Find out how you can get involved to help HONK! happen again, at our community meeting Thursday, May 28th, 7:00 to 8:30 PM. We’ve reserved the West Branch Library in Davis Square (40 College Ave, Somerville, MA) for the evening, and are hoping you can join us.
HONK! is a community-driven enterprise, and that means we need your help. The local love and support of our festival continues to grow, and we’re certain that with your help, this year’s festival will be the best Davis Square has seen.
Download and distribute the flyer!
We need folks who are available before and during the festival to:
The festival returns to Davis Square this October 9-11th, and as always, find us at www.honkfest.org for more information and updates.
Beginning tomorrow, the streets, cafes, & pubs of of Seattle will be overflowing with the lively sound of horn players and drummers from more than a dozen street bands converging for the second HONK! Fest West!
In venues across the city, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights will see performances by:
Weekend passes are available in advance, online only. target
Everyone’s been asking, and here’s the happy answer: the HONK! Festival returns to Somerville for another Columbus Day weekend, this October 9-11th!
Similar to past festivals, we will feature a brass band convergence in Davis Square all day Saturday, and a parade down Mass Ave. on Sunday afternoon.
Mark your calendar, and tell everyone you know that there are some exciting changes to be anticipated this October:
We are also planning something new this year — a Friday afternoon honk in nearby neighborhoods, in collaboration with community groups from the culturally diverse areas of East Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester and Jamaica Plain. And we’re delighted that this year’s Sunday night blowout concert will be held in Davis Square’s beautiful and renowned Somerville Theatre.
Interested in getting involved? Boston-area locals are invited to a Community Meeting on Thursday, May 28th, from 7 PM to 8:30 PM at the West Branch Library in Davis Square, 40 College Ave.
Disclosure: I am a member of the HONK! Festival organizing committee, and helped put on last year’s event. You can see our coverage of it here.
Tomorrow, December 9, Tufts University will screen a student documentary, HONK!: No Noise Is Illegal, at 7:00PM. The film explores the 2008 HONK! festival through the perspectives of both performers and participants. Discussion will follow, and I will be speaking on the panel. Please get in touch for further details.
Greg Cook captured the HONK! Festival parade in photographs. Above, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, below, Boston’s chapter of Bikes Not Bombs. Much more to come!
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