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HONK Festival Tour
October, 2010
some media:
http://www.honkfest.org
http://evolutionnowblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-post.html
You can see some bad-ass PRONK photos here, courtesy of our talented PRONK Committee member, Jori Ketten:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1518740@N20/
Greg Cook has some on his New England Journal of Aesthetic Research website.
http://www.examiner.com/circus-arts-in-boston/annual-honk-fest-hits-davis-square-once-again
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgreenberg/sets/72157625021522033/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgreenberg/tags/environmentalencroachment/
HONK Festival(s) 2010: EE on East Coast Tour!
++Boston/Sommerville: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, October 8-10
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Friday, October 8
3 – 5 pm: East Boston
Zumix Cultural Center
260 Sumner street
617-568-9777
6:30 – 9:30 pm :: HONK workshops
Church of Nazarene
82 Chandler St
Somerville, MA 02144-1912
9:30 pm – midnight : HONK band jam
Dilboy Hall
371 Summer St
Somerville, MA 02144-3141
(617) 666-8794
*Saturday, October 9
11 am: wedding in 7 Hills Park (between two HONK! musicians, open invitation to come and play)
12:30 pm: opening ceremony, 7 Hills Park
1 – 9 pm: Saturday festival in Davis Square
Honk bands street busk in Davis Square
*Sunday, October 10
Noon – 2 pm: Parade from Davis Square to Harvard Square
HONK! Parade to “Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes and Feet” featuring all the bands plus Bread & Puppet Theater and many local arts and community organizations, from Davis Square to Harvard Square’s Oktoberfest celebration. The parade leaves Davis Square at 12 noon, travels down Elm Street, then Beech Street onto Massachusetts Ave to Harvard Square. We need volunteers for this parade–contact parade@honkfest.org if you are interested!
2 – 6 pm: Oktoberfest in Harvard Sq
Honk bands and paraders march right into Harvard Square and play at various stages throughout this historic area's Oktoberfest!
Schedule tba.....
8 pm – midnight: Final blow-out show
at Somerville Theatre in Davis Square
55 Davis Square
Somerville, MA 02144-2908
(617) 625-5700
Blow-out final show at Somerville Theatre in Davis Square!
All-ages, general admission – 20 brass bands in 4 hours, for only $10!
Tickets available online, at the Theatre box office in Davis Square — or pick them up at a HONK! table during the festival weekend! Saturday at Statue Park in Davis Square, and Sunday at Brattle and Mt. Auburn Streets in Harvard Square.
++Providence, RI: PRONK
*Monday, October 11
3:30 – 5 pm: Bands at India Point Park
India Point Park is a park in the Fox Point neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island at the confluence of the Seekonk River and Providence River
5 pm: Parade on Wickenden Street
6 pm – 10:30 pm: Block Party on South Water Street
++Somewhere along the Way:
*Tuesday October 12
++New York City:
Thursday-Sunday, October 14-17
EE makes its annual mecca to the Radical Street Marching Band Conference and Festival held in Boston, Providence, and New York City.
Always Epic!
more info tba as it comes in:
also check www.honkfest.org for schedules, info, and updates
*Sunday, October 17
The Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Avenue (D/N/R to Union)
8pm doors, 8:30pm dance class, 9pm party
$15 with RSVP + themed dress, $20 door, $10 after 11pm; 21+
http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
A dazzling vintage dance event: "Gatsby-era fun
with a twist of new-school vibe" (Village Voice)
Bootleggers and speakeasies...wild dancers and smart mouths...art that sizzles and music that roars...A costumed all-night dance ball with live swingin' sounds by authentic vintage jazz bands, re-bopin' DJs remixing and reinventing vintage grooves, blazing burlesque divas and exotic cocktails.
"We love any excuse for a fancy-dress party, and Gemini & Scorpio present a doozy with Swing House...patrons in zoot suits and full flapper regalia dance the night away to live swing, jazz, and be-bop." - Flavorpill
"Gatsby never attended a party this good." - 24/Seven
"It's like a remixed version of the Roaring '20s, with live music and burlesque dancing." - TimeOutNY
With:
Two sets of danceable early Americana by Tin Pan Band
Swingin' brass attack by Chicago's Environmental Encroachment mini-band and guests from Hungry March Band
Live swing remix dance set by FreeBass on bass and laptop
Blazing burlesque by dancer extraordinaire Maine Attraction
Re-bopin' jazz swingin' beats by renown mix master DJ Shakey
Living art installation by Katelan Foisy
FREE dance class before the event with Akemi Kinukawa of Dardo Galletto Studios
Plus fire performers, cigarette girls and other unpredictable surprises...
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Hey everyone involved with the Michael Shenker memorial installation of the
"Fresh Greens" street band,
Thanks so so much! Yow, it turned out great - a perfect example of music serving
a community that was very appreciated. Environmental Encroachment, Hungry March,
Veveritse, RMO and Minor Mishap was represented. JR's arrangement of Michael's
song was extremely poignant and perfectly timed. A fitting send off to a well
loved member of NYC Lower East Side revolutionary community.
Environmental Encroachment (EE)
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