HONK!

{{Short description|Street band festival that originated in Massachusetts, U.S.}}

{{About|Festival of Activist Street Bands|other uses|Honk (disambiguation){{!}}Honk}}

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HONK!, also known as HONK! Fest, is a festival of activist street bands held annually on Indigenous Peoples' Day weekend in Somerville, Massachusetts. Each year since 2006, an all-volunteer organizing community invites more than 25 bands from around New England, North America, and the world to participate in this free three-day event that showcases acoustic and ambulatory bands playing free music in public spaces. Since its inception, it has inspired additional HONK! festivals in other locations.

Description

HONK!s so far have been staged in Somerville, Massachusetts; Seattle, Washington; Austin, Texas; Providence, Rhode Island; New York, New York; Eugene, Oregon; Montpelier, Vermont; Spokane, Washington; Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brasília, Brazil; and Wollongong, NSW, Australia.{{Cite web|url = http://www.honkfest.org.au/|title = HONK! Oz Festival of Street Music|website = Honk! Oz|access-date = 2016-03-07}} Although each festival is locally organized and there is no central HONK! authority, they share common features. Each HONK! invites twelve to over thirty bands, who play multiple sets in outdoor public spaces over the course of two or three days. These shows are free to attend. Some HONK!s also feature a parade. The festivals are volunteer-run and get support from local sponsors.

The bands invited to play at HONK! share common characteristics: they are ambulatory, they use instruments that can be simultaneously carried and played, and they utilize little or no electronic amplification. As a result, the bands are able to play while moving. There is no generally agreed-upon label for this type of band; labels in use include "activist street band," "radical marching band," and "community street band."

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Although many of the bands that play at HONK! have the phrase "marching band" in their names, they bear only superficial resemblance to a traditional marching band. Traditional marching band characteristics derive from their military history: they tend to feature regimented, synchronized movement and matching uniforms, and play music that has been composed and arranged in advance, with the goal of presenting the band as a cohesive unit without any differentiation between individual members. Band members are typically drawn from and affiliated with some larger organization, such as a school.

A HONK!-style street band, on the other hand, more often tends to encourage the individuality of its members: it may have a theme to its garb rather than a uniform, with individual members free to implement that theme in a manner of their own choosing; similarly, its music may offer more chances for improvisation. Many HONK! bands incorporate traditional marching band instrumentation, sometimes augmented with other instruments or vocalists; others use instrumentation drawn from non-Western music traditions, such as those of a Brazilian samba school. A HONK! band may exist for a specific purpose—some perform primarily at activist events, for instance—but they are typically autonomous entities not affiliated with another organization.

History

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The longest-running HONK! has taken place in Somerville, Massachusetts' Davis Square neighbourhood every October since 2006.{{Cite news|url=http://www.wbur.org/artery/2014/10/11/honk-music-fest-somerville-oral-history|title=An Oral History: How The Honk Music Fest Began Here And Spread Around The World|last=Cook|first=Greg|date=October 11, 2014|work=WBUR ARTery|quote=A dozen brass and drum bands—hailing from as far away as San Francisco, Vancouver, Chicago and Brooklyn—arrived to perform on sidewalks and plazas around Davis Square for the first Honk in 2006.|access-date=December 12, 2016}} It was begun by a committee of members from a Somerville activist band, The Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band, who saw the need for a gathering of like-minded souls interested in applying the joy of music to the work of promoting peace, social justice, and civic engagement.{{Cite web|url=http://honkfest.org/bands/second-line-social-aid-pleasure-society-brass-band/|title=Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society|website=Honkfest.org|publisher=HONK! Festival|access-date=December 12, 2016|quote=Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band are the founders of HONK!. They combine music with social action...}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-lichtenstein/honk-for-social-change_b_6049950.html|title=HONK! for Social Change|last=Lichtenstein|first=Bill|date=October 28, 2014|work=Huffington Post|quote='It has a very deep tie to social activism and this notion that art should be used to provoke social change, that artists and musicians should be working together and try and use this incredible power as artists and musicians we have to do something positive for society.'|access-date=December 12, 2016}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.metro.us/entertainment/honk-for-the-socially-just-and-the-just-social/tmWniu---dcTNNsTH6u5I/|title=Honk! for the socially just and the just social|last=Sasseen|first=Rhian|date=October 10, 2014|work=Metro|access-date=December 12, 2014}} Since 2007, it has included a parade titled "Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes and Feet!"{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} The parade features the bands along with other non-musician participants, including puppeteers and visual artists such as the Bread & Puppet Theater and organizations that promote transportation alternatives and environmental and social justice, such as Bikes Not Bombs.{{Cite news|url=http://patch.com/massachusetts/somerville/ev--honk-parade-to-reclaim-the-streets-for-horns-bikes-and-feet|title=HONK! Parade to Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes and Feet|last=Estrop|first=Kate|date=September 9, 2011|work=Somerville Patch}}

