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Salt City Honk! Is an annual festival that brings activist and community street bands to Syracuse. It is a collaboration between Unity Street Band Locally and myself to create a new kind of HONK fest that combines and outdoor arts and craft fest and live street bands performing throughout the city.
Co-produced with Donna Vallese of the Unity Street Band.
Turning the parking lots into our own mini-Highline with Live music curated by L.R.S. Records on two stages, dozens of local artisan craft eats & drinks available from Local 315 Brewing Company, The Sweet Praxis, Papa Gallo Taco Truck, Anything But Beer, Eden CNY and more!
2019 Inaugural Salt City HONK! lineup
Big Blitz -- Pittsburgh, PA
Brass Queens -- NYC
Extraordinary Rendition Band -- Providence, RI
Scruffy Aristocrats -- Providence, RI
UNiTY Street Band -- Syracuse, NY
branding by BLACK Rabbit Studios
“Michael John is the collaborator that helps make dreams come true! He has become one of UNiTY Street Band’s biggest supporters and best collaborators! When we brought the idea of Salt City Honk! to him, he took the time to listen and understand what a Honk! Festival was all about and it didn’t take long for us to begin planning. In 2019, we held the first ever Salt City Honk! in conjunction with Crafted and in my humble opinion it was an epic inaugural Honk! Michael John has a gift for finding opportunities for promotion and development that would not have been possible without him! Our collaboration has included more than just this one festival. UNiTY is so fortunate to have an ambassador like Michael John to work with us on bringing our mission to fruition by putting the UNiTY back in commUNiTY through the joy of music!
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