Lachele's Fine Foods will bring their Battle Bus and a mouthwatering menu.
Click their link to explore past offerings!
Thanks to everyone for another amazing year!
PorchFest DSM 2025
Union Park
The best little free music festival in Des Moines
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2025 was beautiful weather, music, sun, and smiles all day!
We can't wait for you to join us again in 2026 for our 5th year!
PorchFest DSM 2025:
A Free, Strolling Music Festival on our Front Porches in Union Park
Porchfest DSM 2025 was held on Sunday, September 7th, 2025 in the Union Park Neighborhood in Des Moines, Iowa!
This family friendly, free event featured 20 musical acts from a variety of genres performing throughout the neighborhood surrounding beautiful Union Park. Visitors and neighbors migrated from one performance to the next to sit a spell on front lawns and sidewalks, and enjoy 1-hour sets of live music starting every half-hour all afternoon.
Read more about our artists, merch for sale, and our final schedule here and on Facebook and Instagram.
Hungry? Visit our local favorite food trucks at the merch tent!
Need a pick-me-up?
We got you covered!
Sweet Beans Coffee Bar will be crafting fresh gourmet coffee drinks, to help you dance all afternoon! (Also in Decaf ;)
We'll also have water and several Coke products for sale at our Porchfest HQ Tent.
Street parking is available in Union Park, Birdland Marina, and the surrounding neighborhoods, or you can walk or bike in on the Neal Smith bike trail.
Wear walking shoes and feel free to bring a lawn chair, sunscreen, and cash or Venmo to tip your favorite musicians!
Featuring the talents of:
Lauren Vilmain with Sean Veeder
School of Rock's West DSM/Ankeny House Band
Stutterin’ Jimmy & The Goosebumps
Zane Gedler, Tanner Taylor, & Jack Curtis
What is PorchFest?
The first PorchFest started in 2007 from music-loving neighbors Gretchen Hildreth and Leslie Greene in Ithica, New York, and has since grown into a national grass-roots movement of over 230 neighborhoods! Connecting local musicians with porches where they can perform for an hour while attendees stop to listen, all the while connecting with neighbors and friends. Bikers, runners, skaters, scooters, strollers, packs of friends, or just come on your own, all are welcome to participate!
Local homeowners have an opportunity to host a solo artist or ensemble, needing only to be able to provide a porch and a connection to an electrical outlet for the event.
PorchFest DSM in Union Park highlights the breadth of musical talent in Central Iowa and brings important attention to historic Union Park. Our vision is that this event continues as an annual experience that will highlight different historical districts throughout the Des Moines Metroplex.
Porchfest DSM 2025 is made possible by
our amazing volunteers and generous sponsors:
Thank you from all of us!
