<div>Take It To The Streets with <strong>HONK! The Vote 2025: A Mobile Pop-Up Processional.</strong>
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<div>We're truckin' -- by flatbed truck turned mobile stage – Sunday, October 19th with HONK! The Vote.
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<div>Co-Directed with<strong> Melvin Gibbs</strong>, HONK! The Vote is the sequel to RuckUS VOTE 2020, a pandemic-era project encouraging democratic participation with the most persuasive tools in our kit: music, movement, spoken word, and spectacle.
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<div><em>We love public art!</em>
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<div><em>We love the democratic process!</em>
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<div><em>We love big festivals!</em>
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<div><em>We love NYC!</em>
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<div>We LOVE GIANT ELECTION DAY TURN OUTS, too!
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<div><strong>HONK! The Vote </strong>is the culmination of HONK NYC!’s free and affordable fall festival programming <em>by the people and for the people.</em>
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<div>HONK NYC! 2025 features performances across all boroughs by over 20 bands in parks, public schools, Open Streets, and venues. <em>And one flatbed truck.</em>
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<div>Six days of Brass Bliss, Pounding Percussion, and Sparkling Spectacle!
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<div><strong>Because Culture Is Democracy in Action: HONK! The Vote.</strong>
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<div>Blending music, spectacle, and civic engagement, we begin in Harlem. Traveling downtown to Washington Square Park by way of Columbus Avenue, <strong>we will present four, 30 minute pop-up concerts</strong> featuring Melvin Gibbs in collaboration with global percussion troops based right here in New York. Don’t miss our closing performance featuring Frank London, our 2025 festival co-curator.
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<div>At every stop, we’ll be passing out information on voting registration and deadlines and asking audiences to answer our 2025 Ballot Measure, (in person and online):
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<div><strong><em>“What’s Your Vision for New York?”</em></strong>
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<div><strong>Is it gonna happen? This mobile pop-up processional of ours?</strong>
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<div><strong><em>Why do we need your help?</em></strong>
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<div>It's three weeks away from the event, and we’re suddenly experiencing unanticipated <strong>production costs</strong>.
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<div>Funds raised will cover:
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<li>Sound gear rental, because some things need amplification.
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<li>Security guard fees. Gotta keep our people safe.
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<li>Higher truck costs. <em>Inflation, dude!</em>
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<li>Additional administration fees. It takes a village.
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<div><strong>We WILL hit the brakes - decision to be made by October 12 - if we don't raise enough funds to cover these costs.</strong>
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<div><strong>Can you keep our truck rollin'?</strong>
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<div><strong><em>Vote for this spectacle of mega-expression and turnout with your dollars today!</em></strong>
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<div>Come to HONK NYC!
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<div>Dig the glorious sights and sounds.
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<div>Build community.
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<div>Exercise your rights, both to party and to vote.
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<div><strong>This one's for you, New York City.</strong>
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<div>With love,
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<div>HOUSE of HONK! New York City
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<div><strong>Honkin' Facts!</strong>
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<li>The 2025 HONK NYC! Festival is the first to be produced under the banner of our new non-profit, House of HONK! New York City.
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<li>Our happening includes performances in Park Slope, Long Island City, Bushwick, and beyond. Check out the schedule for details.
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<li>Our pre-pandemic Educational Program is being relaunched this season. We’ll be sending bands back into the classroom at schools across New York this fall.
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<li>Artists performing on October 19th include: Black Fire Percussion, Flor de Massapê, Púyaloahí, Batalá NY, and our HONK! Teach-In students.
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<li>House of HONK! New York City is a year-round, non-profit entity. We partner with the NYC DOT on Summer Streets, collaborate with Coney Island USA on The Mermaid Parade, and collaborate with local producers like The Village Halloween Parade, Make Music NY, Thirsty Girl Productions, Gemini &amp; Scorpio, and Jersey City Jazz Fest.
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<li>Born on the Open Streets of NYC, <strong>HONK Family Band</strong>, our “House Band,” is an open ensemble of music and spectacle makers dedicated to preserving and expanding global carnival music traditions. You can catch them multiple times during our festival and join them in rehearsal on Wednesday nights. Visit honknyc.com to find out more.
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<li>What happens if we don’t meet our $5K goal? We will likely abbreviate our HONK! The Vote program or cancel it, and re-reroute any funds raised towards the re-launching of our school program.
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