Photos from the 2017 Honk Festival of Activist Marching Bands parade from Davis Square in Somerville to Harvard Square in Cambridge, Oct. 8, 2017.

All photos copyright 2017 Greg Cook.

The Expandable Brass Band from Northampton, Mass., plays in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
The Expandable Brass Band from Northampton, Mass., plays in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Lowell's Party Band plays in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Lowell’s Party Band plays in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
The Free Tibet group in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
The Free Tibet group in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
The New Creations Brass Band from New Orleans plays in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
The New Creations Brass Band from New Orleans plays in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Dancers with the Dirty Water Brass Band of Boston in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Dancers with the Dirty Water Brass Band of Boston in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
New York's Rude Mechanical Orchestra plays in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
New York’s Rude Mechanical Orchestra plays in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Bread and Puppet Theater from Glover, Vermont, marches in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Bread and Puppet Theater from Glover, Vermont, marches in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Dirty Water Brass Band of Boston plays in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Dirty Water Brass Band of Boston plays in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
If Not Now marches in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
If Not Now marches in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Rara Bel Poze from Boston plays in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Rara Bel Poze from Boston plays in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Midwives For Peace and Justice march in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Midwives For Peace and Justice march in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Uhuru marches in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Uhuru marches in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Boston's Puppeteers Cooperative in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Boston’s Puppeteers Cooperative in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Bread and Puppet Theater from Glover, Vermont, marches in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Bread and Puppet Theater from Glover, Vermont, marches in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Massachusetts Teachers Association members march in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Massachusetts Teachers Association members march in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
The Somerville Open Studios group marches in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
The Somerville Open Studios group marches in the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
"Stop Playing." The end of the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)
“Stop Playing.” The end of the Honk Parade, Sept. 8, 2017. (Greg Cook)