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was founded in June 2015 when local Brazilian percussion ensemble Samba Ja hosted SambAmore (Arcata, CA), Environmental Encroachment (Chicago), Junkadelic (Australia) along with local bands Kef, The Beatcrunchers, and High Step Street Band on 2 outdoor stages. Since then it has been held every year

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every October since 2006. It was begun by a committee of members from a Somerville activist band, The Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band, who saw the need for a gathering of like-minded souls interested in applying the joy of music to the work of promoting peace, social justice,

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A HONK!-style street band, on the other hand, more often tends to encourage the individuality of its members: it may have a theme to its garb rather than a uniform, with individual members free to implement that theme in a manner of their own choosing; similarly, its music may offer more chances for

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the week following HONK! Fest West in Seattle. It features traveling groups from Seattle's festival as well as local percussion and brass ensembles. In 2017 the festival changed names from Yonk! to Honk! Fest Eugene and grew into a 2-day festival and retreat for touring bands.

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and civic engagement. Since 2007, it has included a parade titled "Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes and Feet!" The parade features the bands along with other non-musician participants, including puppeteers and visual artists such as the

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The bands invited to play at HONK! share common characteristics: they are ambulatory, they use instruments that can be simultaneously carried and played, and they utilize little or no electronic

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A dozen brass and drum bands—hailing from as far away as San Francisco, Vancouver, Chicago and Brooklyn—arrived to perform on sidewalks and plazas around Davis Square for the first Honk in 2006.

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takes place in São Paulo, Brasil and started in November 2017, bringing together a vast number of groups, including Brass Bands and Carnival "Blocos", occupying the city's districts.

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on Friday, in the North University neighborhood on Saturday, and, following a march through the center of Austin, in Pan-Am Park on Sunday. Subsequent years have used

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has been held every spring in Seattle starting in 2008. In its second year, HONK! Fest West 2009 took place in several locales around Seattle: Friday night in

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Although many of the bands that play at HONK! have the phrase "marching band" in their names, they bear only superficial resemblance to a traditional

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Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band are the founders of HONK!. They combine music with social action...

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was inaugurated in August 2015, taking place in various communities in and around the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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events, for instance—but they are typically autonomous entities not affiliated with another organization.

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and organizations that promote transportation alternatives and environmental and social justice, such as

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March madness HONK! fest in Davis Square celebrates the power and joy of music made for revolution

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Yellow Hat Band spilling out into Airport Way S. near the corner of S. Vale St. late at night in

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Good Trouble Brass Band from Somerville, Massachusetts performing at the Somerville 2023 HONK!

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has been held in Austin every March starting in 2011. The 2011 festival took place on East

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This article is about Festival of Activist Street Bands. For other uses, see

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is the first Canadian version of the HONK! Festival and it was organized by

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Dead Music Capital Band playing at the Honk! festival in Austin, TX. 2013

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The longest-running HONK! has taken place in Somerville, Massachusetts'

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by Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe, October 14, 2014

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Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band (Somerville, MA)

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Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band playing at the 2013 HONK!TX

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schedules, HONK! Fest West official site, accessed 12 April 2009.

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Weapons of Marching Destruction (Seattle) now Titanium Sporkestra

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Original Big Seven Social Aid and Pleasure Club (New Orleans, LA)

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Original Big Seven Social Aid and Pleasure Club (New Orleans, LA)

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from Brooklyn, New York performing at the Somerville 2023 HONK!

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Forward! and The Milwaukee Molotov Marchers (Wisconsin, US)

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