More than 130 bands will take the stage, er, porches, for this year’s Highland Square Porch Rokr Festival, which on this very podcast was once dubbed “Rock N Roll Christmas.” This week, we speak with Katie Carver Reed, from the Highland Square Neighborhood Association, a vast network of neighborhood volunteers who go to great lengths to make sure this festival is a success each year. Porch Rokr, which takes place Saturday, Aug. 18, will feature a beer garden, morning yoga, food trucks and other vendors, a limited raffle for a guitar signed by music legends Dan and Chuck Auerbach, a karaoke stage and, of course, lots of music. And speaking of music, we also have a conversation with Luminari and Smokeface from dynamic hip-hop group Red Rose Panic, this year’s Porch Rokr main stage headliners. They explain their band origins, along with making the most of each 24. For info, visit http://www.highlandsquareakron.org/porchrokr.aspx.
Episode 71 - Playing the Bard Card
Episode 70 - Beeswax and Shipping Containers
Episode 69 - Shane Wynn's Cleavage
Episode 68 - Kofi Boakye: Made in Akron
Episode 67 - Talking books with David Giffels and Jane Ann Turzillo (LIVE from Musica)
Episode 66: All That Jazz
Episode 65: From Porch to Rocking Porch
Episode 64 - Lemon Coladas, Marathon Chefs and Cody’s Funny Joke
Episode 63 - LIVE from Middlebury Better Block
Episode 62 - The Truth is Out There
Episode 61 - The Old Becomes New
Episode 60 - Music, Fame and Pie with Chuck Auerbach
Episode 59 - Big Betty the Food Truck
Amish Miller, Farms and Fleas
Episode 57 - A Coach for the Community
Episode 56 - Mr. Greg Milo
Ep. 55 - Meeting with the Maestro
Ep. 54 - Raw and Real, One Local Graffiti Artist Holds on to His Passion
Ep. 53 - Our Sounds of Akron
Ep. 52 - "Mr. Mary Coyle" Makes More Than Great Ice Cream
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