The Red Horse Porch Party is an outdoor event down on the farm in Fennville with art, live music, food, and drink. See our herd, participate in collaborative art stations, view the gallery show, soak up the spring weather and fresh air. We’ll be serving food from Farmhouse Deli and beer and wine from local producers. We’ll have an art auction and raffle where you can bid on local art, gift card bundles, and unique experiences. Plus, a live music performance from Great Lakes Brass kicking off 5 pm.
This event is FREE to attend! Donations are welcome, including the raffle, auction, and Horses for Mental Health Campaign. Proceeds from food, drink, Art Club gallery show, and merch all help support!
By RSVPing in advance, you’re helping us plan, prepare, and communicate with attendees.
All advance registrations before 8 pm on May 15th will be entered into a separate drawing to win cool $100 in Red Horse swag.
View the Giving Circle Auction & Raffle
A highlight of our Porch Party, the Art Auction & Gallery Show features the lovely artists, experiences, and businesses around us, and share their generosity!
Items in the Auction will be available to bid on, and the artworks in the Gallery Show at Juniper’s House are up for sale. We will also have a raffle where you can enter to win local prizes and experiences!
RAFFLE
We have raffle tickets for sale @ $5.00 per ticket. Prizes can be viewed online, but tickets can only be purchased in-person. Drawings will be staggered throughout the evening.
Porch Party Raffle Grand Prize: A Day and Night at Red Horse Center: Group Retreat for 8 with one night’s lodging and meals at Juniper’s Retreat House: Value: $3,500
Four big prizes, and several little ones!
SCHEDULE & ENTERTAINMENT
5 pm: Great Lakes Brass & more on the way!
GREAT LAKES BRASS
Founded and led by Red Horse’s own, Fred Bueltmann – Great Lakes Brass draws from New Orleans traditions, where brass bands express the pulse of communities; celebrating life, mourning loss, and looking ahead. Reverence for history is intertwined with ongoing creative adaptation, and our pledge to play it forward.
Trumpet, trombone, and saxophone play familiar melodies driven by sousaphone and percussion. On the street or the stage, our music moves.
OTHER ACTS (coming soon)
Stay tuned for additional acts to play at the Porch Party!
ART CLUB
GALLERY SHOW
A collaborative Gallery Show with art from Saugatuck Douglas Art Club members displayed and for sale inside Juniper’s Retreat House, a work of art in and of itself!
Proceeds benefit both the artists and Red Horse!
FOOD & DRINK
Farmhouse Deli will be serving their delicious pork tacos, vegan tacos and street corn salad with rice and beans from 5 pm – 9 pm.
Beer Wine and More
We will be pouring local beverages, including:
- Fenn Valley Vineyard
- Modales Winery
- Rusty Rocket Brewery
- Noble Twist Brewery
- Cranes Cider
- St. George Sodas
Sponsor
The Porch Party is one of the fundraising initiatives that make up the Spring Forward Support Drive, which also highlights Mental Health Awareness Month. Funds raised from this event will support several Red Horse programs in many ways, including: H.E.Y. Horses Empowering Youth, Horses for Hospitality, & Herd Support.
We have event sponsorships, and auction sponsorships starting at $500, and category sponsorships at $1,000.
The print deadline for the first-batch of posters is tbd.
Volunteer
Wanna join the team? We have a great crew of volunteers who help organize the event starting months ahead, and are also part of setup, tear down, and all of the roles you see on the day of the event.
If you’d like to volunteer your time and talent, we’d love to hear from you.
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Porch Party Event Sponsors!
