HONK! Oz Street Music Festival 8th-10th January 2026
Completely free, and volunteer run, HONK! Oz Street Music Festival is an outdoor spectacle featuring alternative community bands and related arts. Irreverent, revelrous and with a somewhat DIY approach to instrumentation and attire, Honk Oz 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!!!!
Schedule
- THURSDAY Jan 8th Wollongong Town Hall Forecourt 5-8pm / Society City - Welcome Party from 8.45pm featuring Junkadelic Brass Band (Perth) & Beatmeisters
- FRIDAY Jan 9th ‘The Servo’, Port Kembla from 6pm featuring local and visiting HONK! Bands (100 Wentworth St, Port Kembla)
- SATURDAY Jan 10th 10am Grand Street Parade Globe Lane to Arts Precinct
- SATURDAY Jan 10th Wollongong Arts Precinct, Music Lounge & Town Hall Forecourt from 2pm
FULL SCHEDULE ONLINE | PDF PROGRAM
We Are Delighted To Welcome The Following bands and Artists To HONK! Oz 2026
Participate
Kids HONK!
Kids HONK! Band is an important feature of the HONK! Oz Street Music Festival. Students learn four tunes, across two workshops and perform as part of the HONK! Oz Street Music Festival.
- Thursday 8th January, 10 - 12 pm - WORKSHOP Northern Illawarra Uniting Church, Bulli (191 Princes Hwy, Bulli)
- Friday 9th January, 10 - 12 pm - WORKSHOP Northern Illawarra Uniting Church, Bulli
- Saturday 10th Jan, 4pm PERFORMANCE Arts Precinct, Wollongong CBD (32 Burelli St, Wollongong)
HOOT Pickup Band with Ken Field
HOOT Band is open to the public and completely FREE. We welcome musicians attending HONK! Oz without a band.
- Thursday 8th January, 12:30 - 2:30 pm - WORKSHOP Northern Illawarra Uniting Church, Bulli (191 Princes Hwy, Bulli)
- Friday 9th January, 12:30 - 2:30 pm - WORKSHOP Northern Illawarra Uniting Church, Bulli
- Friday 9th January, 7:30 - 8 pm - PERFORMANCE The Servo, Port Kembla (6-8 Wentworth St, Port Kembla)
- Saturday 10th January, 10 - 12 am - WORKSHOP Music Lounge, Wollongong Town Hall (Cnr Crown St & Kembla St, Wollongong)
- Saturday 10th Jan, 7:30 - 8:15 pm - PERFORMANCE Arts Precinct, Wollongong CBD (32 Burelli St, Wollongong)
- Saturday 10th Jan, time t.b.c - PERFORMANCE Centro CBD - Honk After Dark (28 Stewart Street, Wollongong)
The Fembrella Project - Femme Fatales
The Femme Fatales are calling all women to join a jubilant wave of feminist energy at the 11th Honk! Oz Festival of Street Music.
The FEMbrella Project is a joyous fusion of rhythm, song, and movement that welcomes YOU and your mums, sisters, daughters, cousins, grandmothers, and every woman who believes in the power of collective musical joy! No musical skills? No problem. Just bring your presence, your spirit, and your COLOURFUL umbrellas.
No need to register - just turn up. For more info email contact Mel at Femme Fatales : www.thefemmefatales.band/contact-us
The FEMbrella Project is a joyous fusion of rhythm, song, and movement that welcomes YOU and your mums, sisters, daughters, cousins, grandmothers, and every woman who believes in the power of collective musical joy! No musical skills? No problem. Just bring your presence, your spirit, and your COLOURFUL umbrellas.
No need to register - just turn up. For more info email contact Mel at Femme Fatales : www.thefemmefatales.band/contact-us
- Friday 9th January, 10am - 12pm - Fembrella WORKSHOP (Northern Illawarra Uniting Church, Bulli)
- Saturday 10th January, 10am - Grand Street Parade (Wollongong Mall)
- Saturday 10th January, 5.15pm - Femme Fatales Performance (Townhall Forecourt)
Volunteer HONK! Oz 2026
HONK Oz is a grass roots, volunteer-run community event. We are looking for volunteers to help run the festival. We can try to match tasks and times with your availability. All volunteers must be over 18 yrs.
