In this afternoon’s Honk Parade, dozens of bands and activist and community groups marched from Davis Square in Somerville to Harvard Square in Cambridge. Thousands lined the streets for this part of the 13th annual festival of activist street bands.
Pictured at top: Minor Mishap Marching Band from Austin, Texas, in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (All photos here copyright 2018 Greg Cook.)
Detroit Party Marching Band in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Forward! Marching Band from Madison, Wisconsin, in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)School of Honk from Somerville in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Rara Bel Poze from Boston in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Shawn Morrissey stilts with the Dirty Water Brass Band from Boston in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Extraordinary Rendition Band from Providence in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Environmental Encroachment from Chicago in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)School of Honk from Somerville in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Kari Percival is a suffragette in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)The Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band from Somerville in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern (left) and Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone march with the Vote Yes On [Ballot Question] 3 group, to uphold protections for transgender people in Massachusetts, in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Free Tibet group in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Forward! Marching Band from Madison, Wisconsin, in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Environmental Encroachment from Chicago in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Poor People’s Campaign in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)The Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band from Somerville in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Musicians Action Group from the San Francisco Bay area in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Mothers Out Front in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Party Band from Lowell, Massachusetts, the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Somerville Open Studios group in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Migration Is Beautiful group in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Bread and Puppet Theater from Glover, Vermont, in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)The Puppeteers Cooperative in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Boston Workmen’s Circle Center for Jewish Culture & Social Justice in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Midwives for Peace & Justice in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Minor Mishap Marching Band from Austin, Texas, in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)SCUL bicycler from Somerville in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Red Flame Hunters from New Orleans in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)Shawn Morrissey stilts with the Dirty Water Brass Band from Boston in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)
![Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern (left) and Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone march with the Vote Yes On [Ballot Question] 3 group, to uphold protections for transgender people in Massachusetts, in the Honk Parade, Oct. 7, 2018. (Greg Cook)](https://gregcookland.com/wonderland/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/picHonk181007TaYesOn3MayorsMcGovernCurtatone_0427w.jpg)
