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Thank you for another unforgettable Powderhorn Porchfest celebration! 
Save the date for 2025:

Saturday, September 20th 2025 from 4-10 PM

17th Ave South between 32nd and 34th Street

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Welcome

A one-of-a-kind South Minneapolis music festival featuring 13 local creatively brilliant bands will continue the decade-long Powderhorn tradition of transforming our neighbor's front porches into epic stages showcasing genres from Hip Hop, R&B, Surf-Psyche-Punk, Country, Americana, Singer-Songwriter, Latin Folk, Alternative, Reggae Funk, Pop, Jazz Fusion, and more! 

 Discover over a dozen of Minneapolis' favorite food trucks, beer gardens, and activities for all ages. Spanning 2 city blocks, Powderhorn Porchfest is a fun-filled party for all ages during the day and an unforgettable celebration for the adults after dark. 

Powderhorn Porchfest is FREE and fun for all ages!

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2024 headliner

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tufawon

Tufawon (2 for 1) is a Dakota/Boricua singer/songwriter, producer, and teaching artist from Minneapolis. His name represents mixed identity, and his music is an honest reflection of his life experiences and personal struggles, his hopes and dreams for the future, spirituality and connectedness to the land, love, and the realities of the world we live in. He has put his life on the line to protect water and our planet. Not only is he dedicated to making music of the highest quality, he is an active youth worker, teaching what he knows and setting the bar high for the next generation of songwriters. ​

ARTISTS

2024  Artists

stage 1

3201 17TH AVE SOUTH 

CURATOR: CARLOS LUMBI

4:45 - 5:30 PM... Martí Moreno

5:45 - 6:30 PM... Carlos Lumbi

6:45 - 7:30 PM... Ńukanchi Dreams

7:45 - 8:30 PM... Chico Chavez Orchestra

8:45 - 9:30 PM... Tufawon

3232 17th ave south 

stage 2

CURATOR: Envy & Fancy

4:45 - 5:30 PM... Jazicality

5:45 - 6:30 PM... Brandyn Lee Tulloch & Poetic Roots

6:45 - 7:30 PM... Room 3

7:45 - 8:30 PM... iLLism

3329 17th Ave South

stage 3

CURATOR: Bri Becker

4:10 - 4:30 PM... Tufawon

4:45 - 5:30 PM... Tomboyy

5:45 - 6:30 PM... Emmy Woods

6:45 - 7:30 PM... Mae Simpson Duo

7:45 - 8:30 PM... Black Widows

past  Artists

Greg Herriges Duo

Broken Caterpillar

Daniel Martin Moreno

Brian Just 

Jr. Brooks

Miss Sadie's Children

Lynn O'Brien
HoofBeats

Lieutenant Sunnie

Mother Tongue with Ayanna Muata
Judd August & Ebony Phillips
Sister Species
Steven Hobert
Bomba de Luz
Fairfax, AK
Taller del Amatl
Ike
Mike in the Wilderness
Ana and the Beltones
The MayNorth
Brian Just Band
Dwell and the Shape Ship
Jack Klatt
The Bootlickers
The Complimentaries
Jayanthi Kyle
The Roe Family Singers
David Hoyt
Kash and Khary
Ben Rosenbush
Cumbia Band
Dang ol Triole
Portage

Josh ClevelandSalted HoneyKash and KharySam Brooks JazzBrian Just BandTruArtSpeaksNilesHouse of Dance and UMAHH

DEBBIE MOORETHE BAD COMPANIONS

DJ Cassiopea 
DJ Sweettart
Tony the Scribe

Marsgarb

Boots & Needles

House on Fire Band

The Skruffians

Thomas X
Mikko Blaze

Gabe Rodreick
Despertar de la Cumbia

Dr. Goon & the Daily Tribune
Renée Copeland
The Bad Companions
Mother Tongue
Oudyano
Garden Variety
Billothazzorris
Carlos Lumbi & El Taller del Amatl
Jules Daud y Los Tarantos
Red Eye Ruby
Eleck Brooks
Large Marge
The Evans/Granowski/Hepola Experience
The Dumpy Jug Bumpers
Carlos Lumbí y Taller del Amatl
Joe Davis and the Poetic Diaspora
Khem Clan
ChanceYork
Queen Drea
Kallpulli Ketzalcoatlicue danzantes
Steven Hobert and Marcus Wise
Monday Night Square Dance Collective

Treading NorthNew Riverside RamblersSam Brooks BandNaye Strunes (New Strings)Hettie McGeeVan Nixon

JOAN HUTTON TRIO

RED EYE RUBY

The Smokes

Ben Abrahamson, Daniel Volovets, & Ryan Picone
Red Hot Django Peppers

NUR- D
Dani Erin
LAAMAR

Lifestyle Shakes

Loser Magnet

Butter Boys

Inhvmanity

The Lacewings
Atim Opoka
Gully Boys
Teiksma
Mayaadda
brilyahnt
Seaberg
Indigo DJ Crew / TaliaKnight
Carnage the Executioner
Eleck Brooks & The Hard Way
Mike Cramer/Josh Granowski Duo
Joseph Dammand & Davu Seru
Loki's Folly
Tufawon
Bella Yaga
FSL All Stars
Lady Xok
AFOUTAYI HAITIAN DANCE, MUSIC & ARTS COMPANY
INDIGO CREW TALIAKNIGHT / QUEENDUIN / MICHEL.BE
SEABERG & THE BLACK VELVET PUNKS
FORT WILSON RIOT
OPEN FLAME THEATRE
CAROLYNE NAOMI
MRS. PINKY AND THE GREAT FOX
SOUL BEAUTIFUL
PORCH MESSENGERS
WENSO ASHBY MUSIC
KELZ MUSIK
ELLIS
KRISSY BERGMARK

Mars Garb

The Poor Nobody
Camille & C. O.
Better Mistakes

Marty
The Retreads
Jennifer Wood
Jordan Johnston
NUR-D

Food vendors

VENDORS+

BRÜHAVEN BREWERY Beer garden

 Two beer gardens will anchor each end of the festival to provide refreshing and chilled adult beverages, a perfect pairing with live music, family-fun activities, and an array of Minneapolis’s favorite food trucks. 

Proceeds help fund Powderhorn Porchfest this year, and next! 

Partners & Vendors

SPONSORS

2024 Sponsors