On Saturday, September 13 from 1 to 6 p.m., the streets of the Kenberma neighborhood will be transformed into a music festival featuring 40 bands from all over the Boston area, in genres including bluegrass, jazz, blues, and hip-hop, plus plenty of rock’n’roll.

Musicians will perform for attendees of all ages on donated porches and driveways that become stages for the one-day, once-a-year event that’s become a much-loved Hull tradition.

PorchFest is a highly walkable and bikeable event that takes place in the rectangle formed by Kenberma and Revere Streets and Nantasket and Beach Avenues. Free parking is available in the lot behind Richardson Insurance, thanks to the generosity of Bruce Minevitz.

The PorchFest tradition began in 2007 in Ithaca, N.Y., with neighbors teaming up to offer their porches as venues so that attendees could stroll the streets and experience local live music. Since then, the idea has taken hold and expanded across New England and throughout the U.S.

Hull’s PorchFest is unusual because it’s also a registered non-profit that raises funds for a rotating list of worthy causes through merchandise sales, plus fundraisers held throughout the year – including the very successful Rosie’s Rock Festival in March at Jo’s Nautical Bar. In the past, PorchFest has raised money for the Anne M. Scully Senior Center, the Hull High School band program, and the programs for veterans at the Hull Lifesaving Museum.

This year’s net proceeds will go toward the newly established Peter Coffman Music Scholarship Fund, in memory of beloved PorchFest founder and treasurer “Washboard Pete,” who was also the percussionist for local bands WSU and Seawitch. The scholarship will provide music lessons and instruments to Hull children.

MJ’s Food Truck, which supplies lobster sliders, healthy bowls, sweet treats, and more to beachgoers at the HRA lot, HYT Mobile Kitchen, run by Hy Tran of the former La Dalat, and Vitamin Sea Brewing will join the festivities this year. Trucks will be located at the business parking lot at Nantasket Avenue and Kenberma Street, where PorchFest organizers will sell merchandise and accept donations.

A PorchFest map, plus info on bands and more, will be available at hullporchfest.org, a few days before the event.

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