HONK NYC! 2021 BANDS
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Batalá NY
Batalá New York is a part of a global arts project playing percussion music from Northeastern Brazil.
Brass by the Slice
A New York brass band playing all your favorite pop hits!
Brasskill
A 15-piece party brass band based in Hudson, NY whose mission is to get your party on the dancefloor.
Bloco La Conga
A community of musicians dedicated to the study and performance of Carnaval music of the Americas.
Brass Queens
An 8-piece brass band with an all-female horn section deeply inspired by the New Orleans tradition.
Bone Apple Tea Brass
NYC’s premiere Flugabone brass band, celebrating the renaissance of the Flugabone.
Christos Tiktapanidis
Pontian Greek Dance Music
Dark Tide Brass Band
A briny Brooklyn-based brass band that enjoys playing unexpected, up-tempo tunes in minor keys. And octopuses.
eGALitarian Brass
An all-female brass group dedicated to inspiring and impacting the lives of women in our NYC community.
Dawn Drake & ZapOte Brass
A female forward funk percussion and brass band playing original and cover funk, Afro-beat, samba and salsa.
Escalation Horns
A New York City based, 7-piece brass band blending the sounds of soul, blues, funk, jazz, and New Orleans.
Demolition Brass Band
Created out of a love for the great music of New Orleans.
Extra Syrup Horns
Extra Syrup Horns centers its sound around classic R&B, Hip Hop and Pop.
Dingonek Street Band
A Brooklyn-based brass band dedicated to sonic adventure and the human condition.
Frank London’s Klezmer Brass All-Stars
Frank London started playing brass band music in the late 1970's.
Funkrust Brass Band
A 20-piece post-apocalyptic disco-punk brass band playing all original music with megaphone vocals, heavy tuba bass lines, thundering percussion and searing brass melodies.
Kavala Band
Traditional Music from Greece.
Hellfighters 2
Named in honor of the 369th Infantry Regiment, Hellfighters 2 performs music of the Black Diaspora connected to the rich history and culture of NYC.
Kenny Wollesen & The Himalayas
A NYC scatter band founded by Kenny Wollesen, Jennifer Harris & Jonathon Haffner in the mid-aughts.
Hungry March Band
Legendary brass, percussion, and performance ensemble that embodies the spirit of NYC’s streets
The L Train Brass Band
Founded in 2017 by some nostalgic band-geeks-for-life.
Mac $ Cheez Balkan Power Trio
An acoustic group specializing in traditional and modern village and urban folk music from the southern Balkans.
Mambembé NY
A samba reggae percussion band that values, preserves and expands Afro-Brazilian Percussive music.
Ocean Avenue Stompers
NOLA influenced brass band with the sounds of Jersey Shore Rock 'n Roll, Philly Soul, and NYC’s finest.
Mariachi Real de México
The most important and sought after Mariachi band in the East Coast of the United States.
Off the Bar Brass Band
Created in the height of the pandemic lockdowns, Off the Bar Brass plays music spanning multiple decades mixed with a touch of soccer hooliganism and leftist values.
Plezi Rara
Formed in Brooklyn, a band playing rara, the festival music of Haiti celebrating the slave revolution that led to independence.
Souren Baronian
Middle Eastern fusion.
Swunky Z Brass Band
The brainchild of drummer Todd Isler and saxophonist, Lily White, Swunky Z is a celebration of horns that combines Swing and Funk (Swunk!).
Spanglish Fly
Part band, part celebration, 11 musicians hailed as the premier band of the Latin boogaloo revival.
Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars
A procession of electric guitarists who wear mini-amps.
Stefan Zeniuk
The inventor of the Flame-O-Phone, a fire-breathing baritone sax.
Underground Horns
Cooking up audio gumbo! Our special recipe includes some funk, jazz, hip hop mixed with brass band traditions spiced up with African and other world rhythms… MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE!
Stumblebum Brass Band
The last punk band in NYC.
Unintended Consequences
A funky little instrumental band with a truly eclectic playlist of over a century of pop & show tunes, and movie & TV themes.
Yasna Voices
Brooklyn's only Bulgarian women's choir, founded in late 2002.