The Conference on the Front Porch

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The Conference on the Front Porch, the nation’s only gathering focused exclusively on the significance of the front porch in society, started in 2016 with a stated mission of “celebrating the significance of the front porch, both from an architectural as well as a sociological perspective.” The proposed topics conveyed are how, when, and why the front porch scenery began to slip away from the American culture.

Event founder Campbell McCool says, “As years have passed, we have found that the front porch lifestyle left a huge impact on the lives of many Americans and we thought, ‘Why not bring that historical feature back? Why not start a conference celebrating the front porch and all that it represents?’”

This year's keynote speakers will be American award-winning folk singer, songwriter, and musician Caroline Herring and United Nations senior official and "most interesting man in the world" Richard Ragan. Additional speakers will include Mississippi Today editor Marshall Ramsey,  American History professor Joe Crespino, photographer Maude Schuyler Clay, sports writer Rick Cleveland, journalist and historian Curtis Wilkie, editor and writer Joanna Prichard Morris, Blues brothers duo The Deltaz, and photographer and filmmaker David Rae Morris. 

Held at The Mill at Plein Air in Taylor, Mississippi. Tickets ($485) and detailed information at theconferenceonthefrontporch.com. 

Want to read more about porches? Settle into your plein air rocker, and learn more about the conference in this article from our September 2018 issue, and more about the allure of Southern porches in general, in this article from our August 2019 issue.