Old Southwest PorchFest & Day Avenue Pocket Park Ribbon-cutting Celebration

Name: Old Southwest PorchFest & Day Avenue Pocket Park Ribbon-cutting Celebration
Start: 2025-10-04T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-04T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 653 Day Ave SW, Roanoke, VA 24016-3817, United States

Schedule

Sat Oct 04 2025 at 02:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

653 Day Ave SW, Roanoke, VA 24016-3817, United States | Roanoke, VA

Old Southwest, Inc. is thrilled to introduce Old Southwest PorchFest, created to bring our Roanoke community together through live music!
Old Southwest PorchFest is sponsored by AFOG Brewing and takes place just blocks from their location. Music stages include two residential front porches on Marshall and Day Avenues near 8th Street SW. Eleven+ different local musicians, bands, and musical styles are featured.
This year’s PorchFest coincides with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony and celebration for Day Avenue Pocket Park, an all-volunteer OSW Inc. project that has transformed two vacant lots into a mini urban pollinator and wildlife oasis.
Along with music throughout the day, this free family-friendly event includes food trucks, plein-air artists in the park, a lantern-making workshop for our upcoming October 25 Halloween Lantern Parade, native plant information and identification, interactive art activities, and an art raffle to support an Old Southwest Mural Project. AFOG will serve as the event's nearby watering hole.
Join us to celebrate some of the charm of Old Southwest, support Roanoke's local flourishing musical talent, meet your neighbors, and explore one of Roanoke's very special urban communities. Learn how to get involved with OSW Inc. and support other events like this one!
SCHEDULE
2PM Music & activities begin
2-7PM Food trucks & continuous music on two porches
3-3:30 Official ribbon-cutting & unveiling of the new Day Avenue Pocket Park sign designed by local graphic artist, Cody Statler, Statler Arts, LLC.
2-5:30 Urban greenspace and environmental protection-focused hands-on activities, info sharing tables, plein-air artists in action, and self-guided park promenade featuring informational signage about native plantings
5:30-7PM Food trucks & music continue, including 2 featured flagship bands
BRING SEATING
We encourage attendees to bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating. Food and beverages available for purchase. No alcoholic beverages at the Pocket Park. Beer can be purchased and consumed at AFOG Brewing, one block from Day Avenue Pocket Park.
SUPPORTERS
The Day Avenue Pocket Park has been funded by City of Roanoke Neighborhood Development Grants, National Garden Clubs Inc. Plant America Grant, VA Federation of Garden Clubs Beautify & Restore Grant, Looking Out Foundation Grant, Old Southwest Inc. (our non-profit neighborhood alliance), and donations from Town & Country and Star City Garden Clubs and individuals. Many volunteers and groups have shared pro bono knowledge, advice, and expertise, including: City of Roanoke Storm Water and Urban Forestry, VA Tech Cooperative Extension/Shawn Jadrnicek, Western VA Water Authority/Sarah Baumgartner, Garden Vitals/Sharon Burnham, Statler Arts, LLC./Cody Statler, Bartlett Landscaping/Adam Braaten, and RVTV, along with OSW neighbors & friends who have volunteered and continue to volunteer to make this urban green space an inspiring public treasure.