— Photos by Bobbie Toner
The 20th Annual Honk Festival of Activist Street Bands took to the streets of Somerville this past weekend, featuring a wide variety of musical/activist events at Tufts University, in Medford (HONK! U Conference on Thursday), Davis Square, in Somerville (street music, workshops, lantern parades on Friday and Saturday), and Harvard Square, in Cambridge (with a vast parade out of Davis Sq., then participating in Oktoberfest on Sunday).