Ken Field at HONK!Oz Festival

HONK! Oz Festival is a free three-day street music festival featuring alternative community bands and related arts. Honk Oz is a Parade! Honk Oz is Party! A Raucous celebration!

HONK! OZ takes its name and inspiration from Somerville's HONK! fest Seattle's HONK! Fest West, and Austin's HONKTX, and draws upon the common themes and visions these festivals share with us: music, community, and public space.

The first HONK! festival took place in 2006 in Somerville, Massachusetts, when local community street band Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society set about envisioning and creating a festival to celebrate the growing nationwide community of activist marching bands and the community-rooted union of art, activism, and music...

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HONK! Oz Festival is a free three-day street music festival featuring alternative community bands and related arts. Honk Oz is a Parade! Honk Oz is Party! A Raucous celebration!

HONK! OZ takes its name and inspiration from Somerville's HONK! fest Seattle's HONK! Fest West, and Austin's HONKTX, and draws upon the common themes and visions these festivals share with us: music, community, and public space.

The first HONK! festival took place in 2006 in Somerville, Massachusetts, when local community street band Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society set about envisioning and creating a festival to celebrate the growing nationwide community of activist marching bands and the community-rooted union of art, activism, and music. Lots of Fun!

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