Born on the Open Streets of New York City in 2022, HONK Family Band has fast become one of New York’s favorite, first-call party bands.

Bringing the sounds of The Big Easy and beyond to diverse audiences at inclusive events across all reaches of The Big Apple, the ever evolving group plays a wide variety of genres, performing everything from Rebirth Brass Band, Dizzy Gillespie, and Duke Ellington to the Talking Heads, Nirvana, Fela Kuti, and more. When the group is called to parade, their innovative blend of New Orleans’ standards with Brazilian samba rhythms has led Second Lines for the Jersey City Jazz Fest, The Brooklyn Botanical Garden, The Coney Island Mermaid Parade, Bryant Park, The Village Halloween Parade, Sinterklaas, countless neighborhood Open Streets celebrations, community events, and more.

HONK Family Band is a commissioned project of House of HONK! New York City, further growing the organization’s mission of “…bringing street band music and spectacle culture to audiences everywhere.”