Annual HONK! Festival 10/4

19th Annual HONK! Festival

By early September, the wheels will be set in full motion for HONK! Festival 2024, this year to be held from October 4-6, with HONK! outdoor band concerts held throughout Davis Square and nearby neighborhoods on that Friday thru Saturday.

Then on to the vast “Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes, and Feet” Parade, as it wends its way from Davis Square to Harvard Square on Sunday October 6th, to participate in Harvard Square’s 45th annual Oktoberfest.

The entire Festival is inspired by a commitment to social change through music, embodied in the powerful upbeat music generated by activist street bands who have traveled from near and far to participate in our annual HONK! Because after all, this is where the HONK! movement all started back in 2006, spawning many a HONK! since then, and warranting its own wiki toboot: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HONK!

The Somerville-based HONK! Committee — spurred on by members of HONK!’s host band and HONK! movement founder, the Good Trouble Brass Band (fka The Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band) —  is working fast and furiously to solidify plans for this year’s 19th annual HONK! with periodic updates posted on honkfest.org, x.com/honkfest/, and facebook.com/honkfestival.

At this early stage of the organizing game, the HONK! Festival Committee would like to give special thanks to the City of Somerville, the Somerville Arts Council, and the Davis Square and Harvard Square businesses for their continuing support.

The Festival is based in Davis Sq. Somerville, with events held throughout Somerville, Cambridge, and Boston neighborhoods.

The HONK! Festival is free and open to all; if interested in volunteering, contact volunteer@honkfest.org.