HONK! Sound of The Streets

Free Music Festival coming to a Park or High Street near you. So turn up and enjoy the music

As part of the HONK! street music festival running from 26–28 September 2025, Saturday is the centrepiece—a full day of Free, live performances across Bradford that everyone can enjoy.

HONK! Bradford will bring 15 street bands from the UK, Spain, Germany, France, and the US to play across the district—in community centres, parks, high streets, and the city centre. With over 300 musicians performing with a passion that’s as infectious as it is inspiring, expect an eclectic mix of bhangra, Balkan, jazz, hip hop, and more.

• Performances in the parks Sound of the Streets

• Brackenhill Park – Good Trouble Brass Band                 Cambridge,UK
• Bradford Moor Park – Oz Honkeroos                              NSW, Australia
• Idle Village Green – Horns of Plenty                               Oxford,UK
• Lund Park – Stroud Red Band                                         Stroud,UK
• Roberts Park – Homecoming Brass Band                      Bradford,UK
• Silsden Bandstand – Boom Dang                                   Barrow In Furness,UK
• Victoria Park, Oakenshaw – Cacopheny Arkestra        Preston,UK
• West Park – Toeters & Bellen                                         Amsterdam
• Wibsey Park – Le Pompier Poney Club                         Marseille, France

16:30 – 18:30 The Big HONK! Head to City Park for a grand musical showdown featuring international bands. The event will close with a mass performance of the HONK! anthem led by the HONK! Band, the Peace Artistes, and Punjabi Roots.

Organised by Bradford’s very own street band, The Peace Artistes, HONK! celebrates cultural diversity with school and community involvement, and introduces a brand new pick-up band for local musicians. It’s part of a global movement that unites communities through music and activism.