The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 forced all of their events to online.

Other HONK! Fests

HONK NYC! was born in 2007 when [http://www.pinkpuffers.com/Pink/PinkPuffers.html The Pink Puffers] (Rome, Italy), Environmental Encroachment (Chicago), and [http://www.marchfourthband.com/ March Fourth] (Portland, Oregon), visited New York City{{Cite web|title = EE NYC: Burning Man Decompresson New York 2007|url = http://www.encroach.net/info/show_docs/pages_2007/ee_new_york_city.html|website = www.encroach.net|access-date = 2016-01-29|first = Environmental|last = Encroachment}} following that year’s HONK! in Somerville. Events around the city included a dinner party at the space [https://www.google.com/maps/place/No-Space+(aka+The+Change+You+Want+To+See+Gallery)/@40.7139692,-73.9560501,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xf0417bf942f7f9b0 The Change You Want to See] on Havermeyer Street, hosted by members of Brooklyn’s Hungry March Band. This set up a tradition of creating events for bands that wanted to visit NYC and play gigs after HONK! fest. In 2008, Titubanda from Rome were presented in parties, parades, parks, and rallies.{{Citation|title = TituBanda suona – Bella Ciao in Wall Street|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVJX5nwgKgk|date = 2008-11-20|accessdate = 2016-01-29|last = titubandavideo}} In 2009, the name BONK! Brooklyn HONK Festival was adopted and used through 2011.{{Cite web|title = Brass Bands Bonk All Over Brooklyn - The L Magazine|url = http://www.thelmagazine.com/2009/10/brass-bands-bonk-all-over-brooklyn/|website = The L Magazine|date = 16 October 2009|access-date = 2016-01-29|language = en-US}} The festival was renamed as HONK NYC! In 2012.{{Cite web|title = No Police State: A HONK NYC! 2012 Festival|url = http://nopolicestate.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-honk-nyc-2012-festival.html|website = No Police State|date = 2012-09-25|access-date = 2016-01-29|first = No Police State|last = Girl}} In addition to small parades and free outdoor gigs, HONK NYC also has ticketed nighttime events in clubs and warehouse spaces.

HONK! Fest West has been held every spring in Seattle starting in 2008.[http://honkfestwest.com/ HonkFest West] official site, accessed 12 April 2009. In its second year, HONK! Fest West 2009 took place in several locales around Seattle: Friday night in Ballard, Saturday night in Georgetown, Sunday daytime at Gas Works Park and Sunday evening at The Vera Project.[http://www.honkfestwest.com/friday.html Friday] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412111425/http://www.honkfestwest.com/friday.html |date=2009-04-12 }}, [http://www.honkfestwest.com/saturday.html Saturday] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412111453/http://www.honkfestwest.com/saturday.html |date=2009-04-12 }}, and [http://www.honkfestwest.com/sunday.html Sunday] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412163141/http://honkfestwest.com/sunday.html |date=2009-04-12 }} schedules, HONK! Fest West official site, accessed 12 April 2009. HONK! Fest West 2010 took place Friday night in Fremont, Saturday afternoon in the Central District, Saturday night in Georgetown, and Sunday afternoon at the Alaska Junction in West Seattle.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

