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

08/21/2026

Wilder Selzer joins us this week in BK! Emcee, performer and singer (Loser's Lounge, Double D**g), he's an experienced host and HONK! Fam newbie, bringing his generous wit and inimitable humor to our House.

August 22 — Brooklyn: Lincoln Terrace Rest Stop, Eastern Pkwy: Rochester & Buffalo Aves, 9AM–5PM

A full day of music, all free 🎶

🕐 1:00 PM — Legacy Women (Afro-Caribbean Drum & Dance)
🕑 2:00 PM — Sam Dimov's Slick Slide Brass (Sophisticated Jazz Standards)
🕒 3:00 PM — Off The Bar Brass (Pop Meets Brass!)
🕓 4:00 PM — Pepe's Clam Pie (Saucy Surf & Cumbia with a Sprinkle of Trip Hop Flavor)

Plus the HONK! Craftivation Station running 9AM–5PM, with face painting too! 🎨

Don't miss it — send off summer with us in Brooklyn! 🙌

08/20/2026

THIS SATURDAY! AUGUST 22!

Two satellite HONK NYC! x DOT partnerships in the Bronx and Brooklyn!

🌿BRONX: Grand Concourse & Mosholu Parkway
2pm
Amazing live afro-brazilian samba reggae by the all women group BATALÁ NEW YORK

☀️BROOKLYN: Eastern Parkway at Class on Avenue
2pm
Incredible Trinidadian-rooted steel-pan music by Hearts of Steel Orchestra

See you there!!

08/18/2026

🎉 IT'S THE LAST SATURDAY OF SUMMER STREETS WITH HOUSE OF HONK! 🎉

August 22 — Brooklyn: Lincoln Terrace Rest Stop, Eastern Pkwy: Rochester & Buffalo Aves, 9AM–5PM

A full day of music, all free 🎶
🕐 1:00 PM — Legacy Women (Afro-Caribbean Drum & Dance)
🕑 2:00 PM — Sam Dimov's Slick Slide Brass (Sophisticated Jazz Standards)
🕒 3:00 PM — Off The Bar Brass (Pop Meets Brass!)
🕓 4:00 PM — Pepe's Clam Pie (Saucy Surf & Cumbia with a Sprinkle of Trip Hop Flavor)

Plus the HONK! Craftivation Station running 9AM–5PM, with face painting too! 🎨

Don't miss it — send off summer with us in Brooklyn! 🙌

08/12/2026

🎉 SUMMER STREETS 2026 — August 15 at Midtown Rest Stop, Park Ave & 51st St! 🎉

A full day of music, all free 🎶

🕙 10:00 AM — BINA Stories & Play (Family-Friendly Stories, Music & Play)
🕚 11:00 AM — Sarah King Quintet (Jazz Standards from NYC's Inimitable Chanteuse)
🕛 12:00 PM — La Manga (Afro-Caribbean Percussion from Colombia)
🕐 1:00 PM — Skyler Hagner's Pocket Circus (A One-Ring Music Spectacular)
🕑 2:00 PM — Mariachi Real de Mexico (NYC's Premiere Mariachi)

Plus the HONK! Craftivation Station running 7AM–3PM 🎨

Hosted by Sage Sovereign

Free and for all — see you on the street! 🙌

Thank you to the NYC DOT for helping us make HONK happen! NYC DOT

08/06/2026

🥁🎺 ALBUM RELEASE PARTY — Frank London's Loisaida Fife & Drum Corps.!

Grammy Award-winner Sir Frank London is inviting YOU to celebrate the release of Touzle Your Kurchy — and America's 250th — with a night of re-imagined Revolutionary & Civil War music at Brooklyn's historic Old Stone House!

18th & 19th-century fife and drum classics flipped with African polyphony, Irish & Scottish jigs, and Sun Ra-style group improv. Military music turned street party.

