Saturday, October 10, 2026

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 over 30 brass bands converging on 7 Hills Park in Davis Square.

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

Over 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 – TOETERS EN BELLEN, Amsterdam (RECORDED) +6
• 1:15 – BANDA BASAGLIA, Naples
• 1:30 – ELGON YOUTH, Mbale, Uganda
• 2:00 – STREETNOISE ORCHESTRA, Innsbruck, with FANFARA OBBLIGATORIA NON CONVENZIONALE, Milano (from a demonstration in Bolsano, Italy)
• 2:30 – TINITUSSIS, Hamburg
• 2:45 – TITUBANDA, Rome
• 3:00 – LE POMPIER PONEY CLUB, Marseilles
• 3:15 – BLAST FURNESS, Cumbria, UK
• 3:30 – FIATELLE BLASKAPELLE, Dresden
• 3:45 – FANFARE INVISIBLE, Paris
• 4:00 – BABADAN, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
• 4:30 – MARCHING DISORDER, Toronto
• 4:45 – LES MUSES TANGENT, Paris
• 5:00 – STRAMPALABANDA, Torino
• 5:15 – END

• Road closures for Saturday’s festival can be found here.

2:00p – Singing Resistance in 7 Hills Park

When ICE invaded Minneapolis, the Singing Resistance demonstrated that when the people come together and lift our voices in song it has the power to unite a movement. You’ll have the opportunity at Honk to learn some of the newest songs filling the streets – songs of courage, of defiance, and of joy and solidarity. Voice can be everybody’s instrument in this version of an activist street “band.” Bring your voice and join us for an hour of singing! No experience needed!
(description from Lisa Gallatin)