Somerville HONK! Festival 2017 Details

SOMERVILLE, MA – The HONK! Festival returns to Somerville for its 12th year this fall. The annual event based in Davis Square marries music and social justice and travels throughout Somerville, Cambridge and Boston.

The festival is free and runs from Oct. 6-8. All are invited to attend.

HONK! encourages a participatory culture and audience members have often left with memorable musical moments and life-altering experiences.

Though it originated in Somerville, HONK! has inspired festivals in Providence, New York City, Seattle, Eugene, Austin, Pittsburgh and Detroit, as well as cities in Australia and Brazil.

This year's HONK! will feature 28 acts from over 10 states and two countries, as well as a return of festival favorites like lantern parades throughout Somerville, free performances in Davis Square; the HONK! Parade down Mass. Ave. to "reclaim the streets for horns, bikes and feet" and Oktoberfest in Harvard Square.

• aNova Brazil (Somerville, MA)
• Black Sheep Ensemble (Atlanta, GA)
• Boycott (Somerville, MA)
• The Brass Balagan (Burlington, VT)
• Brass Liberation Orchestra (San Francisco, CA)
• The Bread and Puppet Circus Band (Glover, VT)
• Caka!ak Thunder (Greensboro, NC)
• Chaotic Noise Marching Corps (Seattle, WA)
• Damas de Ferro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Dead Music Capital Band (Austin, TX)
• Dirty Water Brass Band (Boston, MA)
• Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band (Somerville, MA)
• Expandable Brass Band (Northampton, MA)
• Extraordinary Rendition Band (Providence, RI)
• The Filthy FemCorps (Seattle, WA)
• Forward! Marching Band (Madison, WI)
• Hartford Hot Several (Hartford, CT)
• Hungry March Band (Brooklyn, NY)
• Leftist Marching Band (Portsmouth, NH)
• New Creations Brass Band (New Orleans, LA)
• The Party Band (Lowell, MA)
• Rara Bel Poze (Boston, MA)
• Rude Mechanical Orchestra (New York City, NY)
• School of HONK (Somerville, MA)
• Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band (Somerville, MA)
• What Cheer? Brigade (Providence, RI)
• Yes Ma'am Brass Band (Austin, TX)
• Banda de Paz (Boston, MA) will join the HONK! Parade down Mass. Ave.

HONK! is a non-profit and hosts a Kickstarter fundraiser each year with a goal of $15,000. The fundraiser ends Sept. 29.

Folks interested in volunteering may email volunteer@honkfest.org and housing@honkfest.org. Visit honkfest.org/help for more information on volunteer opportunities. For complete information and continuous updates on the HONK! Festival, visit www.honkfest.org, www.facebook.com/honkfestival, and www.twitter.com/honkfest.

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Photo Credit: Tim Plenk, available for use