📣 Attention, activist street bands!
The applications for this year's HONK! Festival in Somerville, MA are now open!
If your band would like to be considered for this year's festival, just follow the application link in our Instagram bio to let us know.
This year's festival dates will be October 8-11.
We look forward to HONKing with you all again!
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Make some noise for the 20th Anniversary of HONK! 🎺
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We were thrilled to once again be a part of Somerville's iconic @honkfest . We look forward to this day every year when our community can come together to sing, dance, and jam out to incredible brass band tunes. We loved hosting @yesmaambrassband , @clamorandlace , @blacksheepensemble , and @undertowbrassband . Now the countdown to Honk! 2026 begins!
📷 Credit: Tim Plenk
Our Kickstarter for the 2025 festival is running right now! (Link in Bio) Can you help make the HONK! Festival happen?
HONK! Is a non-profit festival, and all donations go to either covering the direct costs of the festival or reimbursing visiting musicians for their expenses, with some left over to provide seed money for next year's festival. Your generous support has meant that our free festival has been able to come back year after year. Let's do it again!
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🎺 @honkfest returns to Aeronaut on Friday, October 10! 🎺 Don't miss the biggest, loudest, funnest night - it's the 10th anniversary of this iconic Somerville tradition, and we're anticipating a packed crowd on the patio. We can't wait to see you there!
Join Somerville for Palestine in creating posters, crafts and other imagery to make our Honk presence for Palestine eye catching. October 3rd, 6-8pm, DM for location. Bring materials or just bring yourselves!
Join Boston Workers Circle as we march in HONK! with Good Trouble Brass Band! The HONK! parade will take place on Sunday, October 12 from 12-3 pm. It will begin in Davis Square and end in Harvard Square. We'll be marching to carry on the vision of our Workers Circle founders by showing our solidarity with our immigrant members and neighbors.
Looking to get creative about your HONK! signs? Join us for an art build on Sunday, September 28 from 2-4:30 pm at the BWC Building.
Learn more and register for the art build and / or HONK! via the link in our bio or here: circleboston.org/event/honk-2025/
Announcing HONK! U 🎺 🎓 For twenty years, HONK! has shown how music can transform public space into a force for joy and justice. This October 9th (The Thursday before the annual Honk! Festival), we’re diving deeper with HONK! U: a one-day conference that explores how street bands, brass traditions, and community musicians around the world have fueled activism and social change.
Expect dynamic speakers, participatory workshops, and live skill-shares that connect music to movements. Whether you’re a musician, activist, scholar, or just curious, HONK! U is your chance to step inside the stories and strategies that keep this community work alive.
Honk! U is free and open to everyone, but we ask that you please register at the link in our bio to secure a spot and assist with planning.
