The annual Ol' Front Porch Music Festival in Oriental, NC, occurs every October and is free to all. To organize musical and educational events which provide performance venues for Eastern North Carolina's diverse range of musicians, while also fostering economic vitality in Pamlico County, North Carolina and bringing people of different racial and cultural backgrounds, young and old, together to perform, affording both the audience and the performers the opportunity to learn about and appreciate their shared musical heritage.