HONK!TX has been held in Austin every March starting in 2011. The 2011 festival took place on East Sixth Street on Friday, in the North University neighborhood on Saturday, and, following a march through the center of Austin, in Pan-Am Park on Sunday. Subsequent years have used South Congress instead of East Sixth.[http://www.honktx.org Official Page] HONK!TX website

HONK! Fest Eugene (PKA Yonk!) was founded in June 2015 when local Brazilian percussion ensemble Samba Ja hosted SambAmore (Arcata, CA), Environmental Encroachment (Chicago), Junkadelic (Australia) along with local bands Kef, The Beatcrunchers, and High Step Street Band on 2 outdoor stages. Since then it has been held every year in the Whiteaker neighborhood of Eugene, Oregon the week following HONK! Fest West in Seattle. It features traveling groups from Seattle's festival as well as local percussion and brass ensembles. In 2017 the festival changed names from Yonk! to Honk! Fest Eugene and grew into a 2-day festival and retreat for touring bands.{{Cite web |url= http://projects.registerguard.com/rg/entertainment/35635647-67/catharsis-via-street-music-honk-fest-eugene-will-celebrate-its-third-year-in-the-whiteaker.html.csp |title= Catharsis in the form of street music {{!}} Oregon Life |location= Eugene, Oregon |website= projects.registerguard.com |access-date= 2018-01-22}}

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HONK!Oz was inaugurated in January 2015 in the community of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia as a fringe festival of the long-running Illawarra Folk Festival in the nearby community of Bulli.{{cite web |url=http://www.honkfest.org.au/ |title=Home |website=honkfest.org.au}}

HONK!Rio was inaugurated in August 2015, taking place in various communities in and around the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.https://www.facebook.com/honkrio {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}

HONK SP takes place in São Paulo, Brasil and started in November 2017, bringing together a vast number of groups, including Brass Bands and Carnival "Blocos", occupying the city's districts.https://www.facebook.com/honksp {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}

PRONK! is a one-day festival in Providence, Rhode Island. It happens the day after the Boston-area HONK! ends and features many of the same groups that performed in Somerville and Cambridge over the weekend.

[https://www.honkbc.org/ HONK!BC] is the first Canadian version of the HONK! Festival and it was organized by [http://www.thecarnivalband.com/ Open Air Orchestra Society]. It was inaugurated in August 2018 in Vancouver, BC and took place at multiple venues in the Commercial Drive area (East Vancouver) such as Britannia Community Services Centre, Strange Fellows Brewing, Grandview Park and The Legion on Commercial Drive.

