HONK! Oz Street Music Festival #10

​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!!!!

2025 Schedule 

  • Thursday 9th January, 5.30pm 2025 - Night Markets (Crown Street Mall Stage)
  • Friday 10th January, 5pm Port Kembla 'THE WENTWORTH' (next to Iron Yampi)
  • Saturday 11th January, 1.30pm: Grand STREET Parade
  • Saturday 11th January 2024 HONK! Oz STREET MUSIC FESTIVAL - Arts Precinct / Town Hall from 2pm
  • Saturday 11th January from 4pm : Official Festival Opening & Kids HONK 
  • Saturday 11th January from 8.30pm : HONK! After Dark at CENTRO CBD

We Are Delighted To Welcome The Following Artists To HONK! Oz 2025

Participate:

Kids HONK! presented by Wollcon Staff

Run by Wollongong Conservatorium of Music, 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. 

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.  

Junk Drums- An Instrument Making Workshop with Ken Allen (Junkadelic Brass Band)

Join Ken Allen, a renowned musician from Perth's famous Junkadelic Brass Band, for a fun and hands-on workshop where you can create your very own junk instruments from everyday materials! This event is designed for kids aged 9+ and their families to explore the sounds of junk or recycled materials while engaging with funky rhythms, percussion, and music-making.

Session Dates & Times:
  • Workshop: Thursday Jan 9th 12.30-2.00pm (Wollongong Conservatorium of Music)
  • Workshop: Friday Jan 10th 12.30-2.00pm  (Wollongong Conservatorium of Music)
  • Performance: Saturday ​Jan 11th 2.30pm (Arts Precinct, Burelli Street, Near IPAC) - Performance with members of Junkadelic Brass Band

Presented by HONK! Oz 2025 and Ken Allen with support from Junkadelic Brass Band and a Small Cultural Grant from Wollongong City Council.
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.