Catch a beat! Drummer in action during a performance by Atlanta-area musician Mandi Strachota and the Major 7s.
Oakhurst Porchfest: Decatur, Georgia, USA, 11 October 2025.
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Porchfest
— Wikipedia.Porchfests are annual music events held across the United States and in Canada on front porches. Started in Ithaca, New York, in 2007, porchfest events bring local musicians and neighborhoods together to celebrate and create a sense of community.
Since 2015, Oakhurst Porchfest [in the eponymous neighborhood of the city of Decatur] has been a grassroots community music festival where front porches become stages, yards become venues, and radical generosity and goodwill rule the day.
— Oakhurst Porchfest.
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Mandi Strachota
Born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in the wilds of Wisconsin, Mandi Strachota is the product of southern roots and Midwest know-how, a potent mix of practicality and soulful dreaming. Mandi has become a fixture on the Atlanta scene, taking her music nationwide in 2019. She is known for her soulful vocals, but is a multi-instrumentalist who is quickly becoming known for her songwriting [...] embracing R&B, gospel, and soul, [...and] dabbling in jazz and blues, with a touch of grit and country sway.
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Mandi Strachota: Daredevil.
Album: Pictures
Label: CD Baby, 2020.









