SARA VALENTINE

(she/her)

Sara Valentine is third-generation spectacle maker who specializes in manifesting large-scale, multi-disciplinary public performances. She is a descendent of the famed trapeze troupe, The Flying Valentines, and grew up helping her mom create annual community pageants. Valentine unintentionally joined Hungry March Band when it started in her living room in 1997. Together with friends in Hungry March, she helped to "accidentally" found HONK NYC at a dinner party in Brooklyn c. 2007. The result of this unintended participation? A true love for community building through public art practice on the streets of New York City and beyond.

DANIELLE KOLKER

(she/her)

Danielle Kolker is a multi-instrumentalist from New York City who has played countless HONKs over the last decade and is stoked to be on the organizing team this year! You can catch her around town with Funkrust Brass Band, Out of System Transfer, HONK Family Band, and many others.

TY LUCAS-KELLEY

(they/them)

Ty is a multi-instrumentalist from Brooklyn, NY. He plays the clarinet and saxophone with several community-oriented bands in the city, including the HONK! Family Band, the L Train Brass Band, the Bushwick Big Band, and his own jazz combo, Off-Beat Jazz. He joined the HONK! NYC organizing team in 2023.

DOUG GEORGE

(he/him)

Doug George is a Brooklyn-based psychotherapist by day, saxophonist by night. He is an ecstatic believer in the fruits of mixing people and ideas - and grateful to be involved in this year’s HONK NYC festival.

VICTORIA LINCHONG

(she/her)

Victoria Linchong  is a Taiwanese-American director, writer, actor, and producer working in both theater and film. A New York City native, Victoria directed and hosted Berlin’s cheekiest burlesque show, Full Moon Cabaret, which received 5 star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe. Her articles on obscure history have appeared in Atlas Obscura, Messy Nessy Chic, and All That’s Interesting. Victoria is also burlesque performer known as Viva Lamore.

SYDNEY PATRICK

(she/her)

Sydney Patrick is a multi-faceted Brooklyn-based artist. Ranging from a trained professional actor touring all over the world in Broadway shows/TV, a voice-over artist, to performing shows around the city as a Singer-Songwriter with her indie pop band— syd+nico— she is also a freelance Graphic Designer & Honk NYC’s Social Media Manager. Along with her love for the coolest street band phenomena in NYC (obviously) …she is a passionate Certified Yoga + Mindfulness Meditation Teacher specializing in Loving Kindness and Compassion Meditation.