HONK! Oz Street Music Festival : Saturday 14th January 2023 

HONK! Oz Street Music Festival is an outdoor spectacle featuring alternative community bands and related arts.  Completely free, and volunteer run, Honk Oz is a Parade! a Party! A Raucous celebration! Lots of Fun! Energetic, Irreverent, revelrous and with a somewhat DIY approach to instrumentation and attire.  Honk bands perform to celebrate; to protest; to proclaim; some play for peace, some for activist causes; for community spirit and all of them play to have fun!!!!

HONK! Oz was founded by members of The Con Artists - a  community ensemble based at Wollongong Conservatorium of Music. The concept was supported by The Illawarra Folk Club who generously provided funding to mount the first festival as a fringe event of the Illawarra Folk festival in January 2015.

2023 Schedule Online

We are delighted to welcome the Following Artists to HONK! oz 2023

Fundraiser for Susan

​Our friend, Susan Richardson has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is undergoing treatment in New Zealand. Susan is travelling from New Zealand to present a Samba Drumming Workshop, and to play in the HOOT Pickup Band, Bateria61 and Femme Fatales. Please consider donating to MyCause 'Honk for Susan' 

Participate:

HOOT Pickup Band for unattached (and attached) Musicians - with Ken Field 

HOOT Band is open to the public and completely FREE. We welcome musicians attending HONK! Oz without a band. 
  • 7-8.30pm Friday Jan 13th : WORKSHOP (Wollcon)
  • 11am Saturday Jan 14th : Grand Street Parade (for mobile instruments)
  • 12-2pm Saturday Jan 14th : WORKSHOP (Town Hall Music Lounge)
  • 7.30pm Saturday Jan 14th : PERFORMANCE (Town Hall Forecourt)
  • 8.05pm Saturday Jan 14th : Lantern Parade (for mobile instruments) 
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Kids HONK! With Wollcon Staff and Leah Van Der Meulen

Run by Wollongong Conservatorium of Music staff, with special guest And Leah Van Der Meulen from Junkadelic Brass Band,  The Kids HONK! Band is an important feature of HONK! Oz Street Music Festival. Students will learn four tunes, across two workshops and perform as part of the HONK! oz Street Music Festival. 
  • 10am Thursday Jan 12th : WORKSHOP (Wollcon)
  • 10am Friday Jan 13th : WORKSHOP (Wollcon)
  • 4.pm Saturday Jan 14th : PERFORMANCE (Arts Precinct)
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Samba Drumming workshop with Susan Richardson

  • 5.30-6.30pm Friday Jan 13th : WORKSHOP (Wollcon)
  • 2.15-3.15pm Saturday Jan 14th :WORKSHOP  (Arts Precinct)
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Music Activities / Drummers not Plumbers with Mark Holder Keeping

  • 12-2pm Saturday Jan 14th (Arts Precinct) - drop in and join in at any time between 12 and 2pm. Marimbas, Poly Pipes and wacky percussion