Showing posts with label marching bands. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Honk if you love brass bands and parades


[This evening via Bobby Williams]

As you may have heard, the 2nd Annual East Village Cavalcade of Pomp is underway now in the neighborhood... part of the HONK NYC! Festival.

Per the HONK NYC Facebook page:

East Village Cavalcade of Pomp Parade Starting Locations & Schedule — all parades end in Tompkins Square Park, where bands will perform a set.

5pm - Perhaps Contraption in Tompkins Square Park

5:30pm - Os Siderais begins a parade through the neighborhood from De Colores Community Yard Garden on 8th Street between Avenues B & C

5:30pm - Environmental Encroachment steps off from Two Boots Pizzeria, Avenue A and 3rd Street corner

6pm - Minor Mishap Marching Band leaves from The Bean, 1st Avenue at 9th Street corner

6:45pm - Hungry March Band departs from the Lower East Side Girls Club, 8 Street between Avenues C & D

Expect a mass of honking and marching then in Tompkins Square Park... then at 8, there's a HONK NYC! Radical Marching Band Symposium at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space at 155 Avenue C ... then an after-party at 10 at Drom on Avenue A...

Tonight: the 2nd Annual East Village Cavalcade of Pomp



As part of the HONK NYC! Festival ... the 2nd Annual East Village Cavalcade of Pomp takes place today... starting at 5 in Tompkins Square Park (brass bands and parade revelers, etc.) ... then at 8, there's a HONK NYC! Radical Marching Band Symposium at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space at 155 Avenue C ... then an after-party at 10 at Drom on Avenue A... Check the Honk NYC website for exact times, more details and march madness...

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

When marching bands march: A Cavalcade of Pomp tonight on East Village streets

From the EV Grieve inbox...


The New York HONK! Festival continues tonight with the East Village Cavalcade of Pomp.

Seven bands descend upon the Lower East Side.
Step-off at 7:30 pm from seven different locations around the neighborhood.

With:
Environmental Encroachment (Chicago)
Two Boots Avenue A — 42 Avenue A and Third Street

Stumblebum Brass Band
Two Boots Pizza — 74 Bleeker Street

Pink Puffers Brass Band (Rome)
The Bean — 147 1st Avenue at 9th street

Minor Mishap Marching Band (Austin, Texas)
The Bean — 54 2nd Ave at 3rd street

Hungry March Band
Lower East Side Girls Club — 56 E1st between 1st Ave and 2nd Ave

Rude Mechanical Orchestra
Times Up /MORUS — 155 Ave C between 9th and 10th St

After Party at The Delancey Lounge with a Performance by The Himalayas
168 Delancey Street
Happy Hour prices from 8:30 to 10:30 pm with wristband
Doors: 8:30pm / No Cover – Donations Requested

The New York Times had more bout the Honk! Festival yesterday here.