Participating Bands

= HONK! (Somerville, MA) =

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[https://grooversity.com/anovabrazil aNova Brazil] (Boston, MA)	align="right"\| 15				{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://oly-wa.us/artesianrumble/ Artesian Rumble Arkestra] (Olympia, WA)	align="right"\| 4									{{ya}}	{{ya}}			{{ya}}					{{ya}}
[https://www.instagram.com/babadanbandaderua/ Babadan Banda de Rua] (Belo Horizonte, BRA)	align="right"\| 1																		{{ya}}
[https://honkfest.org/bands/the-bahamas-junkanoo-jumpers/ Bahamas Junkanoo Jumpers, The] (Boston, MA)	align="right"\| 1				{{ya}}
[https://www.facebook.com/BandLandBrassBand/ Band Land Brass Band] (Cambridge, MA)	align="right"\| 3													{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://honkfest.org/bands/la-banda-internacional-de-chelsea/ Banda Internacional de Chelsea, La] (Chelsea, MA)	align="right"\| 1																{{ya}}
[https://www.instagram.com/bandarimbambum Banda Rim Bam Bum] (Santiago, Chile)	align="right"\| 1																{{ya}}
[https://honkfest.org/bands/banda-roncati/ Banda Roncati] (Bologna, Italy)	align="right"\| 1				{{ya}}
[https://www.barragebandorchestra.net/ Barrage Band Orchestra, The] (Baltimore, MD)	align="right"\| 2				{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://honkfest.org/bands/berkshireresilience/ Berkshire Resilience Brass Band] (Southern Berkshires, MA)	align="right"\| 1																		{{ya}}
[https://blackbearcombo.com/ Black Bear Combo] (Chicago, IL)	align="right"\| 4	{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://blacksheepensemble.com/ Black Sheep Ensemble] (Atlanta, GA)	align="right"\| 1												{{ya}}
[https://blowcomotion.org/ Blowcomotion] (Austin, TX)	align="right"\| 1																		{{ya}}
:de:Bolschewistische Kurkapelle schwarz-rot (Berlin, Germany)	align="right"\| 1														{{ya}}
[https://boycottbrass.tumblr.com/ Boycott] (Somerville, MA)	align="right"\| 2											{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://brassbalaganbtv.weebly.com/ Brass Balagan, The] (Burlington, VT)	align="right"\| 11						{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}		{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://brassliberation.org/ Brass Liberation Orchestra] (San Francisco, CA)	align="right"\| 6	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}		{{ya}}					{{ya}}
[https://www.brassmessengers.com/ Brass Messengers] (Minneapolis, MN)	align="right"\| 6			{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}			{{ya}}
[https://www.brassqueensnyc.com/ Brass Queens] (New York, NY)	align="right"\| 1														{{ya}}
[https://brasssolidarity.com/ Brass Solidarity] (Minneapolis, MN)	align="right"\| 2																	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://www.facebook.com/brassterisk brassterisk] (Somerville, MA)	align="right"\| 2																	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
Bread and Puppet Circus Band, The (Glover, VT)	align="right"\| 17	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://www.instagram.com/ Caka!ak Thunder] (Greensboro, NC)	align="right"\| 6		{{ya}}		{{ya}}		{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}			{{ya}}
Carnival Band, The (Vancouver, BC)	align="right"\| 6	{{ya}}			{{ya}}		{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}				{{ya}}
[https://chaoticinsurrectionensemble.org/ Chaotic Insurrection Ensemble] (Montreal, QC)	align="right"\| 8		{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}		{{ya}}		{{ya}}
[http://chaoticnoise.com/ Chaotic Noise Marching Corps] (Seattle, WA)	align="right"\| 4							{{ya}}		{{ya}}			{{ya}}					{{ya}}
[https://www.facebook.com/churchmarchingband/ Church Marching Band] (Santa Rosa, CA)	align="right"\| 1							{{ya}}
[https://clamorandlace.com/ Clamor and Lace Noise Brigade] (Chicago, IL)	align="right"\| 2														{{ya}}			{{ya}}
[http://conicalcacophony.com/ Conical Cacophony] (Boston, MA)	align="right"\| 3																{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://www.facebook.com/damasdeferroband Damas de Ferro] (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)	align="right"\| 1												{{ya}}
[http://www.dmcband.org/ Dead Music Capital Band] (Austin, TX)	align="right"\| 2										{{ya}}		{{ya}}
Detroit Party Marching Band (Detroit, MI)	align="right"\| 8					{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}				{{ya}}
