HONK! Festival is this weekend! Full schedule online now

[ron_newman]

The HONK! Festival schedule is now fully online.

Thursday night: PreHONK!. Four bands outdoors in Union Square plaza, 7-9:35 pm, then five bands indoors at Aeronaut Brewery, 9:15 pm to midnight.

Friday afternoon: HONK for $15 minimum wage in Downtown Crossing and Boston Common, 3-5 pm

Friday evening: Lantern parades from Hodgkins Park, starting at 7 pm. (Lantern-making workshops at Hodgkins Park from 4 to 6 pm)

Friday night: Five HONK! bands at Johnny D's, 8 pm to after midnight

Saturday: the main HONK! event in Davis Square, 12:30 to 9 pm: 28 bands at seven outdoor locations around Davis Square

Sunday: HONK! parade from Davis Square to Harvard Square, noon to 2 pm, followed by HONK! on four Harvard Square Oktoberfest stages, 2 to 6 pm.

Monday: PRONK! Providence Honk Festival, 2-10 pm at several locations in that city (including a parade)

Comments

Lantern Parade Routes

[fishkiss56.livejournal.com]

Will they be the same as in past years? We like to watch as opposed to participate but I don't want to get expectations up if they're not coming our way, specifically, down Packard.

RE: Lantern Parade Routes

[ron_newman]

I received this list yesterday afternoon. I don't know if HONK! plans to put it on the website. Parade #4 goes up Packard, but only as far north as Ossipee.

I'll be marshalling parade #5 with Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band (ENSMB).


Lantern Parade No. 1 - Artesian Rumble

Exit Hodgkins-Curtin Park at Holland Street gate
Cross Holland Street at crosswalk
Turn right on Holland Street south sidewalk
Turn left on Moore Street
Turn left on Mead Street
Turn right on Cameron Avenue
Turn right on Malvern Avenue
Turn left on Yorktown Street
Turn left on Glendale Avenue
Turn left on Cameron Avenue, and continue on west side sidewalk to Holland Street
At Holland Street turn right, crossing Cameron on crosswalk
Arrive at Hodgkins-Curtin Park


Lantern Parade No. 2 - Carnival Band

Start at Hodgkins-Curtin Park
Cross Holland Street at crosswalk
Turn left on Holland Street
Turn right on Thorndike Street
Cross bicycle path
Continue on Kingston Street
Turn left on Campbell Park
Turn right on Meacham Road
Turn left on Locke Street
Turn right on Kingston Street
Turn left on Kingston Street spur towards bicycle path
Cross bicycle path, continue on Thorndike Street
Turn left on Howard Street
Turn right on Jay Street
Turn left on Holland Street
Arrive at Hodgkins-Curtin Park


Lantern Parade No. 3 - Chaotic Noise Marching Corps

Exit Hodgkins-Curtin Park at Simpson Street gate
Turn left on Simpson Street
Cross Broadway, turn right on Broadway
Left on Burnham
Right on Powderhouse Blvd.
Right on Leonard
Cross Broadway, continue straight on Wallace St.
Turn right on Holland Street
Arrive at Hodgkins-Curtin Park


Lantern Parade No. 4 - Expandable Brass Band and Leftist Marching Band and Red Flame Hunters

Start at Hodgkins-Curtin Park
Exit at west side of park, through playground
Turn right on Paulina Street
Turn left on Broadway
Cross Broadway at traffic light and continue on Packard Avenue
Turn right on Ossipee
Turn right on Mason Street
Turn left on Broadway, staying on sidewalk in north side
Cross Broadway at Simpson Street crosswalk
Continue on south side of Broadway to Irving
Turn right on Irving
Turn right on Holland Street
Arrive at Hodgkins-Curtin Park


Lantern Parade No. 5 - ENSMB

Start at Hodgkins-Curtin Park
Cross Holland Street at crosswalk
Turn right on Holland Street
Turn left on Gorham Street
Turn left on Howard Street
Turn right on Thorndike Street
Turn right on the bicycle path
Turn right on Cameron Avenue
Turn right on Tannery Brook Row
Turn left on Elmwood Street
Turn right on Holland Street
Arrive at Hodgkins-Curtin Park


Lantern Parade No. 6 - Brass Balagan

Exit Hodgkins-Curtin Park at corner of Simpson and Holland
Turn left on Holland Street
Turn left on Wallace Street
Turn right on Park Avenue
Turn left on Chandler Street
Turn right on William Street
Turn left on Billingham Street
Turn left on Broadway
Turn left on Simpson Street
Enter Hodgkins-Curtin Park at Simpson Street gate


Lantern Parade No. 7 - Rude Mechanical Orchestra

Start at Hodgkins-Curtin Park
Turn right on Holland Street
At Teele Square, take sharp right on Broadway
Turn right on Corinthian Road
Turn left on Cady Avenue
Turn right on Simpson Avenue
Enter Hodgkins-Curtin Park at Simpson Avenue gate