1. HONK! U. at Tufts University: “Politics and Festival” October 10, Friday, 12 noon to 6 pm
Granoff Music Center, 20 Talbot Avenue, Tufts University
Free Admission
Description: Tufts University will host the educational and entertaining HONK! Symposia on “Politics and Festival” as part of a larger HONK! education and outreach effort of workshops and demonstrations to encourage community honking. The events are free and open to the public and anyone interested in seeing a HONK! band in his or her own neighborhood is encouraged to attend (click here for program and speaker bios). The symposia include:
  • Noon – 2 pm: Honk Band Workshop 1: "Honk Praxis: Band Organization and Dynamics" – Theresa Westerdahl (Hungry March Band) & Kevin Leppmann (Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band), coordinators, with members of participating honk bands. (Fisher rehearsal room)
  • 2 pm – 4 pm: Honk Band Workshop 2: "The Politics of Honk: Addressing Diversity and Community" – John Bell (Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band), Jamie Spector (Brass Liberation Orchestra), & Daniel Lang (Rude Mechanical Orchestra), coordinators, with members of participating honk bands. (Fisher rehearsal room)
  • 4 pm – 6 pm: Symposium on "Politics, Festival, and the Activist Musician" with panelists NYC trumpeter & composer Frank London, composer & multi-instrumentalist Amy Denio, Tufts Professor David Guss, and moderated by music historian Reebee Garofalo. (Distler Hall)

 

2. All-Day Outdoor Music Festival: HONK! in Davis Square October 11, Saturday, 11:30 am to 9 pm
Davis Square, Somerville
Free Admission
Description: HONK! will occupy Davis Square for an entire day of street band festivities:
 
7 HILLS PARK
STATUE PARK
DAVIS SQUARE PLAZA
CHESTER ST
VFW DILBOY HALL
GROVE ST PARK AT HIGHLAND
11:30 am
Opening Ceremony in 7 Hills Park with Ward 6 Alderman Rebekah Gewirtz
12:00 pm
Original Big Seven
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1:00 pm
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2:00 pm
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3:00 pm
Junkanoo Jumpers
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Pick Up Band Rehearsal *
4:00 pm
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5:00 pm
Original Big Seven
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6:00 pm
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7:00 pm
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8:00 pm
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  •   1 – 2 pm: Raging Grannies will be roaming around the Square
  •   2 – 4 pm: Extra HONK! – March from Boston Common hosted by the OCT 11 Stop The War / Stand Up For Peace

    * Anyone is invited to join our pick-up band, rehearsing selections from our HONK! book on Sat afternoon at 3 pm and performing in the HONK! Parade on Sunday (see details, below)
 

 

3. HONK! Parade to Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes, and Feet: October 12, Sunday, 12 noon to 2 pm
From Davis Square to Harvard Square
Description: The “Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes, and Feet!” street parade will join local community groups and performers with HONK! brass bands in a massive procession beginning at Sacco’s Bowl Haven on Day Street, proceeding down Elm Street to Beech Street, and then processing down Massachusetts Avenue to Harvard Square. The parade will include all 24 brass bands and an equal number of community organizations including Green Streets Initiative, the Open Air Circus, Bikes Not Bombs, the Boston Derby Dames, Veterans For Peace, Livable Streets Alliance, the Puppeteers Cooperative, and Vermont’s Bread and Puppet Theater. The HONK! parade invites any community group interested in participating to contact parade organizer John Bell (parade@honkfest.org).

 

4. HONK! at Oktoberfest: October 12, Sunday, 2 pm to 6 pm
Harvard Square
Description: The Harvard Square Business Association’s Oktoberfest will feature six different HONK! bands in performance on different stages in Harvard Square. See http://harvardsquare.com for details.

 

5. HONK! at the Dilboy: October 12, Sunday, 8 pm– 11 pm
Dilboy VFW Hall, 371 Summer Street, Somerville
Admission: $10 Donation
Description: The HONK! Festival will close with an open concert and jam session at the George Dilboy Hall VFW Post featuring over a dozen HONK! bands, special section jams, and mash-ups of various HONK! groups.
 
6. Brass Bands Conquer The New World: October 13, Monday, 5 pm – Midnight
Providence, RI
Admission: $10
Description: Providence RI Department of Arts, Culture, and Tourism will proudly host six activist street bands from around the world. The event will begin in Kennedy Plaza at 5 pm, then march down Washington Street to AS220, at 115 Empire Street in Providence, where doors will open at 6:30. Tickets cost $10. Some of the bands will also appear at the weekly Open Mike at the Black Repertory Theater, 276 Westminster Street, Providence, starting at 9 pm.
 
 
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