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July 4, 2020 - 3:00 pm
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July 4, 2020 - 8:00 pm
College Park Arts Exchange Presents PorchFourth!
A celebration of musical acts around the neighborhoods of College Park!
Attention: Do wear your mask, observe physical distancing at all times, and bring your own blanket or chairs. Maximum crowd size is 50 people or less — look for some of these events to be livestreaming. Also, plan ahead and use your bathroom at home before attending PorchFourth events! This is a rain or shine event. Please put safety first in case of lightning. You are welcome to support the performers with tips! Some have provided online links to make this easier.
To Host – we can assign musicians to perform in your yard. All you might need to provide is possibly an outdoor outlet. Sign up here.
Contact info@cpae.org with any questions.
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CALVERT HILLS
Theo and Robert Baum & Guests, 6:30-8:30pm, 7103 Rhode Island Avenue (near Guilford).
A deep dive into PostRock and ProgRock musical influences from the late 70s and early 80s including Talking Heads, Joy Division, Swans, and The Cure. Theo (guitar, drums, keys) and Robert (keys and drums) have played DARK SIDE OF THE MOON and HERO IN THE EPIC shows with Eric Maring at the Old Parish House.
Security Council, 3, 5 and 7pm for 30 mins each, 7011 Wake Forest Drive
New wave style music. Performing songs from upcoming album “The COVID Sessions” written during and about the pandemic.
Eric Maring “Mr M” & sons – family singalong, 5:30 pm, 6705 Rhode Island Ave.
Family friendly fun; enlightening, favorite sing-alongs with Mr. M and his sons
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BERWYN
Taiko Drumming, 4 pm and 6 pm, 4902 Quebec St.
Kristen Koyama and Mark H Rooney perform “taiko” – a celebratory Japanese style of dynamic drumming based in festival music tradition (“matsuri hayashi”) but infused with a contemporary sensibility. Often referred to as “full-body drumming”, the physicality of the techniques combine with the fluid movements to create a visual language as well. www.markhtaiko.com
Rowan Corbett, 4:30 pm, 4902 Quebec St.
DC-area singer/songwriter Rowan Corbett brings a mixture of modern and traditional sounds, instruments, and sensibilities to his original music, Irish, English and Scottish folk tunes, Early-American Ballads and acoustic renditions of modern Rock and Electronica. Rowan plays guitar, Irish bouzouki, plectrum and claw-hammer banjo, hand drums, bodhrán and the bones. Rowan has played with ilyAIMY, Carolina Chocolate Drops and Rhiannon Giddens, and is a co-founding member of the Irish/Old-Time band, Tinsmith. www.rowancorbett.com
ilyAIMY, 6:30 pm, 4902 Quebec St.
ilyAIMY (i love you And I Miss You) is a percussive-acoustic folk-rock animal hailing from Baltimore, MD. Mixing genres from rock to folk to soul to bluegrass, flavours as varied as jazz and hip hop curl through the band’s sound, which includes guitars, electric cello, a bevy of percussion, and lush harmony. Among other accolades, ilyAIMY are multiple winners of the Washington Area Music Association’s “Best Contemporary Folk Group” award. www.ilyaimy.com
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HOLLYWOOD
Dominic Elliott, 5 pm, 4907 Muskogee Street, near My Organic Market
A mix of alternative acoustic and electro pop. Getthedom@gmail.com Venmo: @Dominic-Elliott-1
COLLEGE PARK ESTATES
Melissa Sites, 4 -5 pm, 7401 Radcliffe Drive
Acoustic folk and rock covers. Support College Park Arts Exchange at http://cpae.org/arts/contact-
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OLD TOWN — At the Old Parish House
The Battery (Anissa Sunday, Allison Hughes and Arun Ivatury), 2:30 pm
Mostly covers, mostly indie, mostly female.
Patrick Lynch & Friends, 3:30 pm
Acoustic covers and harmonies fit for a pandemic.
