HONK NYC! Events Archive
A full listing of past and current events & shows.
21st Annual Bix Beiderbecke JAZZ Memorial Concert
Join us for the 21st Annual Bix Beiderbecke JAZZ Memorial Concert
Sunday, August 10th, 2025 – 2pm-6pm
Under the Sunnyside Arch - On 46th St btwn Queens Blvd and 47th Ave
Featuring: HONK NYC’s BIXology and Sunnyside Social Club!!
The annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Concert is back in Sunnyside for the 21st year, featuring 2 wonderful bands, HONK NYC’s BIXology & Sunnyside Social Club! This event is sponsored by the Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District to honor Bix Beiderbecke, one of the most renowned jazz musicians of the 1920s and a one-time resident of Sunnyside.
HONK NYC! at Summer Streets
Find us at NYC DOT's Summer Streets Every Saturday!
August is upon us, which means one thing at House of HONK!: SUMMER STREETS. See the full schedule of dates HERE
NYC DOT’s miles-long celebration of the open road offers New Yorkers a unique opportunity to explore our city from a calm location in the middle of a car-free avenue. And with that, the DOT activates the Open Streets with dance, music, crafts, sports and more. This is House of HONK!’s 7th year partnering with the DOT for Summer Streets, presenting music, movement and making all over Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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Saturday August 9th, 2025
10am - 3pm
📍Location TBD
★ Host: Viva Lamore
10am: Theatre of Divine Resonance - Jambient groove music for a dreamy Summer Street morning, led by trumpeter Indofunk Satish.
11am: Flor de Massapê, F. Hostins, is a dynamic Brazilian trio bringing the joyful sounds of forró to the streets of New York City.
12pm: The Rose Thorn Memorial Marimba Band- Kenny Wollesen's ambitious musical presentation of marimba driven music on the Summer Streets.
1pm: Mariachi Real de Mexico - The city's premiere mariachi, celebrating over 30 years of bringing the music of Mexico to NY, led by Ramon Ponce Jr.
2pm: HONK Family Band - The "house band" of HONK NYC!, HONK Family Band brings global carnival music to audiences across Gotham.
Criss Cross Big Band @ The Shrine
Featuring the Criss Cross Big Band!
What: "Criss-Cross: An ensemble of various sonic, aesthetic, and lived experiences all intersecting at different points and different degrees in time. Such convergence of various experiences breeds the unexpected and the familiar, the known and yet unheard, in the tradition of forerunner musician Thelonious Sphere Monk and the very tune after which this ensemble is named!"
When: Thursday, August 7th from 10 PM to 12 midnight
Where: Shrine, 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, New York, NY 10030 (Central Harlem, accessible by the 2/3 trains at the 6th Avenue 135th Street Station or the B/C trains at the 8th Avenue 135th Street Station, or M2 bus via Adam C Powell Jr Boulevard)
HONK NYC! at Summer Streets
Find us at NYC DOT's Summer Streets Every Saturday!
August is upon us, which means one thing at House of HONK!: SUMMER STREETS. See the full schedule of dates HERE
NYC DOT’s miles-long celebration of the open road offers New Yorkers a unique opportunity to explore our city from a calm location in the middle of a car-free avenue. And with that, the DOT activates the Open Streets with dance, music, crafts, sports and more. This is House of HONK!’s 7th year partnering with the DOT for Summer Streets, presenting music, movement and making all over Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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Saturday August 2nd, 2025
10am - 3pm
Anne Loftus Playground (Fort Tryon Park, Broadway &, Riverside Dr.)
Host: Sage Sovereign!
10am: El Kikiriki Biquey
Afro-Cuban Rumba And Party Music, Perfect For Singing, Dancing, Clapping And Grooving.
11am: Sarah King Quintet
Early American Jazz Stylings From Singer Sarah King And Her Band.
12pm: Altin Sencalar Quintet
Exciting Grooves, Original Music And The Trombone Solos Of Rising Star Altin Sencalar.
1pm: Frank London's Conspiracy Brass
World Renowned Trumpeter, And Proud New Yorker, Frank London Presents His New Takes On Global Brass.
2pm: Hungry March Band
Dance To The Powerful Sounds Of Brooklyn's Inimitable Brass Heroes, Playing Punk, Free Jazz, And Everything In Between.
Criss Cross @ The Shrine
What: "Criss-Cross: An ensemble of various sonic, aesthetic, and lived experiences all intersecting at different points and different degrees in time. Such convergence of various experiences breeds the unexpected and the familiar, the known and yet unheard, in the tradition of forerunner musician Thelonious Sphere Monk and the very tune after which this ensemble is named!"
When: Thursday, July 3rd from 10 PM to 12 midnight
Where: Shrine, 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, New York, NY 10030 (Central Harlem, accessible by the 2/3 trains at the 6th Avenue 135th Street Station or the B/C trains at the 8th Avenue 135th Street Station, or M2 bus via Adam C Powell Jr Boulevard)
Ninth Annual Sea Creature Stomp: a Mermaid Parade afterparty
Gemini & Scorpio present Ninth Annual Sea Creature Stomp: a Mermaid Parade afterparty
Sat June 21, 8pm-1am, 21+ (25+ recommended)
$15-45 advance / $20+ suggested at door (all $ goes to bands)
Gemini and Scorpio Loft, 267 Douglass St, 3rd fl (ADA accessible), Gowanus, BK
Info & tix: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html
Socials: @gemini_scorpio #geminiandscorpio
Brass bands, dance beats, pulsating dance floor, lots of cozy seating, photo booth wall for all those mer-selfies. Classic summertime Brooklyn loft party...if it happened under the sea. After the bands, dancing to tropical bass beats until our mermaid tails fall off. Featuring:
Hungry March Band - a brass-fueled storm of untamed joy and revelry. Sound and celebration collide as their horns howl and drums thunder, weaving jazz, punk, and global influences into a wild, anarchic dance.
Batala NY - Gotham's premiere all-women Afro-Brazilian percussion and dance ensemble, presenting a fearless, diverse and resilient community of drummers.
Stoop Kidz - a brass supergroup who banded together during the early pandemic to bring music to the streets of Brooklyn. Five years later, they’re still serving dance parties with original bangers and brass arrangements of Disco, Synth-Pop and RnB hits.
Dress code: all sea creature everything.
Closest subway from parade: express B/D/N/Q to Atlantic-Pacific (or switch to R for local Union stop). Lots of great restaurants in the area to grab a meal before the party.
Criss Cross @ The Shrine - Monthly Session
What: "Criss-Cross: An ensemble of various sonic, aesthetic, and lived experiences all intersecting at different points and different degrees in time. Such convergence of various experiences breeds the unexpected and the familiar, the known and yet unheard, in the tradition of forerunner musician Thelonious Sphere Monk and the very tune after which this ensemble is named!"
When: Thursday, June 12th from 10 PM to 12 midnight
Where: Shrine, 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, New York, NY 10030 (Central Harlem, accessible by the 2/3 trains at the 6th Avenue 135th Street Station or the B/C trains at the 8th Avenue 135th Street Station, or M2 bus via Adam C Powell Jr Boulevard)