ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL IN MILLEDGEVILLE RETURNS FOR ITS SEVENTH YEAR

Katherine Futch Editor in Chief

This Saturday, the seventh Porchella music festival will take place at the DuBignon Farm in Milledgeville. The event is an all-day festival, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Porchella will feature eight artists: Lina Williams, Better Yet, blue., Atticus Roness, Soup Kink, Jeremy Stinson, Lady Eleven and The Muskogees. Venders from the community of Milledgeville will also be in attendance, including catering from Dungeons & Daiquiris.

GC alumni Mason Baxter has been a part of the planning process for Porchella since its first year.

“The first Porchella was in someone’s backyard,” Baxter said. “I think there were about 40 people there. It was a really small festival; there were four bands and two vendors. We also had a truck with a tarp filled with water as a mobile pool.”

The original founders graduated after Porchella’s first year. Baxter said he enjoyed his time so much that he asked if he could continue running the event.

“I had so much fun at Porchella,” Baxter said. “I felt like it was a great community event and something that should continue since there are not a lot of events in Milledgeville.”

For the next five years, Porchella was held at different locations across Milled-