Fast becoming a treasured Hull tradition, Hull PorchFest ’22 arrives Saturday in the Kenberma neighborhood. This year’s porch-style music festival, the third staging of the event, brings almost 40 performers or bands to 14 porches, driveways, or yards.
The free event will take place within a walkable, contained area for enhanced pedestrian safety. Event organizers match musicians with hosts and create the performance schedule. There is no rain date, so organizers are hoping for mild, rain-free weather.
According to founder and organizer, Tom Hardey, the goal of past PorchFests hasn’t changed. “We want to cultivate more civic pride and community bonding and to present Hull in a positive, entertaining way both to residents and to out-of-town visitors. We also want to benefit local restaurant and bar businesses,” he said. “Most importantly, we strive always to be a source of aid to worthy organizations in need.”
New this year is a kick-off performance by Frankie Always & the Sometimes Band, starting at noon on the sidewalk in front of Nantasket Hardware. The full festival schedule starts at 1 p.m. and runs until 6 p.m.
Also new to Hull PorchFest are food concessions by local restaurants SandBar, at the intersection of Revere Street and Massasoit Avenue, and Daddy’s Dogs at the intersection of Kenberma Street and Manomet Avenue.

The Hull PorchFest merchandise and information tent, available from 1p.m. to 4 p.m., will be located at 81 Revere St. in front of the property owner’s garage.
Portable toilets will be located at both the public parking lot at the intersection of Kenberma Street and Nantasket Avenue, where limited parking is available, and at 93 Revere St.
Organizers advise the use of the northernmost HRA parking area at Phipps Street for out-of-town guests. Visitors are advised that the event footprint will be barricaded on the perimeter and manned by Hull Police for the duration of the event to ensure pedestrian safety. Local resident and band traffic only will be allowed on Massasoit, Samoset, and Manomet avenues, bounded by Kenberma Street to the north and Revere Street to the south.
For full information, map and downloadable schedules visit www.hullporchfest.org or the event’s Facebook page at facebook.com/hullporchfest.