HONK! Festival Sets Return Dates for Davis Square, Oct. 9-11

Organizers of Somerville's HONK! Festival announced this week that the twenty-first annual gathering of activist street bands will return to the Davis Square area Oct. 9-11, rain or shine, according to Somerville Patch.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS

"HONK! Festival (save the dates Oct. 9-11), because the time is right for dancing in the streets for justice!" reads the headline of a Somerville Patch newsletter item. The dispatch confirms the twenty-first annual festival of activist street bands will fill the Davis Square area Oct. 9-11, rain or shine, Patch reports (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/somerville/honk-festival-save-dates-oct-9-11-because-time-right-dancing-streets-justi-nodx).

"Little Miss and the Boom: The Velvet Hour, A Modern Vintage Cabaret Experience" is how Patch's event calendar bills an Aug. 22 show at Crystal Ballroom in Davis Square. The listing notes doors open at 7 p.m. with the show at 8 p.m., per Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/somerville/calendar/event/20260822/c6482b13-01cb-4328-aa3f-94331998dc10/little-miss-and-the-boom-the-velvet-hour-a-modern-vintage-cabaret-experience).

COMING UP

Crystal Ballroom, 55 Davis Square, hosts "The Velvet Hour," a modern vintage cabaret evening from the act Little Miss and the Boom, on Saturday, Aug. 22, with doors at 7 p.m. and the show at 8 p.m., according to a Patch calendar listing.

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