HONK! Fest West 2012, we will be taking Seattle by horn, drum, and HONK!er on June 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
We are a few short weeks away!! Stay tuned to this website (and please do explore), our Facebook page and Twitter feed to catch the latest. Our schedule will be posted VERY SOON. Also, please consider supporting the festival as a volunteer and/or donor!
The Hubbub Club delights West Seattle families (2010)
June 1st, we’ll be back in Georgetown at the intersection of 12th Ave. S. and S. Vale St. from 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. http://g.co/maps/r8xmf
World's Best Bunnies: Environmental Encroachment parades in Georgetown (2011)
June 2nd, we’ll be back in Gas Works Park (Fremont) from 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. http://g.co/maps/pas94
Bucharest Drinking Team at Gas Works (2011)
That evening, we’ll be having a special revue – we’re still working on confirming our location, so if you heard it’s at Hale’s, make sure to keep checking the website so we can let you know for sure! Start time will be around 8:00 p.m.
Vamola and Samba Ja team up to shake the EMP Sky Church (2011)
June 3rd, we’ll be in the EMP Sky Church (Seattle Center) from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Following that, there’s a very good chance we’ll be rompin’ around Seattle Center grounds! http://g.co/maps/wsjmr
Titanium Sporkestra blasts the EMP Sky Church
Stay tuned for schedule updates ~ And don’t miss the Revenge! of the Band Nerds::Benefit for Traveling HONK! Bands on May 31st!
HONK! Fest West takes over the International Fountain (2010)
HONK! Fest West is a free, three-day, community-supported music festival devoted to marching bands, drum corps, samba lines, and anything acoustic and mobile that makes a ruckus. We’re revel in celebration of street band culture by taking mirth and music to the streets and parks of Seattle. We are also partial to street performers, dancers, and artistic appreciators.
HONK! Fest West 2011 Closing Procession thru Seattle Center
Always family-friendly, always free :: fanciful costumery and audience participation are *highly* encouraged!
Want to help us put on this amazing event? Check this out:
Potential volunteers should contact our Volunteer Coordinator via our volunteer page or send an email to volunteer@honkfestwest.com ~ we have great perks!
It's not always like this as a HONK! volunteer or donor -- but sometimes!
Community-oriented businesses, please contact us at support@honkfestwest.com ~ we are especially in need of in-kind food and beverage donations.
Sponsors and donors of all stripes, please visit our donations page or IndieGoGo campaign.
We have partnered with Shunpike, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that supports the arts, as our fiscal sponsor. This means your in-kind donation of goods to HONK! Fest West and Shunpike will be tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Please direct general questions and press inquiries about HONK! Fest West, please contact Tyson or M*A at info@honkfestwest.com. Or, Subscribe to our newsletter.
And don’t forget, this June 1st, 2nd and 3rd to come HONK! with us!!
HONK! Fest West 2011 Procession thru Seattle Center - will you be there in 2012?
I like the way you think, Bridget! Any calendar help is most appreciated. Posters will be appearing in Ballard soon!
Time to start seriously getting the word out…I will get this event on a few calendars and start getting it on Facebook….through my tiny part of the world (Ballard). I am So looking forward to dance’n in the streets and anywhere else your bringing such great life. Hmmmmm, perhaps we can have carpools to events and honk horns along the way, pied piper style, : )
From the producers of acclaimed METALESQUE! and RECKLESS REVUE we present…
SHAKE YOUR BRASS! Get Horny for HONK!
A Brazen Burlesque Benefit for Seattle’s own HONK! Fest West
4/20 at Columbia City Theater
Door 9pm, Show starts at 9:30
$10 | 21+
Advance Tickets Available Now!
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/235966
HONK! Fest West is Seattle’s own Marching Band Festival and Community Street Fair that is all volunteer run and free to the public. This year HONK! Fest west will take place June 1st – 3rd, featuring marching bands from all over the country.
All proceeds from SHAKE YOUR BRASS! Get Horny for HONK! on 4/20 at Columbia City Theater will help fund the festival’s musicians who are traveling from near and far to turn our community’s sidewalks into dance floors. To support this noble cause, we are bringing you a taste of local artists, musicians, and the sparkliest supporters from the burlesque realm!
There will also be a Live Auction for you to bid on various swanky swag bags, live performances, and more!
Featuring Live Music by One Love
Burlesque by:
Madisun Avenue
Scandal From Bohemia
Pinky Shines
Bitsy Rini
Jesse Bell Jones
and Tamara the Trapeze Lady!
If you donate $50 to Honk! Fest West today, you’ll recieve two Guest Tickets to this event as well as many other prizes!
http://www.indiegogo.com/honkfestwest2012
If you would like to Volunteer for HONK! Fest West, fill out the form here: http://honkfestwest.com/volunteer/
Website says “COME GET HORNY FOR HONK! benefit on April 20th at the Columbia City Theater!” as being on Saturday night? Saturday night is April 21st? And is there any way to find out more about this, without having a facebook account?
We have one! Check out our contact, about or homepage!
That’s great, Bridget! We love your enthusiasm, and we’re looking forward to HONK!ing with you. Make sure to spread the word far and wide! We need lots of support this year – we’re bringing a record HONK! Fest West record 26 bands to the streets and parks of Seattle!
Nothing official, Benson. But we’re spreading the word far and wide, and this event is open & free to all. We hope to see HONK!ers from all walks of life joining us
We hope you make it too, Tim! It’s just not the same without your bari sax and smile!
Let us know if we can help at all.
M*A
Hi Nora!
We’ve been hard at work on some surprises for this year’s poster art and festival art. Details soon! Thanks for checking
M*A
Do you have artists doing the posters this year? If so, who are they? : )
Hope I make it, I’m having some passport problems;(
Laurie, once again we’ll be HONKing between Georgetown & GasWorks Park, so any of Seattle’s inner core neighborhoods are in proximity: SoDo, Georgetown, Beacon Hill, Central Area, Capitol Hill, U District, Wallingford, Fremont, Queen Anne, Belltown, downtown…
Lovely internet work! Please nail down the schedule soon!
Are you doing anything with the 99%ers or Occupy? they love a party : )
Do you have suggestions for best neighborhoods to stay in for proximity to where Honk will be happening June 1, 2, 3 in Seattle?
Thanks for posting 2012 dates so early….I missed 201 so will get this on my calendar NOW…..just 8 months early….This is my favorite event in Seattle, I feel so happy listening to the music and seeing the performer that I get butterflies in my stomach : )
make up a mailing list so people don’t miss it next year and so we can send your reminder email to all our friends!
What happened to the years when Honk Fest went late into the night in the streets of Georgetown? When it felt more like Carnival or New Orleans? This year it felt so squashed, squelched and subdued…
Best wishes for what I know will be an excellent event!
So glad this keeps happening. See you lovelies real soon!
xoxoxokog
Anyone know exact location?
Yes — Please please please get Mucca Pazza to Seattle!!!!!
pretty please?
next year you should invite mucca pazza (http://mucca-pazza.org/)