Saturday, October 11, 2025

12:00PM, Opening Ceremony in 7 Hills Park

Come celebrate the official beginning of HONK! with the first horn blast, the HONK! Cantastoria, and the buzz and energy of nearly 30 brass bands converging on 7 Hills Park in Davis Square.

1:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Bands play all around Davis Square

Nearly 30 brass bands from all around the United States will fill the nooks and crannies of Davis Square.

• See this schedule with maps of all of the locations…

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, ArtHONK!

Roll up your sleeves and participate in artmaking activity with a purpose.

We’re closing Elm Street to cars and turning it into a dynamic arena for interactive art making and activism. Please join in — work with our amazing HONK! artists to create something for yourself or for the Sunday Parade. Learn about some urgent issues with the grass roots volunteers and organizers working on community issues. Help amplify messages for positive change and activist causes with art!

Full information here.

1:00pm – 6:00 pm, The HONK! Portal

To honor our international band comrades who cannot attend this year, there will be a screen set up on Elm Street with a livestream of bands from around the world. At HONK! the portal to the world is always open!

Confirmed bands to date:

• 1:00 pm – Peace Artistes (Bradford, UK) 
• 1:30 pm – Titubanda (Rome, Italy) 
• 2:00 pm – Tinnitussis (Hamburg, Germany) 
• 2:30 pm – Toeters en Bellen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 
• 3:00 pm – Fiatelle Blaskapelle (Dresden, Germany) 
• 3:30 pm – Carnival Band (Vancouver, BC, Canada) 
• 4:00 pm – Labirintos Públicos and Bloco das Tubas, Os Siderais (Rio, Brazil) 
• 4:45 pm – Pedra Fundamental, Tropicaos, Calango Careta, ⁠Breguilhas Selvagens (Brasilia, Brazil) 
• 6:00 pm – Banda Rim Bam Bum (Santiago, Chile) 

20 Years of HONK! Designs

Don’t miss the display of 20 years of t-shirts and posters in the windows at 255 Elm Street.