The HARVARD SQUARE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE
RETURN OF THE 41ST ANNUAL OKTOBERFEST AND TOTALLY IRREPRESSIBLE AND
FABULOUSLY MADCAP HONK! PARADE ON SUNDAY, October 13th, 2019. Come be
a part of this unique, irreverent and family-friendly ANNUAL TRADITION
WHERE MUSICIANS AND SPECTATORS “reclaim the streets for horns, bikes
and feet”! HARVARD SQUARE’s OKTOBERFEST FEATURES FOOD FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD, arts, crafts, vintage goods, free samples, sidewalk
sales and one-of-a-kind items. In addition, OKTOBERFEST BOASTS SIX
BEER GARDENS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL GROUNDS. This ANNUAL
CELEBRATION OF FALL FEATURES LIVE MUSIC, including a Passim stage and
an all-HONK! Review on the main stage and honking at four different
stages throughout the day. Dancing in the streets is encouraged! One
of the many highlights of the festival is the HONK! PARADE WHICH
ARRIVES IN THE SQUARE AT APPROXIMATELY 1:00 pm. The HONK! movement now
in its thirteenth year has become a global phenomenon. HONK! Bands
featured in past years include: Artesian Rumble Arkestra (Olympia, WA)
Band Land Brass Band* (CAMBRIDGE, MA) Chaotic Insurrection Ensemble
(Montréal, Qué) Detroit Party Marching Band (Detroit, MI) Dirty
Water Brass Band (Boston, MA) Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching
Band (Somerville, MA) Environmental Encroachment (Chicago, IL)
Extraordinary Rendition Band (Providence, RI) Forward! Marching Band
(Madison, WI) Leftist Marching Band (Portsmouth, NH) Marcus Santos and
aNova Brasil (Somerville, MA) Minor Mishap Marching Band (Austin, TX)
Musicians Action Group (San Francisco Bay Area, CA) New Creations
Brass Band (New Orleans, LA) Plezi Rara (Brooklyn, NY) Rara Bel Poze
(Boston, MA) Red Flame Hunters Indians Tribe (New Orleans, LA) Rise
Up! Action Band (Seattle, WA) Rude Mechanical Orchestra (NYC, NY)
School of HONK (Somerville, MA) Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure
Society (Somerville, MA) The Brass Balagan (Burlington, VT) The
Carnival Band (Vancouver, BC) The Party Band (Lowell, MA) Unidos do
Swing* (São Paulo, Brazil) Unlawful Assembly* (Twin Cities, MN) What
Cheer? Brigade (Providence, RI) OKTOBERFEST IN HARVARD SQUARE WAS
STARTED IN 1978 BY THE LATE FRANK CARDULLO, a SQUARE MOVER, shaker and
owner of the renowned Wursthaus, which served up traditional German
food from 1917 until it closed in 1996. The early festivals were in
keeping with old world customs. Over the years, the festival has taken
on a more discerningly CAMBRIDGE vibe to become an OKTOBERFEST UNLIKE
ANY OTHER. https://www.harvardsquare.com/events/2019-calendar-events
[https://www.harvardsquare.com/events/2019-calendar-events]
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