Eclectic music, fans fill streets of Highland Square for PorchRokr fest
(WorldNews Music)

West Akron’s Highland Square neighborhood is known for being eclectic, and for the sixth year the neighborhood welcomed thousands of its friends, neighbors and anyone looking for a fun day on Akron streets to the annual PorchRokr Music and Art Festival on Saturday. The seventh festival in six years — bordered by West Market Street, Belvidere Way, South Portage Path, Crosby Street and South Highland Avenue — featured more than 130 acts rocking nearly 20 porches as well as sponsored stages and a gaggle of local vendors and community organizations. Throughout the hot, humid but mostly rain-free day, the foot traffic was constant, with West Market Street packed with...