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Cambridge Porchfest

Build-It-Yourself to Earth!
We've got major big-league drama brewing: wars, disease, pollution, and a mess of vile villains.

Solution?
A Cambridge Porchfest jam at the Build-It-Yourself lab!

We're recruiting guitar pickers, keyboard pluckers, classical cats, aliens (with rhythm), woke folk, Democrats, Republicans, and especially Libertarians who just want to jam without government interference.

What would happen if we stop yelling and start harmonizing?

Cambridge Porchfest July 11 and 12, 2026

Cambridge Porchfest is 'Way Cool'
Thanks to Jason, Rebecca, and team for their masterful organization!
Check out their website

Thank you Daniel Kool for promoting Porchfest.
Boston Globe interviews

Stanley Jordan, make way for Scott Matsumoto.
You make the guitar dance!

Breakfast with the Elephants
Classy jazz at its best. Peter, Nikos, Neha, and Peter
Check them out online

Think like an artist. Build like an engineer. Make music like an alien!
If you want to hear what music from another planet sounds like, tune in to Eric Dahlman.

The Pied Piper
David Craft is the master at getting everyone to make music together.

Where did all this talent come from?
Where else but Cambridge can you find PhDs who are also accomplished musicians?

Don't worry. Be happy.
And Luke shows everyone how to be happy!

Cambridge Porchfest 2025

Meet The Craignotes - a scrappy squad of scientists, engineers, and computer jocks whose paths collided in the wild frontier of Craigslist's "musicians seeking other nerds" section.

Alex, Jake, Kadir, Eoghan, and Henry
Their talent is of another world.

The fans came from many planets.
Some arrived by spaceship and others by funny-looking 2-wheelers.

Some brought their dancing shoes.

One fan fav teleported in tail waving in sync.

Ever heard opera do a Fourier transform into rap?

Mary will make you think anything is possible.

Bob Dylan, step aside.

David, Kathy, Henry, and Matt are rewriting your musical rulebook.

Atanas, a Research Science Institute student from Bulgaria
tries to sync his Anything-Is-Possible vibe with
John, a stubborn engineer who thinks jazz should follow IEEE standards.

Meanwhile, Professor Henry from MIT's CSAIL lab leads his Band with a View. AI goes back to the future.

Jam Dinners at the Lab

	Bulgarian Folk Val, Jonathan, and David
	Ballard Dani
	C7 G7 All Night Long Jeremy and John
	Puff Duet Wenyu and John
	Peace, Love, and Barbeque Wings Next Jam Last Sunday of the month 3 - 6 PM 269 Pearl Street, Cambridge support@build-it-yourself.com