HONK NYC! 2023 BANDS
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Batalá NY
Batalá NY is a part of a global arts project playing percussion music from Northeastern Brazil.
Bixology
Celebrating the music of Bix Beiderbecke.
Black Fire Percussion
Brooklyn's Black Fire Percussion: bringing high school marching band drumming to a whole other level of funky expression.
Bloco From da Block
Bringing the sights, sounds and moves of Brazilian carnaval to Brooklyn and beyond.
Brass By the Slice
A New York brass band serving up your favorite pop tunes and mash ups.
Brass Meets World
NYC-based 8-person Brass Band playing crowd favorites such as Stacy's Mom (Fountains of Wayne) and Baby One More Time (Britney Spears).
Bloco La Conga
A community of musicians dedicated to the study and performance of Carnaval music of the Americas.
Brasskill
A 15-piece party brass band based in Hudson, NY whose mission is to get your party on the dancefloor.
Criss Cross: Frank London, Kenny Wollesen, Elijah Thomas
Da Capo Brass Band
Traditional New Orleans style brass band led by jazz drummer Darrell Smith.
Dark Tide Brass Band
A briny Brooklyn-based brass band that enjoys playing unexpected, up-tempo tunes in minor keys. And octopuses.
HONK Family Band
A collective expression of movement, music, and mayhem led by Elijah J. Thomas.
Dawn Drake & ZapOte Brass
A female forward funk percussion and brass band playing original and cover funk, Afro-beat, samba and salsa.
Dingonek Street Band
A Brooklyn-based brass band dedicated to sonic adventure and the human condition.
Flora’s Fanfare
An all-women's brass band founded by tuba and euphonium player Jessica Stanley.
The L Train Brass Band
A modular collective of over 110 brass, reed, and percussion musicians covering a wide variety of music, from pop & hip-hop — to funk & traditional NOLA jazz — to eclectic original charts.
Liftoff Brass
Ranging freely across the New Orleans landscape without losing grip of the New York groove.
Mambembé NY
A samba reggae percussion band that values, preserves and expands Afro-Brazilian Percussive music.
Pam Fleming’s Dead Zombie Band
Melvin Gibbs & Arto Lindsay’s Ngoma Nina
The Nevermind Orchestra
Phrenetic, psycho-jazz-grunge ensemble that reimagines the works of Nirvana through the lens of a modern brass band.
Nice Brass
Family‑friendly music including New Orleans standards, pop songs, and (occasionally) the Jonas Brothers!
Providence Drum Troupe
Musicians, acrobats, flow arts life-size alien puppets, hoopers, lasers and dancers who create funky beats.
Rude Mechanical Orchestra
Radical protest marching band playing music and providing chant support for the revolution and all its intersecting avenues.
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!).
Slavic Soul Party
The Tuesday night bacchanal at Barbès with fiery Balkan brass, throbbing funk grooves, Roma accordion wizardry, and virtuoso jazz.
Spanglish Fly
Part band, part celebration, 11 musicians hailed as the premier band of the Latin boogaloo revival.
Sugar Tone Brass Band
New York brass band that breaks down musical barriers, flattens audiences, and blazes trails with the funkiest of new sounds.
Undertow Brass Band
Brass band from Providence, RI offering mobile moments of intense revelry.
TMB Brass
Seattle’s New Orleans-style brass band formed by students at Roosevelt High School,
Young Fellaz Brass Band
A staple in the New Orleans live music scene for over 15 years, honoring the New Orleans brass band tradition while innovating their own unique sound.
Stefan Zeniuk
Ceator of the Flame-O-Phone, (a fire-breathing saxophone) and leader of the psycho-mambo band Gato Loco, who also disrupts the aural space with his sonic terrorist group, Baritone Army.