Photo by Sasha Patkin.
A ring had formed in Davis Square. In its center, a woman sang into a bullhorn while a row of trombones behind her seemed to lean into their music, taking steps forward as they played. They closed the gap with members of the surrounding crowd, who were also banging their heads, dancing to the music, and unconsciously marching closer to the musicians, until it became hard to tell who was who. Read more.
Greg Cook took in the annual Honk procession from Somerville to Cambridge over the weekend.
So did Frank Solensky: Read more.
In the Before Times, activist brass bands from all over the place would join up for a parade from Somerville to Harvard Square. This year, Honk was more spread out - across Somerville, Cambridge and Boston. Greg Cook caught some of the performances yesterday.
Ron Newman was in Nubian Square for some Honking.
Greg Cook watched the annual Honk procession, including these stiltwalkers, march into Harvard Square from the walk from Somerville, today,
Ron Newman also captured the march, in Somerville.
Some bees go honk. Greg Cook took in the annual Honk Festival parade from Somerville to Cambridge today.
Photographynatalia took in the Honk parade through Somerville and Cambridge yesterday.
Honk has always been about more than just music: Read more.
Two marching bands on their way to the annual Honk festival in Somerville and Cambridge this weekend detoured through West Roxbury this afternoon to join a protest against Spectra Energy's nearly completed West Roxbury natural-gas pipeline and transfer station. Read more.
Mark looked up in MIT's Infinite Corridor this afternoon and immediately thought "broken neck" when he looked up and saw this guy on the other side of the railing. Musicians were in the corridor warming up for this weekend's Honk.
Rob Bellinger watched Honk in the culmination of its annual weekend - a march wending through Somerville and Cambridge yesterday on its annual joyful-noise way from Davis Square to Harvard Square.
Greg Cook also took plenty of Honk photos:
Dan Meade took in Perhaps Contraption during Honk in Somerville yesterday.
Brian D'Amico listened to somebody playing a street piano outside the MFA the other day.
Copyright Dan Meade and Brian D'Amico, respectively. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
John captured some gathering Honkers at Park Street, on their way to Somerville and Cambridge for the annual Honk this weekend.
Pink Puffers from Rome, video by Bimska.
The streets of Somerville and Cambridge were taken over this weekend by the annual Honk festival. Some video and photos.
Greg Cook has photos. And if you live in Cambridge, this guy deserves your vote for his obvious support of the arts:
Titanium Sporkestra, one of the bands in this weekend's Honk festival, which culminates in a march down from Davis Square to Harvard Square tomorrow, starting at noon.
Charlie Rosenberg took lots of photos of the Honk parade from Davis to Harvard Square today. Jeff Tamagini gave his shutter finger a workout as well:
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