HONK! activist street bands & circus

Taking back the streets for horns, bikes, and feet! Molly & I had a wonderful time at HONKfest in Boston, MA this weekend. We arrived Saturday afternoon and wandered the streets around Davis Square, stopping every few blocks to tap our toes and nod our heads and dance our hearts out to a different band.

Each [...]

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clowning around backstage at the Academy of Music

From political puppets to mustached musicians to daring Downside-Uppers, Happy Pill Circus No. 4 was a stomping, hooting, singing success! The Primate Fiasco alternated musical sets with Bread & Puppet’s theatrical puppet-tastic offerings, making for a varied and engaging Circus experience. Despite the lack of room [...]

Announcing: Our Performance Debut

The Downside Up Circus’ public performance debut will be at The Happy Pill Circus #4, the latest in a series of wildly entertaining community-oriented music-and-more jamborees hosted by The Primate Fiasco in Northampton, MA. We will be doing our thing as some visual accompaniment for the band’s excellent psychedelic dixieland music, and infiltrating [...]

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