HONK! Festival – Oct 9-11 – Davis Square, Somerville

HONK! Is a new name for a time-honored tradition of street music that is acoustic and mobile, activist and engaged, borrowing repertoire and inspiration from a diversity of traditions: It’s New Orleans; it’s Klezmer; it’s Samba—with all the passion and spirit of Mardi Gras and Carnivale.

HONK! is totally fun, free, completely non-commercial, inclusive, participatory, and community-based.

Imagine the scene: Activist marching bands from across the country and around the world fanning out to Boston neighborhoods on Friday Oct 9; two dozen bands honking their hearts out for free in Davis Square all day Saturday, Oct 10; then struttin’ and strollin’ our way to Harvard Square on Sunday Oct 11 for rousing performances at Oktoberfest; wrapping up the weekend with a killer all-band blow-out at the historic Somerville Theater in Davis Square on Sunday night at 8 PM.

HONK! Schedule

Friday, Oct 9, 3 – 6 pm HONK! on Boston: Visiting bands play alongside local community bands in East Somerville, East Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Chinatown and the Boston Common

Saturday, Oct 10, Noon – 9 pm HONK! on Davis Square: 25 activist street bands, from around the country and beyond, perform outdoors for free

Sunday, Oct 11, Noon – 2 pm HONK! Parade down Mass Ave. to “Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes and Feet” featuring all bands plus Bread & Puppet Theater and many other local arts and community organizations, from Davis Square to Harvard Square Oktoberfest celebration

Sunday, Oct 11, 2 – 6 pm Bands perform on HONK! stage at Harvard Square Oktoberfest

Sunday, Oct 11, 8 pm – midnight Blow-out final show at Somerville Theatre in Davis Square ($10 admission)

Tags: activist bands, brass bands, Honk, honkfest, marching bands, street bands
Categories: Action

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