The 19th annual Honk Festival of Activist Street Bands took place in Somerville and Cambridge, Massachusetts, from Oct. 4 to 6, 2024.
I’ve been photographing Honk since near the beginning. If you love Honk, check out some of my archive of Honk photos over the years.
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Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band from Somerville performs at the Honk Festival, Somerville, Oct. 5, 2024. (©Greg Cook photo)
aNova Brazil from Boston and Babadan Banda de Rua from Brazil perform at the Honk Festival, Somerville, Oct. 5, 2024. (©Greg Cook photo)
Rude Mechanical Orchestra from New York City performs at the Honk Festival, Somerville, Oct. 5, 2024. (©Greg Cook photo)
Artesian Rumble Arkestra from Olympia, Washington, performs at the Honk Festival, Somerville, Oct. 5, 2024. (©Greg Cook photo)
Good Trouble Brass Band from Somerville performs at the Honk Festival, Somerville, Oct. 5, 2024. (©Greg Cook photo)
Dirty Water Brass Band from Boston performs at the Honk Festival, Somerville, Oct. 5, 2024. (©Greg Cook photo)
aNova Brazil from Boston and Babadan Banda de Rua from Brazil perform at the Honk Festival, Somerville, Oct. 5, 2024. (©Greg Cook photo)
The Bread and Puppet Circus Band from Glover, Vermont, performs at the Honk Festival, Somerville, Oct. 5, 2024. (©Greg Cook photo)
The Bread and Puppet Circus Band from Glover, Vermont, performs at the Honk Festival, Somerville, Oct. 5, 2024. (©Greg Cook photo)
Berkshire Resilience Brass Band of Massachusetts performs at the Honk Festival, Somerville, Oct. 5, 2024. (©Greg Cook photo)
Alexandra Adamo (left) leads volunteers in making a patchwork Honk banner in the Honk Festival’s Elm Street Interactive Area, Somerville, Oct. 5, 2024 (©Greg Cook photo)
Eli Nixon (center) helps peple make “Watermelon Solidarity Attire” as “symbols of solidarity with the people of Palestine” in the Honk Festival’s Elm Street Interactive Area, Somerville, Oct. 5, 2024 (©Greg Cook photo)
Rude Mechanical Orchestra from New York City performs at the Honk Festival, Somerville, Oct. 5, 2024. (©Greg Cook photo)
Artesian Rumble Arkestra from Olympia, Washington, performs at the Honk Festival, Somerville, Oct. 5, 2024. (©Greg Cook photo)
Babadan Banda de Rua from Brazil performs at the Honk Festival, Somerville, Oct. 5, 2024. (©Greg Cook photo)
Good Trouble Brass Band from Somerville performs at the Honk Festival, Somerville, Oct. 5, 2024. (©Greg Cook photo)