📅 Monday, August 10th
📍 The Old Stone House, 336 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11215

5:30–6:30pm — Craftivation Station outside w/ House of HONK! (all ages makers' table)

7pm — Live music inside (Ticketed)

🎤 HONK! Family Band HONK Family Band
🎤 Loisaida Fife & Drum Corps.

Loisaida Fife & Drum Corps. IS Frank London with Charlie Burnham, Newman Taylor Baker, Reut Regev, Brian Chase, Elijah J. Thomas, Kenny Wollesen & Ron Caswell.

Presented in cooperation with the Old Stone House, House of HONK!, and Adhyaropa Records. Commissioned by GOH Productions, made possible by NYSCA with support from the Office of the Governor and the NY State Legislature.

🎟️ Link in bio for tickets!

08/05/2026

🎉 SUMMER STREETS 2026 — August 8 at Midtown Rest Stop, Park Ave & 51st St! 🎉

A full day of music, all free 🎶

🕙 10:00 AM — Flor De Massapê (Brazilian Forró)
🕚 11:00 AM — Kenny Wollesen's Rose Thorne Memorial Normal Band (Found Americana Brass)
🕛 12:00 PM — Melvin Gibbs (electric jazz & electronic improvisation)
🕐 1:00 PM — Darrell Smith's Dal Capo Brass (NOLA Jazz Standards)
🕑 2:00 PM — VIVA (Power Trio)

Plus the HONK! Craftivation Station running 7AM–3PM 🎨

Free and for all — see you on the street! 🙌

Thank YOU to the NYC DOT NYC DOT for Making HONK Happen with us!

07/31/2026

ALBUM RELEASE PARTY for Frank London's Loisaida Fife & Drum Corps.

Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Sir Frank London celebrates the release of Touzle Your Kurchy — and America's 250th anniversary — with a night of re-imagined Revolutionary & Civil War music at Brooklyn's historic Old Stone House!

Expect 18th & 19th-century fife and drum classics flipped with African polyphony, Irish and Scottish jigs, and Sun Ra-style group improv — military music turned street party.

Monday, August 10th The Old Stone House, 336 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11215

5:30–6:30pm — Craftivation Station outside w/ House of HONK! (All ages makers' table)

7 pm — Live music inside (Ticketed)HONK! Family BandLoisaida Fife & Drum Corps.

Loisaida Fife & Drum Corps. IS Frank London with Charlie Burnham, Newman Taylor Baker, Reut Regev, Brian Chase Elijah J. Thomas, Kenny Wollesen and Ron Caswell.

Presented in cooperation with the Old Stone House, House of HONK!, and Adhyaropa Records.
Commissioned by GOH Productions, and made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

🌟Link in bio for tickets!

07/29/2026

🎉 SUMMER STREETS 2026 — August 1 at Midtown Rest Stop, Park Ave & 52nd St!

🎉A full day of music, all FREE 🎶

🕙 10:00 AM — Zafer Tawil's Tareb Ensemble (Classical Arabic Music)
🕚 11:00 AM — Art Lillard's Blue Heaven Sextet (Classic Swing)
🕛 12:00 PM — Black Fire Percussion (NYC Drumline)
🕐 1:00 PM — HONK Family Band (Global Carnival)
🕑 2:00 PM — Dawn Drake & ZapOte (Global Groove)

Plus the HONK! Craftivation Station running 7AM–3PM 🎨
FREE and for all — see you on the street! 🙌

07/28/2026

🎉 HONK is hitting the streets this August — 4 Saturdays, 2 boroughs, all free! 🎉

Join us at NYC DOT's Summer Streets for our HONK! Craftivation Station, HONK!-curated live music, and activities all day long 🎨🎶

📅 August 1, 8 & 15 — Midtown Rest Stop, Park Ave & 52nd St, Manhattan
📅 August 22 — Lincoln Terrace Rest Stop, Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn

Free and for all — come craft, dance, and play with us! 🙌

Full schedule dropping soon — stay tuned 👀

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