Saturday 12:30PM Opening Ceremony

Come celebrate the official beginning of HONK! with the first horn blast, the HONK! Cantastoria, and the buzz and energy of more than 20 brass bands converging on 7 Hills Park in Davis Square.

 

Saturday 1:00pm-9:00pm Bands in Davis Square

 
Original Big 7 dancers will roam the Square throughout the afternoon!
 

Time	7 Hills Park	Chester Street	Davis Sq Plaza	VFW Dilboy Hall	Kenney Park	Statue Park	Winter Street
1:00	Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band	Forward! Marching Band	Gora Gora Orkestar	The Expandable Brass Band	Dirty Water Brass Band	Minor Mishap Marching Band
2:00	Rude Mechanical Orchestra	Brass Messengers	The Bread & Puppet Circus Band	Extraordinary Rendition Band	Leftist Marching Band	Os Siderais
3:00	Emperor Nortons Stationary Marching Band	The Brass Balagan	AfroBrazil	Detroit Party Marching Band	The Riverhawk Party Band	Environmental Encroachment
4:00	What Cheer? Brigade	Dirty Water Brass Band	Dja-Rara	Forward! Marching Band	Hungry March Band	Perhaps Contraption	Pick-Up Band
5:00	Extraordinary Rendition Band	The Riverhawk Party Band	The Expandable Brass Band	Leftist Marching Band	Young Fellaz Brass Band	Brass Messengers
6:00	Minor Mishap Marching Band		Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band	Environmental Encroachment	Gora Gora Orkestar	Rude Mechanical Orchestra
7:00	Hungry March Band		Perhaps Contraption	The Brass Balagan	Dja-Rara	What Cheer? Brigade
8:00	Detroit Party Marching Band		Emperor Nortons Stationary Marching Band	The Bread & Puppet Circus Band	Os Siderais	Young Fellaz Brass Band

• See this schedule with maps of all of the locations…
• Download a PDF version of the schedule to print. There will also be programs available at the info booth during the festival.

Instrument Petting Zoo, 3-4:30

Kids LOVE Honk! and what better way to get them excited about learning an instrument themselves than to let them get close and personal to one and its enthusiastic owner? Look for the instrument petting zoo by the T stop in 7 Hill park, and come play!

Photos by Benjamen Greenberg