2020

Best of the CRANDIC 2020: Community – Longfellow Neighborhood

F.G. cites the Front Porch Music Festival as one of the best things about the Longfellow Neighborhood in voting Longfellow as the Best Neighborhood for Families.

Best of the CRANDIC 2020
Little Village Magazine
December 2, 2020

In a summer of reckoning with systemic racism, social distancing, Longfellow music festival brings community to the streets

Community Music column, by Diane Platte
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Aug 6, 2020

2019

The fifth refrain of the Longfellow Front Porch Music Festival

Article by Isaac Hamlet 
Iowa City Press-Citizen
June 6, 2019

Front Porch Music Festival a worthy spring ritual

Community Music column, by Diane Platte
Iowa City Press-Citizen
May 24, 2019

2018

Best of the CRANDIC 2018: Community – Longfellow Neighborhood

Front Porch Music Festival received a shout out from Ariana P. in the Little Village Magazine’s nomination of Longfellow Neighborhood as the Best Neighborhood for Families in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area.

Best of the CRANDIC 2018
Little Village Magazine
December 7, 2018

All are welcome to Longfellow neighborhood Front Porch Music Festival

Community Music column, by Diane Platte
Iowa City Press-Citizen
June 7, 2018

2017

Don’t miss the Front Porch Festival in the Longfellow Neighborhood

Community Music column, by Diane Platte
Iowa City Press-Citizen
June 8, 2017

2015

Front Porch Music Festival unites Longfellow neighbors

Post-festival reflections  by Jennifer Iverson
Iowa City Press-Citizen
August 15, 2015

Front Porch Music Festival to serenade Iowa City neighborhood

Pre-festival press release and write-up by Adam Burke
Little Village Magazine
Jun 18, 2015