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HONK! Fest West 2009

James David Morgan wrote this post at 11:28 am on April 9th, 2009.

HONK! Fest West 2009Beginning tomorrow, the streets, cafes, & pubs of of Seattle will be overflowing with the lively sound of horn players and drummers from more than a dozen street bands converging for the second HONK! Fest West!

In venues across the city, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights will see performances by:

  • March Fourth Marching Band (Portland, OR)
  • Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band (Palo Alto, CA)
  • Seattle Seahawks Blue Thunder Drumline (Seattle, WA)
  • Loyd Family Players (Oakland, CA)
  • Environmental Encroachment (Chicago, IL)
  • Garfield High School Spring Drumline (Seattle, WA)
  • Orkestar Zirconioum (Seattle, WA)
  • Seattle Sounders FC Sound Wave Band (Seattle, WA)
  • Yellow Hat Band (Seattle, WA)
  • Vamola! (Seattle, WA)
  • Titanium Sporkestra (Seattle, WA)
  • Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band (Somerville, MA)
  • Samba Ja (Eugene, OR)
  • Hubbub Club (Sebastapol, CA)
  • Emperor Norton Stationary Marching (Sommerville, MA)
  • Carnival Band (Vancouver, BC)
  • BeatCrunchers (Eugene, OR)
  • Olympian Free Radicals (Olympia, WA)

Weekend passes are available in advance, online only. target

Related posts:

  1. HONK! 2009 Posters and Website
  2. HONK! No Noise Is Illegal, Now Online


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