HONK NYC

Welcome to our House. House of HONK! An artist run organization connecting street bands & spectacle artists with audiences across NYC.

HONK NYC brings the tradition of global street band music and spectacle to audiences everywhere — in parks, at clubs, in schools, and out in the streets.
“Honk NYC!,” brings together ensembles from all over the world in a bid to jump-start enthusiasm for brass in the city. - York Times

05/29/2026

IT'S TOMORROW!!!

🎷Parade with the HONK Family Band at the Jersey City Jazz Festival!

Saturday, May 30th, at 1PM & 3PM

✴️ & MORE!

Build your own instrument at our HONK! Craftivation Station from 12:30–3pm and join the band on parade!

Come make music with us! 🥁

05/28/2026

🎷Parade with the HONK Family Band at the Jersey City Jazz Festival!

Saturday, May 30th, at 1PM & 3PM

✴️ & MORE!

Build your own instrument at our HONK! Craftivation Station from 12:30–3pm and join the band on parade!

Come make music with us! 🥁

05/25/2026

Coming up!! FILL YOUR SUMMER WITH HONK ✨🥁🎷🎺🎉

An extensive calendar of entirely FREE music, dance and crafts to celebrate the Summer in NYC!
More info and full schedule coming soon - stay posted!

05/15/2026

🎷 We're bringing the noise to Jersey City!

Join House of Honk for Craftivation at the Jersey City Free Public Library — build your own instrument from 12:30–3pm, then PARADE the streets with the Honk Family Band at the Jersey City Jazz Festival!

✴️May 30th, 1pm

Come make music with us! 🥁

05/08/2026

DON’T MISS IT – this Sunday, May 10 at Market Hotel, HONK hero Melvin Gibbs joins forces with visionary pianist Vijay Iyer and emcee Kokayi Issa for the debut performance of the ISSA IYER GIBBS COALITION – a collision of hip hop, jazz, go-go, rock and electronic music where live improv meets machine precision meets sound system power. Fatboi Sharif opens the night.

🗓 Sunday, May 10
📍 Market Hotel, Brooklyn
Doors 7pm | Show 8pm

Part of Melvin Gibbs: How Black Music Took Over the World — don't sleep on this one.

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04/30/2026

We invite you to join our annual community ritual:

✨The PLUMES PARADE✨
Sunday, May 3rd

We step off at 6 PM from Berry St & South 6th St in Williamsburg and wind our way to Banker's Anchor Public Plaza by 7 PM, serenaded the whole way by the amazing HONK Family Band

Dress lovely. Dress creatively. Come ready to celebrate.

It's gonna be a blast 🎉

04/26/2026

RADIANT REBIRTH is TODAY!!!! 2pm - 7pm at Baker Falls in Manhattan - 192 Allen Street.
We summon Spring's delight with music, movement, making.
Craft your Rebirth Day Crown for our parade, let by and his RIOT CITY BRASS at 5pm.
Moment NYC brings you Genji's Birthday Quodlibot at 3pm.
Stefan Zeniuk shares his new piece, Baker Rising, at 6pm.
The missing ingriedient in all of this? YOU.

04/24/2026

Performing at 2PM: Frank London's Loisaida Fife & Drum Corps!

This powerhouse ensemble reimagines American Revolutionary and Civil War music through a modern lens — think funk grooves, improvisation, and avant-garde fire. History, but make it NOW.

📍 5th Ave between 41st & 45th St, Sunset Park, Brooklyn
🌿 Car-Free Earth Day

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New York, NY

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http://www.honknyc.com/, https://instagram.com/honknyc, https://honknyc.com/shows, https://partiful.com/u/mWDr0cx9frvMMu

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