HONK FAMILY BAND ::: BABADAN BANDA DE RUA ::: BOXCUTTER COLLECTIVE ::: FUNKRUST BRASS BAND ::: STOOP KIDZ
Hosted by SANDRA GLAZER
Rubulad | $18-25
HONK + Rubulad's 11th Annual
BRASS-TASTIC BLOWOUT!
At Rubulad Home Base, Brooklyn
Celebrating the release of FUNKRUST BRASS BAND's new album, "Make A Little Spark"
FOR THOSE PARADING WITH US
7:30 Meet at Maria Hernandez Park for a Procession with HONK Family Band to Rubulad
FOR THOSE HANGING IN RUBULAD’S MAGICAL GARDEN
8pm HONK Family Band
8:30 Babadan Banda de Rua
9:30 Boxcutter Collective
10pm Funkrust Brass Band
11pm Stoop Kidz
Funkrust Brass Band is an NYC-based, 20-piece post-apocalyptic disco-punk brass band founded in 2015 that plays all original music with megaphone vocals, heavy tuba bass lines, thundering percussion and searing brass melodies. Their explosive live performances feature full band choreography, signature wasteland/glam uniforms and LED lighting effects. The band mixes post-punk, disco, EDM, metal, and funk with Balkan brass, filtered through the medium of a massive street brass band with a punk rock sensibility
Stoop Kidz is a Brooklyn based Brass Band, drawing influence from second line New Orleans music with a modern twist. Serving up hot disco/pop covers and original music, aiming to spread joy thru fun dance music! Featured in The NY Times and Gothamist.
The HONK Family Band is a multi-dimensional community ensemble created to connect musicians, sound-makers, dancers and spectacle-doers across the city. Led by Elijah J. Thomas, HFB aims to support and uplift HONK! NYC’s work of highlighting and advancing global street band music in as many forms as possible, through “music-making, pageantry, audience participation, and education.”
Photo by Norman Blake
The Boxcutter Collective is made up of seven core members who met while working at the Bread and Puppet Theater and bonded over their shared passion for waving things around and pretending that the things are talking. This is called “puppetry,” and it is a highly respected artform in every culture except this one. Their work addresses current political movements drawing inspiration from anti-fracking activists, efforts to unionize workers, anti-war demonstrations, decolonization thinkers, abolitionist strategists, and others. They have toured internationally and performed at venues across New York City including La Mama Experimental Theater Club, Coney Island USA, Amant Arts, El Clemente Cultural Center, Rubulad and at the Jalopy Theatre. They are currently working on an anti-capitalist sci-fi puppet musical, Dimension Zero, which will premiere in full in 2025.
Since 2018, Babadan Banda de Rua (Babadan Street Band) has been a vibrant presence in the alleys and streets, theaters, cultural spaces, and carnivals of the great Belo Horizonte area, in Brazil. Their mission is to create an afro-mineiro sound while emphasizing the need for aquilombamento (communitarian connection based on the historical model of Quilombos) and reconnecting with their ancestral roots.
Sandra Glazer is proud to be part of a vibrant force showcasing diverse and spirited musicians in NYC. Her wit and ability to wear many hats has enables this eclectic, creative community to thrive. As HONK NYC Housing Maven she found housing for up to 60 visiting musicians for the first decade of the Fest. In recent years, she has revealed she's HONK NYC!'s MC Extraordinare from Harlem to Brooklyn. But her biggest triumph came when she conceptualized and created HONK! Harlem. Living in Harlem, she recognized that its community was hungry to revel in its rich musical history. HONK! Harlem brought the music of the people to the people in the schools, streets and clubs. Parading to the legendary Apollo Theater and seeing HONK NYC! on the marquee was more than she ever imagined. Sandra now lives in New Orleans where she dances with the sassy Amelia Earhawts in the Mardi Gras parades and brings her wacky humor to Improv. She returns frequently to NYC, where the magic continues.