Annual Oktoberfest & Honk Festival: Harvard Square
| Dates: | Sunday, October 6, 2024 - Sunday, October 6, 2024 |
| Hours: | 12:00pm - 6:00pm |
| In/Outdoor: | Outdoor |
| Cost: | Free |
| Category: | Fairs & Festivals |
The Harvard Square Business Association is excited to announce the return of the 45th Annual Oktoberfest and the fabulously madcap 19th Annual HONK! Parade on Sunday, October 6th, 2024. Come be a part of this unique, irreverent, family-friendly annual tradition where musicians and spectators “reclaim the streets for horns, bikes and feet”!
Joining us again this year: The Filipino American Festival – a celebration of Filipino music, food and culture!
Harvard Square’s Oktoberfest features food from all over the world, arts, crafts, vintage goods, free samples, and one-of-a-kind gifts. In addition, Oktoberfest boasts beer gardens hosted by Alden & Harlow, El Jefe’s Taqueria, Charlie’s Kitchen, and a wine garden presented by Commonwealth Wine School and Schmitt Sohne & Relax. New this year!
Bring your four-legged friends to Oktoberfest’s Dog-Friendly Wine Garden presented by Momma’s Grocery + Wine and sponsored by Tandem Vet complete with the Mobile Vet Unit onsite.
This annual celebration of fall features live music, including a rock music stage and an all HONK! Review on the main stage. Dancing in the streets is encouraged!
Don’t let the parade pass you by! Street activists, horn aficionados and their comrades will strut straight down Massachusetts Avenue at approximately 1pm. In its 19th year, the HONK! movement has become a global phenomenon.
This year, more than 25 HONK! bands from around the country will march from Davis Square to Harvard Square. Spectators will be treated to a horn-tooting, hand-clapping, foot-stomping, mind-blowing spectacle and everyone is welcome to join the back of the parade and make their way to Oktoberfest.
Band Schedule
1:00pm HONK! Parade
All HONK! Review
2:00p The Ultimate Jam Session with Boston Music Project and the Summer Street Brass Band lead by Chris Schroeder
2:08p Leftist Marching Band
2:16p The Party Band
2:24p The J.P. HONK Band
2:32p Forward! Marching Band
2:40p Rara Bel Poze
2:48p Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band
2:56p The Brass Balagan
3:04p Hungry March Band
3:12p Brass Solidarity
3:20p Good Trouble Brass Band
3:28p Extraordinary Rendition Band
3:36p Undertow Brass Band
3:44p Providence Drum Troupe
3:52p Funkrust Brass Band
4:00p Dirty Water Brass Band
4:08p Rude Mechanical Orchestra
4:16p HONK! Family Band
4:24p Yes Ma’am Brass Band
4:32p Young Fellaz Brass Band
4:40p New Orleans Musicians 4 Palestine
4:48p Artesian Rumble Arkestra
4:56p The Filthy Femcorps
5:04p Mayday Marching Band
5:12p Babadan Banda de Rua
5:20p School of HONK
5:28p Blowcomotion
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Oktoberfest in Harvard Square was started 1978 by the late Frank Cardullo, a Square mover, shaker and owner of the renowned Wursthaus, which served up traditional German food from 1917 until it closed in 1996.
The early festivals were in keeping with the old world customs. Over the years, however, the festival has taken on a most discerningly Cambridge vibe to become an Oktoberfest unlike any other.
Looking for more fun Boston Festivals? Check out our handy list of annual events that locals look forward to every year!
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www.harvardsquare.com/45th-annual-oktoberfest-and-honk-parade/
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Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA map
Phone: (617) 491-3434
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