[https://dirtywaterbrassband.com/ Dirty Water Brass Band] (Boston, MA)	align="right"\| 14					{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://ctmd.org/programs/touring-artists/dja-rara/ DJA-Rara] (Brooklyn, NY)	align="right"\| 5					{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}
[https://ensmb.com/ Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band] (Somerville, MA)	align="right"\| 17		{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[http://www.encroach.net/ Environmental Encroachment] (Chicago, IL)	align="right"\| 14	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}	{{ya}}			{{ya}}
[https://www.expandablebrassband.com/ Expandable Brass Band, The] (Northampton, MA)	align="right"\| 12					{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
Extraordinary Rendition Band (Providence, RI)	align="right"\| 15				{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
Factory Seconds (Somerville, MA)	align="right"\| 2					{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://lafanfareinvisible.fr/ Fanfare Invisible, La] (Paris, France)	align="right"\| 1											{{ya}}
[https://www.facebook.com/fanfarrasagradaprofana Fanfarra Feminina Sagrada Profana] (Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil)	align="right"\| 1														{{ya}}
[https://www.filthyfemcorps.com/ Filthy FemCorps] (Seattle, WA)	align="right"\| 2												{{ya}}						{{ya}}
[https://flybybrassband.com/main/ Fly By Brass Band] (Somerville, MA)	align="right"\| 2																	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://milwaukeemolotovmarchers.wordpress.com/ Milwaukee Molotov Marchers, The] (Wisconsin, US)	align="right"\| 1						{{ya}}
[https://www.facebook.com/ForwardMarchingBand/ Forward! Marching Band] (Madison, WI)	align="right"\| 10						{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}			{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://funkrust.com/ Funkrust Brass Band] (New York, NY)	align="right"\| 1																		{{ya}}
[https://www.facebook.com/ghosttownbrassband/ Ghost Town] (Somerville, MA)	align="right"\| 1																	{{ya}}
[https://www.goodtroublebrassband.org/ Good Trouble Brass Band] (Somerville, MA)	align="right"\| 18	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://www.goragora.org/ Gora Gora Orkestar] (Denver, CO)	align="right"\| 4							{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}							{{ya}}
[https://www.instagram.com/hartfordhotseveral/ Hartford Hot Several] (Hartford, CT)	align="right"\| 3											{{ya}}	{{ya}}				{{ya}}
[https://www.hillstompers.com/ Hill Stompers, The] (Los Alamos, NM)	align="right"\| 3							{{ya}}		{{ya}}	{{ya}}
Himalayas (New York City, NY)	align="right"\| 6		{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}		{{ya}}
[https://www.honknyc.com/ HONK Family Band] (New York, NY)	align="right"\| 2																	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
Hungry March Band (Brooklyn, NY)	align="right"\| 11	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}		{{ya}}		{{ya}}				{{ya}}
[https://www.idealmaineband.org/ Ideal Maine Social Aid and Sanctuary Band] (Portland, ME)	align="right"\| 1																{{ya}}
[https://jphonkband.wordpress.com/ Jamaica Plain Honk Band (JP Honk)], The (Jamaica Plain, MA)	align="right"\| 4															{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
L Train Brass Band (Brooklyn, NY)	align="right"\| 1																	{{ya}}
[https://www.leftistmarchingband.org/home/ Leftist Marching Band] (Portsmouth, NH)	align="right"\| 18	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
Loyd Family Players (Oakland, CA)	align="right"\| 3			{{ya}}	{{ya}}			{{ya}}
Lungs Face Feet (Pittsburgh, PA)	align="right"\| 1							{{ya}}
[https://www.instagram.com/magdanbrass Magnificent Danger] (Boston, MA)	align="right"\| 3															{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}
MarchFourth Marching Band (Portland, OR)	align="right"\| 2		{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://maydaymarchingband.blogspot.com/ May Day Marching Band] (Pittsburgh, PA)	align="right"\| 2											{{ya}}							{{ya}}
[http://www.minormishap.com/ Minor Mishap Marching Band] (Austin, TX)	align="right"\| 8				{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}			{{ya}}
[https://www.facebook.com/p/Muses-tanguent-100063747243051/ Muses Tanguent, Les] (Paris, France)	align="right"\| 1									{{ya}}
Musicians Action Group (MAG) (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)	align="right"\| 2													{{ya}}				{{ya}}
