2016 Press Kit - HONK! Fest West

9th Annual Festival of Community Street Bands
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2016 Press Kit
honkfestwest.org
Title Sponsor
Honk! Fest West is sponsored by Shunpike.
For more information or press queries, please contact info@honkfestwest.org
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www.honkfestwest.org • info@honkfestwest.org • 206 954 7913
What is Honk! Fest West?
We have partnered with Shunpike, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports the arts, as our
fiscal sponsor. Donations to HONK! Fest West 2016
through Shunpike are tax-deductible to the fullest
extent of the law, and may be eligible for employer
matching.
HONK! Fest West is an accessible community music
festival driven by the energetic performance of
street bands in public spaces. HONK! festivals are
a different sort of music festival: they are part of
a global renaissance of community street band
culture that provides music by the people for the
people. We at HONK! Fest West are thrilled to be a
local mainstay of this musical renaissance. HONK!
Fest West 2016’s mission is to celebrate community
music in the public spaces of Seattle with free
fanfare performances representing diverse musical
influences. Like all HONK! festivals, HONK! Fest West
is family friendly and for the benefit of creating
community.
Our festival is part musical gathering and part
community activism. Whether we play an instrument
or not, all of us have found that live, energetic,
mobile, acoustic music brings audience and band
together in something like a raucous, playful family.
Come HONK! with us!
Honk! Fest West 2016 Events
All events free unless otherwise noted.
HONK! bands are typically acoustic and mobile,
often politically aware and articulate, and always
high spirited. There is a rich community ethic
amongst many HONK!ers, who use their music to
erode the barriers between professional and novice,
and between audience and performers.
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - Georgetown, 8 PM - 2 AM
Honk! Fest West Launch Party
Georgetown Stables
$5 - $15 suggested donation
Although uniforms are sometimes used as a
performance tool, individuality is key, and group
members often hail from all range of classes,
ethnicities, ages, and backgrounds. Perhaps most
importantly, the HONK!ers’ ultimate goal is to relish
the art of making fun as a form of individual and
collective transcendence, and to encourage others
to see and do the same.
Cal Anderson Park
1635 11th Avenue, Seattle
Friday, June 17, 2016 - Capitol Hill, 4 - 10 PM
12th Avenue Square Park
564 12th Avenue, Seattle
Saturday, June 18, 2016 - Fremont, 3 - 10 PM
Fremont Solstice Parade
Gas Works Park
2101 N. Northlake Way, Seattle
These original and renegade ‘marching bands’ take
to the streets with a common purpose: sharing
music with the public, shattering exclusionary
principles and defying simple categorizations.
Participating bands cover everything from Klezmer
to punk; second-line Tremé to soul-filled samba;
Balkan bloc brass to Bollywood beats. Whether four
or forty members, each band is a composition of
volunteer performers delivering a musical carnival
for all.
Sunday, June 19, 2016 - Columbia City
Honk! Fest West 2016 Showcase
Ark Lodge Cinemas - Film Screening
4816 Rainier Avenue S, Seattle, WA 98118
Downtown Columbia City, Seattle, WA 98118
Along 37th Avenue S, between S Edmunds Street
and S Hudson Street & along S Ferdinand Street
between 37th Avenue S and just east of Rainier
Avenue S
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Friday, June 17, 2016 - Capitol Hill
12th Avenue Square Park
564 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Cal Anderson Park
Cal Anderson Park
1635 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
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Saturday, June 18, 2016 - Fremont
Gas Works Park - Fremont Solstice Parade
2101 N. Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98103
Gas Works Park
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Honk! Fest West
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Beer Garden
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Sunday, June 19, 2016 - Columbia City
Honk! Fest West 2016 Showcase
Ark Lodge Cinemas - Film Screening
4816 Rainier Avenue S, Seattle, WA 98118
Downtown Columbia City, Seattle, WA 98118
Along 37th Avenue S, between S Edmunds Street
and S Hudson Street, and along S Ferdinand Street
between 37th Avenue S and just east of Rainier
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Honk! Fest West 2016 Band Lineup
45th St Brass
Seattle, WA
Chaotic Noise Marching
Corps
Seattle, WA
Artesian Rumble
Arkestra
Olympia, WA
D20 Brass Band
Seattle, WA
Anzanga Marimba
Ensemble
Seattle, WA
Environmental
Encroachment
Chicago, IL
Banda Vagos
Seattle, WA
Filthy Fem Corps
Seattle, WA
Black Sheep Brass Band
Sonoma, CA
Black Sheep Ensemble
Atlanta, GA
Bloco Energia
Vancouver, CA
Bucharest Drinking
Team
Seattle, WA
Hot Damn! Brass Band
Seattle, WA
Garfield High School
Drumline
Seattle, WA
Garfield High School
Marching Band
Seattle, WA
Guerrilla Fanfare Brass
Band
Boulder, CO
Legion of the Flying
Monkeys
Vancouver, BC
Sousapalooza
Seattle, WA
Oddjob Ensemble
Sonoma, CA
Ten Man Brass Band
Seattle, WA
One Love
Seattle, WA
Samba Ja
Eugene, OR
The Fighting
Instruments ofKarma
Marching Chamber
Band / Orchestra
Pacific NW
SambaAmore
Arcata, CA
The m9
Seattle, WA
Seattle Rock Orchestra
Street Band
Seattle, WA
VamoLá!
Seattle, WA
Seattle University
Redline
Seattle, WA
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Sound Wave Sounders
FC Band
Seattle, WA
Seattle Seahawks
BlueThunder Drumline
Seattle, WA
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Honk! Fest West 2016
Official Poster
Artwork for this year’s
official poster and program
cover has been provided
by Ryan Henry Ward,
or Henry, as he’s known
around the city.
Henry is a painter and
muralist who has kindly
donated his popular work
in the past for Honk! Fest
West, and we are pleased
to have him again this year
providing his colorful and
energetic work.
Right is this year’s
promotional poster art
featuring band names and
prominent event sponsors
and our proud partner
alliances.
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Honk! Fest West isn’t possible without generous contributions
from volunteers, businesses large and small
Our 9th festival is already shaping up to be spectacular!
If you would like to volunteer in any capacity, please let us know.
We are anticipating sharing hospitality with nearly 400 musicians and volunteers
We are currently looking for assistance with:
In kind food donations
Sign up to be a day of volunteer at any point during the weekend!
Please reach out to:
info@honkfestwest.org
facebook.com/honkfestwest
www.honkfestwest.org
2016 sponsors of Honk! Fest West include:
Title Sponsor
n o r t h w e s t
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The Honk! Fest West 2016 Organizing Committee
Mike Antares
Committee Chair
Erik Peters
Community Outreach
Shayleen Bowling
Treasurer
Jay Nuske
Food Lead
Tracy Camille
Secretary
Randy Ludwig
Food Lead
David Carter
Legal/Compliance
Megan Collier
Art Director
Brian Firfer
Operations + Logistics
Diego Alonso
Webmaster
Kim Arbios
Housing & Hospitality
Jason Fialkoff
Grants + Communication
Jeannette DuBois
Housing Co-Lead
Marchette Dubois
Member at large
Luke Koval
Band Liaison
Michael Royalty
Member at large
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