PORTAGE | Saturday morning's rain didn't drown out the tunes at the Smo-Stock Art and Music Festival.

When the rain came down, organizers moved the entire festival -- stages, food booths, vendors and art displays -- inside the Oakwood Grand Hall at Woodland Park, 2100 Willowcreek Road.

The festival will continue from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today inside the hall.

"We came because we wanted to see the music," said Terri Smolinski, who sat at a table with her family and listened to performers. "They are good. It is neat to see all the bands."

Over the weekend, 21 musical acts will perform, with most donating their time. Only a few asked for gas money, said organizers AJ O'Reilly and Steve Smolinski, two recent Portage High School graduates who put together the festival.

"We wanted to show that the youth of the community cares," O'Reilly said.

Money raised at the event will be donated to the Dave Highland Public Safety Fund, which benefits the city's police officers and firefighters. Highland was a longtime city councilman who died last year.

His wife, Diane, was at Saturday's event.

"This is just awesome. I think it will grow into the biggest thing ever. David's name will be remembered," said Diane Highland.

"AJ used to work for me at the Dairy Queen, and, after Dave died, he came to me and said he wanted to do something," she said.

While Saturday afternoon's crowd was sparse, organizers expected attendance to pick up Saturday evening and continue through today. Today's musical acts include M'SongII, Trio + 1, David Kav, F.I.L., Chester Brown, C4 Blues Band and Planetary Blues.

In addition, food and drinks are for sale, and a half-dozen vendors are offering items from jewelry to wooden bowls and a variety of handcrafted goods.