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Photos: Honk Brass Band Festival In Somerville

The School of Honk from Somerville performs at the Honk Festival in Somerville's Seven Hills Park on Saturday. (Greg Cook)
The School of Honk from Somerville performs at the Honk Festival in Somerville's Seven Hills Park on Saturday. (Greg Cook)

The 11th annual Honk! "Festival of Activist Street Bands" attracts brass bands from around the world to Somerville. The festival continues though Sunday evening, including a parade from Somerville's Davis Square to Cambridge's Harvard Square.

The School of Honk from Somerville performs at the Honk Festival in Somerville's Seven Hills Park on Saturday. (Greg Cook for WBUR)
The School of Honk from Somerville performs at the Honk Festival in Somerville's Seven Hills Park on Saturday. (Greg Cook for WBUR)
Forward! Marching Band from Wisconsin performs at the Honk Festival in Somerville's Kenney Park on Saturday. (Greg Cook for WBUR)
Forward! Marching Band from Wisconsin performs at the Honk Festival in Somerville's Kenney Park on Saturday. (Greg Cook for WBUR)
Boycott, the "no-boys-all-badass brass band" from Somerville, performs at the Honk Festival in Somerville's Seven Hills Park on Saturday. (Greg Cook for WBUR)
Boycott, the "no-boys-all-badass brass band" from Somerville, performs at the Honk Festival in Somerville's Seven Hills Park on Saturday. (Greg Cook for WBUR)
The Brass Balagan from Burlington, Vermont, performs at the Honk Festival in Somerville's Davis Square on Saturday. (Greg Cook for WBUR)
The Brass Balagan from Burlington, Vermont, performs at the Honk Festival in Somerville's Davis Square on Saturday. (Greg Cook for WBUR)
The Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band from greater Boston, the founders of the Honk Festival, kick off the 2016 event with a performance outside the Nave Gallery Annex in Somerville on Thursday evening. (Greg Cook for WBUR)
The Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band from greater Boston, the founders of the Honk Festival, kick off the 2016 event with a performance outside the Nave Gallery Annex in Somerville on Thursday evening. (Greg Cook for WBUR)

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