[https://www.facebook.com/newcreationsbrass New Creations Brass Band] (New Orleans, LA)	align="right"\| 4									{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://nolamusicians4palestine.net/ New Orleans Musicians 4 Palestine] (New Orleans, LA)	align="right"\| 1																		{{ya}}
Open Hand Orchestra, The (Portland, ME)	align="right"\| 1						{{ya}}
[https://www.originalbig7.org/originalbig7 Original Big 7 Social Aid and Pleasure Club] (New Orleans, LA)	align="right"\| 4		{{ya}}	{{ya}}					{{ya}}		{{ya}}
The Original Pinettes Brass Band (New Orleans, LA)	align="right"\| 2				{{ya}}							{{ya}}
Orkestar Zirkonium (Seattle, WA)	align="right"\| 1				{{ya}}
[https://pakavait.ru/ Pakava It] (Moscow, Russia)	align="right"\| 1									{{ya}}
[https://www.partybandlowell.com/about.html Party Band, The] (Lowell, MA)	align="right"\| 11								{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://perhapscontraption.co.uk/ Perhaps Contraption] (London, UK)	align="right"\| 1								{{ya}}
[https://www.instagram.com/pinkpuffersbrassband/ Pink Puffers Brass Band] (Rome, Italy)	align="right"\| 3		{{ya}}		{{ya}}			{{ya}}
[https://www.facebook.com/PleziRara Plezi Rara] (Brooklyn, NY)	align="right"\| 3												{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://www.lepompierponeyclub.com/ Le Pompier Poney Club] (Marseille, France)	align="right"\| 1											{{ya}}
Primate Fiasco, The (Northampton, MA)	align="right"\| 1							{{ya}}
[https://www.providencedrumtroupe.com/ Providence Drum Troupe] (Providence, RI)	align="right"\| 1																		{{ya}}
[https://rarabelpoze.com/ Rara Bel Poze] (Boston, MA)	align="right"\| 7												{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://www.originalbig7.org/redflamehunters Red Flame Hunters] (New Orleans)	align="right"\| 2									{{ya}}				{{ya}}
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble (Cambridge, MA)	align="right"\| 1	{{ya}}
Rise Up! Action Band (Seattle, WA)	align="right"\| 1													{{ya}}
[https://rudemechanicalorchestra.org/ Rude Mechanical Orchestra] (New York City, NY)	align="right"\| 16	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}			{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://www.capoeira-angola.com/pages/sambatrem.html Samba Tremeterra] (Cambridge, MA)	align="right"\| 1				{{ya}}
Scene Of The Crime Rovers, The (Durham, NC)	align="right"\| 2			{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://schoolofhonk.org School of HONK] (Somerville, MA)	align="right"\| 9										{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
Seed & Feed Marching Abominable (Atlanta, GA)	align="right"\| 7			{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}								{{ya}}
[https://www.facebook.com/Os.Siderais Siderais, Os] (Rio De Janeiro)	align="right"\| 1								{{ya}}
Springville All Star Marching Band, The (Springville, NY)	align="right"\| 3				{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
Stick & Rag Village Orchestra, The (Jamaica Plain, MA)	align="right"\| 1	{{ya}}
Summer Street Brass Band (Boston, MA)	align="right"\| 1														{{ya}}
[https://tintanar.blogspot.com/ tint(A)nar] (Quebec City, QC)	align="right"\| 3					{{ya}}		{{ya}}			{{ya}}
[https://www.facebook.com/p/Titanium-Sporkestra-100063733689095/ Titanium Sporkestra] (Seattle, WA)	align="right"\| 1						{{ya}}
[https://www.titubanda.it/it/ Titubanda] (Rome, Italy)	align="right"\| 1			{{ya}}
TMB (Seattle, WA)	align="right"\| 2										{{ya}}							{{ya}}
TriBattery Pops (New York City, NY)	align="right"\| 1			{{ya}}
Undertow Brass Band (Providence, RI)	align="right"\| 17	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}		{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://www.facebook.com/unidosdoswing/ Unidos do Swing] (São Paulo, Brazil)	align="right"\| 1													{{ya}}
[https://unlawfulassembly.org/ Unlawful Assembly] (Minneapolis, MN)	align="right"\| 1													{{ya}}
Veveritse (Brooklyn, NY)	align="right"\| 3					{{ya}}		{{ya}}		{{ya}}
[https://lesvilainschicots.com/ Vilains Chicots, Les] (Paris, France)	align="right"\| 1										{{ya}}
Yellow Hat Band (Seattle, WA)	align="right"\| 2			{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://www.instagram.com/yesmaambrassband Yes Ma’am Brass Band] (Austin, TX)	align="right"\| 4											{{ya}}	{{ya}}					{{ya}}	{{ya}}
[https://www.youngfellazbrassband.com/ Young Fellaz Brass Band] (New Orleans, LA)	align="right"\| 7						{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}						{{ya}}		{{ya}}	{{ya}}	{{ya}}

