About HONK NYC
HONK NYC brings the tradition of global street band music and spectacle to audiences everywhere — in parks, at clubs, in schools, and especially out in the streets. The organization's annual October festival highlights local, national, and international musicians and ensembles who redefine brass and percussion music and parade culture. In summer, HONK NYC partners with public agencies, museums, and cultural organizations to provide free and affordable art and music programming across the region. The singular HONK Kids Camp, a week-long, interdisciplinary arts camp held at the Staten Island Children's Museum, inspires new generations of young people to create the musical world they want to see, empowering them with the tools to make it happen in their own communities.
Fall Activities in 2018
Each year, HONK NYC transports from 25 to 50 touring artists to New York City for our flagship October festival. This five-day event (October 9 – 13, 2018) sees our artists, hailing from across the United States and around the globe, performing in front of 5,000 New Yorkers — from schoolchildren in the Bronx, Staten Island, and Harlem, to music lovers in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens, to passersby in Jersey City, Lower Manhattan, and on the Staten Island Ferry. This year, we’re leading into our fest with installations and performances at the World Maker Faire (September 22 and 23) and a block party held by the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (September 27). We follow our honking with a show at the Music Box Village in New Orleans on October 19, featuring this year’s touring international band, Unidos do Swing from Brazil, and two shows in New York City on October 28: a pet parade in Washington Square Park and an installation/performance at “Dead or Alive” at the New York Hall of Science in Queens. We estimate a total of 8,000 folks will interact with and be delighted by HONK NYC’s presentations this fall.