Festival Sponsors
We’re grateful for the generosity of our festival sponsors and contributors. Listed here the sponsors for the 2025 festival, those who have made financial or in-kind donations, or offered their porch. Without their support, the Ol’ Front Porch Music Festival would not exist. Thank you!
For information on how you can be a sponsor, click here.
The Board of the Ol’ Front Porch Music Festival fondly remembers Michelle Fodrey, owner of Village Realty and a major supporter of the festival, who passed away August 26, 2025. Michelle, who lived in Oriental for more than 50 years, called the festival her favorite Oriental event; her love for the festival was surpassed only by her love for her family and her late husband, Teddy. We extend our sincere condolences to her family and friends.
Spotlight Sponsors / $2,000
Riverfront Stage Sponsors / $1,000
Music Lover Sponsors / $750
Porch Sponsors / $500
Supporter Sponsors / $150 - $300
Friends / Up to $149
Aggie’s Steak Subs • Anonymous • Dan and Lesley Allen • Carmen Avery • Axelson Chiropractic • Ellen Blackmon • Brantley’s Village Restaurant • Joan Brown • Howard and Ros Cheetham • Clancy’s Marina • Carl and Donna Crothers • Chris Daniels • Melydia Edge • From the Heart Florist • Garland Fulcher Retail Seafood Market • Ernest Glass and Gina Gilgo • Gary’s Downeast Seafood Restaurant • Chuck Gordon and Sharon Stephenson • Art and Terry Halpern • Chip and Janice Hindes • David and Sarah Holt • Nick and Cristy Hyduke • Bill and Kristy Kepp • Jeff and Pat Kenyon • Robert Lamberson • Ken Laser and Wendy Osserman • Living Well Down East • Mayo’s Seafood Restaurant • Mitchell Hardware • Chris and Anne Moffat • Jerry and Sharon Morgan • Morgan’s Tavern and Grill • Oriental Yacht Sales • Pamlico Packing Company • Linda Parker • Greg and Nancy Piner • Gail Radosevich • Sailing Club of Oriental • Sea Harbour Yacht Club • Tim and Lisa Smith • John and Jo Ann Taylor • The Insurance Center • Pat Thomaier and John Messer • Village Hardware • Village Health & Fitness/Physical Therapy of Oriental
Porch Hosts
The following are providing porches as performance venues this year:
Mark & Renee Harrell Abboud, Frank & Lili Bacon (New Village Brewery), Randy & Lisa Durham (Stallings House), Mo Jones (Mariposa Bakery and Wine Bar), Jennifer Fraley-Decker, Judy Lynch, John Messer & Pat Thomaier, Tom McIIlheny (Oriental Marina Tiki Bar), Marsha Paplham (Marsha’s Cottage), David & Kathy Rose, and Cheryl Thompson.
We thank Ned Ferris & Elizabeth Hudson, and Bruce Cheney & Kate Rogers for “hosting” our shuttles overnight. And thanks to Oriental United Methodist Church, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Oriental First Baptist Church, the Old Theater and the Oriental Women’s Club for providing their facilities for performances and severe weather locations.