=HONK! BC 2018=

The Carnival Band, Vancouver
Balkan Shmalkan, Vancouver
Bloco Energia, Vancouver
Home Going Brass Band, Vancouver
Greenhorn Community Music Project, Vancouver
Freddy Fuddpucker, from North Vancouver
Thunderbird Alumni Band, from UBC
Filthy FemCorps, from Seattle, WA
Rise Up! Action Band, from Seattle, WA

=HONK! Fest West 2010=

Artesian Rumble Arkestra
Banda Gazona
BeatCrunchers
Bolting Brassicas Marching Band
Brass Messengers
The Carnival Band
Detroit Party Marching Band{{cite web|url=http://honkfest.org/bands/detroit-party-marching-band/ |title=Detroit Party Marching Band |work=Honkfest.org |accessdate=2012-10-09}}
Environmental Encroachment
Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band
Extraordinary Rendition Band
Garfield High School Bulldog Drumline
Hubbub Club
Hungry March Band
Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band
MarchFourth Marching Band
[http://www.minormishap.com Minor Mishap Marching Band]
Orkestar Slivovica
[http://www.orkestarzirkonium.com Orkestar Zirkonium]
Samba Já
Seattle Seahawks Blue Thunder Drumline
Sound Wave Sounders FC Band
Titanium Sporkestra
VamoLá
Yellow Hat Band
Yesterday's Chonies

:List from program of the event

=HONK! Fest West 2009=

BeatCrunchers
The Carnival Band
Environmental Encroachment
Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band
Hubbub Club
Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band
[http://www.theloydfamilyplayers.com Loyd Family Players]
MarchFourth Marching Band
Orkestar Zirkonium
[http://www.sambaja.org Samba Já]
Seattle Seahawks Blue Thunder Drumline
Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band
Sound Wave
Titanium Sporkestra
VamoLá
Yellow Hat Band

:List from [http://www.honkfestwest.com/bands.html Honk Fest West Bands] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412111409/http://www.honkfestwest.com/bands.html |date=2009-04-12 }}, HonkFest West official site, accessed 12 April 2009.

=HONK! Fest West 2008=

Anti-Fascist Marching Band (Seattle)
The Carnival Band (Vancouver, BC)
La Banda Gozona (seattle)
Samba Olywa (olympia)
Environmental Encroachment (Chicago)
Black Bear Combo (Chicago)
Hungry March Band (Brooklyn)
Samba Ja (Eugene)
Santa Cruz Trash Orchestra (Santa Cruz)
Weapons of Marching Destruction (Seattle) now Titanium Sporkestra
Yellow Hat Band (Seattle)
Vamola! (Seattle)
Peace Bandits (Olympia) now Artesian Rumble Arkestra
Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band (Seattle)
Raging Grannies (Seattle)

Notes

External links

[http://honkfest.org/ HONK! homepage]
[http://honkfestwest.com/ HonkFest West homepage]
[http://www.honktx.org/ HONK!TX homepage]
[http://providencehonkfest.org/ PRONK! Providence Honk Festival homepage]
[http://www.honknyc.com/ HONK NYC! homepage]
[http://www.honkfesteugene.org HONK! Fest Eugene homepage]
[https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2014/10/13/honk-you-are-having-fun/R61YsOZJh5TgdCQh1CySoI/story.html HONK! if you are having fun by Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe, October 14, 2014]
[http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2007/10/03/march_madness/ March madness HONK! fest in Davis Square celebrates the power and joy of music made for revolution by Andrew Gilbert, Boston Globe, October 3, 2007]
[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/calendar/articles/2007/10/04/return_of_honk/ Return of honk by Milva Didomizio, Boston Globe, October 4, 2007]
[http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2007/10/07/honk_festival_makes_some_noise_in_davis_square/ HONK! festival makes some noise in Davis Square by Michael Naughton, Boston Globe, October 7, 2007]

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