HONK! Fest Eugene features a wide variety of local and touring bands, treating festival-goers to the sounds of Klezmer, Balkan and Romani music, Brazilian samba, Afro-beat, hip hop, and New Orleans Second Line.  At full power, these bands create an irresistible spectacle of creative movement and sonic self-expression directed at making the world a better place through individual and collective transcendence.

Completely volunteer planned, organized, and performed, HONK! Festivals are a part of a global renaissance of community street band culture. Funky, radical marching bands representing diverse musical influences play at street level, dissolving the line between crowd and performers, and co-creating the passion and joy of Mardi Gras and Carnival. Like all HONK! Festivals, HONK! Fest Eugene is family-friendly and free.

Many HONK! bands are multi-generational, non-profit, and deeply engaged in community-building, playing at public celebrations and fund-raisers for social service and justice organizations.