HONK! Sound of the Streets

Saturday 27th September

11.00am-1.00pm

16 bands from across the world playing in public spaces across the district. No booking needed – just turn up and enjoy the music! 🎺🥁🎷🪇

  • Baildon Farmers Market (10.00-12.00) – Storytellers Streetband
    • Ian Clough Hall Car Park, Baildon BD17 6LX * Map
    • An 8 piece streetband from Newcastle playing New Orleans, jazz, funk, pop, and Latin grooves.
  • Bingley Market Place – Tinnitussis
    • Main Street, Bingley BD16 2HT * Map
    • From Hamburg, Germany, Tinitussis are “loud, kind of cute, good-looking, and they just put you in a good mood!” Not only that,they’ll also have you dancing to ABBA, A-ha, Scooter, and Billie Eilish!
  • Brackenhill Park – Good Trouble Brass Band
    • Hollingwood Lane, Bradford BD7 4DB * Map
    • A large, “raucous, stomp-your-foot-and-belt-out-the-choruses” activist New Orleans-style street band based in Somerville and Cambridge, Massachusetts USA.
  • Bradford Moor Park – Oz HONKeroos
    • Killinghall Rd, Bradford BD3 7JD * Map
    • With a line-up of wind, brass and percussion the OZ HONKeroos are coming all the way to HONK! from Wollongong, NSW Australia. Their high energy repertoire is influenced by the musical traditions of New Orleans brass bands, Klezmer, Balkan, Roma and others.
  • East Riddlesden Hall (10.00-12.00) – The Ambling Band
    • Bradford Rd, Riddlesden, Keighley BD20 5EL * Map
    • A fun loving wind and beat powered streetband, the Ambling Band was born in Bristol as a protest band for the miners strikes and support for the CND campaigners at Greenham Common in the 1980’s.
  • Haworth Railway Station – Bandanarama
    • Station Road, Haworth BD22 8NJ * Map
    • From Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire, Bandanarama play a high energy mash up of disco, indie and rock hits with a New Orleans vibe specialising in parades and festival performances.
  • Idle Village Green – Horns Of Plenty
    • The Green, Idle BD10 9PS * Map
    • Based in Oxford, Horns of Plenty will entertain you with a lively blend of global street music and a multitude of brass, saxes, clarinets and percussion.
  • Kirklands Community Centre – Baybeat Streetband
    • 119 Main St, Menston, Ilkley LS29 6HT * Map
    • Baybeat from Morecambe play a blend of Brazilian, Cuban, North African, South Asian, Caribbean and pop alongside sea shanties, merengues and hip-hop!
  • Lund Park – Stroud Red Band
    • Malsis Rd, Keighley BD21 1JQ * Map
    • The Stroud Red Band (from Stroud!) play a selection of African, Latin, protest and the odd jazz or pop tune, along with favourite Marxist marching classics including Bella Ciao, the Red Flag and the Internationale.
  • Roberts Park – Homecoming Brass Band
    • Higher Coach Road, Saltaire BD17 7LU * Map
    • The Bradford based New Orleans influenced Homecoming Brass Band bringing their own interpretations of world, funk, Latin American and original grooves.
  • Silsden Bandstand – Boom Dang
    • Bolton Rd, Silsden, Keighley BD20 9ND * Map
    • Boom Dang from Barrow-in-Furness combine phatt rhythms, choreography and tuned percussion in an original mix of Drum & Bass, Bhangra, Hip-Hop, Afro-Beat, Merengue, Moroccan Trance and Maracatu. They WOW audiences wherever they go with their heady mix of live beats, towering drums, giant drum-kits and PURE joy.
  • St Margaret’s Church – Xaranga’n Roll
    • Shipley Fields Rd, Shipley, Bradford BD18 2DH * Map
    • Based in Valencia in Spain, Xaranga’n Roll are a group of musicians with more than 15 years of experience. Once seen, never forgotten!
  • Thornton Community Centre – Blast Furness
    • Market Street, Thornton BD13 3HW * Map
    • From the ancient town of Ulverston in South Cumbria, Blast Furness delight audiences with their joyous, high octane street music from New Orleans and Brazil to eastern Europe and Africa and more.
  • Victoria Park – Cacophany Arkestra
    • Cleckheaton Road, Oakenshaw, Bradford BD12 7AT * Map
    • Cacophany Arkestra from Preston are a Caribbean carnival inspired, live music group playing a mixture of calypso, soca and jazz tunes in their own unique style.
  • West Park – Toeters & Bellen
    • West Park Road, Girlington Bradford BD8 9SJ * Map
    • A street band from Amsterdam playing music from all over the world on streets, squares, in parks, neighbourhoods and for demonstrations.
  • Wibsey Park – Le Pompier Poney Club
    • Wibsey Park Avenue, Wibsey, Bradford BD6 3QD * Map
    • A riotous international brass band born in Marseille, blending punk energy, ska rhythms, and flamboyant covers from Dalida to The Specials.

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