An Exciting Musical Evening With Special Guest Stevie Coyle and Front Porch Featured Musicians

Oakland-based trio, Dimond Dogs, blends distinctive originals with uniquely reimagined versions of rock, Americana, and country classics that breathe fresh insights into the songs. Mad Dog, Joe DiMilia, and Jacob Hart are looking forward to their Front Porch Presents debut.

The Pat Martin Trio was formed in September of 2024. Pat has performed throughout California and extensively in Stockton. Elaina Martin brings her violin talent as a member of a local symphony and a big band. John Jordan is amazing on bass. Playing a mixture of original and cover material, the Trio aims to engage and captivate audiences.

Mike Miller has been singing since the early 60's once he heard his first musical influence: The Beatles. He learned to play guitar and started writing songs in the 90's and has amassed hours of original songs that he performs for local audiences. He says he's eternally grateful for all the music he's ever listened to, and for all the musicians he has befriended along the way.

Joniche is a trio brought together by their shared admiration for Joni Mitchell. While Lana Thomas, Scott Thompson, and Richard "Woody" Woodruff have different musical influences, they all agree that Joni’s melodies, progressions, and phrasing are unmatched. The trio enjoys exploring her songbook and performing her music out of love, respect, and a desire to honor her legacy.

Joanne Cosmos Finn will be featured in the lobby prior to the show. Joanne Cosmos Finn, a singer-songwriter who has been playing guitar since she was 12, founded the band Cosmic Butterfly of the Verse and runs a music series in Martinez.

Front Porch Music received an exciting grant this year from the California Arts Council to support our work. Thank you for your support.

The Community Foundation of Lafayette will forever be remembered as the first, fast grantor of Front Porch Music. Thank you for your support.

Community Arts is a program of the Zellerbach Family Foundation and Front Porch recently received a grant.   Zellerbach serves as a catalyst for constructive social change and they believe arts and culture play a role in creating a thriving Bay Area by ensuring the voices, experiences, traditions and dreams of all individuals and communities can be appreciated and celebrated. 

From 2019 to the present, John and Colleen McCormick at Lamorinda Music have supported our efforts by offering the Big Room for the open mic series and through guitar donations to our gift guitar program. Thank you John and Colleen!

Town Hall Theatre supports our quarterly performance series through the use of its beautiful theatre, box office, lobby and bar. Your visionary leadership and kind staff is amazing. Thank you!

Steve Riccobono at Sound Travels Productions has given so much of his time and expertise to make our open mics and shows sound their best. Thank you, Steve!

Craig Isaacs of BlueGoo Photography has been a big supporter by providing professional photography at some of our larger events. We appreciate this immensely. Thank you, Craig!

John Allred, Videography, volunteers to provide beautiful three- and four-camera videography and editing for our quarterly performance series at Town Hall Theatre. Thank you, John!

Phil Jones, Guitarist, brings his considerable talent to pre-flight guitars before the instruments are placed into the Gift Guitar program.

Meet our Advisors. Our volunteers advisors are participants of Front Porch Music with invaluable insight and talent to help us grow and refine our programs.