In 2018, the Virginia native also became the first woman to earn a Guitar Performer of the Year nomination from the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA), an honor she received again in 2019.

Frazier’s compelling original songs range from hard driving to thoughtful emotive folk. A bevy of acoustic A-listers such as Béla Fleck (banjo), Sam Bush (mandolin), and Stuart Duncan (fiddle) flavor her music with the wisdom and grace she is striving to present as she captures life’s juxtapositions with her new music.

GRAMMY-winning banjoist and producer Alison Brown notes, “Rebecca Frazier is an important voice among the group of women whose musical talents and creative visions are recasting bluegrass. A triple threat, she sings, plays, and writes with fire and grace, and her new record is not to be missed.”

Thanks to our sponsors

05/17/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out last night to our second Rivanna Roots of the season! Beautiful night, SOLD OUT crowd! Thank you and for an incredible night of music!

Special thanks to our partners and and for supporting this show!

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221 Water Street E
Charlottesville, VA
22902

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