Marching Band Festival HONK! Fest West Returns to Seattle

Can you hear the drums? Can you hear the Horns? This weekend Honk! Fest West returns to Seattle.

This Friday, May 13, through Sunday, May 15, there will be many marching bands filling the city with music, dancing, and several varieties of exciting craziness. The performances will be free and fun for all ages.

From HONK! Fest West’s homepage:

“HONK! Fest West is a free, three-day, community-supported music festival devoted to marching bands, drum corps, samba lines, and anything acoustic and mobile that makes a ruckus. We are also partial to street performers, dancers, and artistic appreciators. “

The festival starts in Georgetown on Friday, moves to Gasworks Park on Saturday, and finishes on Sunday at the Seattle Center. A full schedule with times can be found on the HONK! Fest West website.

Several Marching bands from all over the country are converging on Seattle, including The Young Fellaz Brass Band from New Orleans, and Environmental Encroachment from Chicago. Of course a festival like this would be incomplete without local marching bands like Nu Klezmer Army, Orkestar Zirkonium , the Garfield High School Drumline , and many others. A full lineup can be seen here.

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