page_title: The Carnival Band (Canadian band)
section_title: Performances
hierarchical_section_title: The Carnival Band (Canadian band) / Performances
caption_attribution_description: English: The Carnival Band from Vancouver, British Columbia, performing at Honk Fest West, Georgetown, Seattle, Washington, June 20, 2014.
context_page_description: The Carnival Band is a marching band and community orchestra based in the Commercial Drive area of East Vancouver, Canada. It maintains a frequent presence in public spaces and the band actively supports local social and environmental wellness organizations, The Carnival Band is a part of the Activist Street Band movement, which is best known in the United States through the HONK! festivals.
context_section_description: Regularly appearing at numerous peace marches, Critical Mass rides, Vancouver's Chinese New Year parades, Illuminares, and Parade of the Lost Souls, the Carnival Band has also performed at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival,  the Gibsons Jazz Festival, Altonale in Hamburg, Germany, the Blaydon Races and the International Street Band Festival hosted by the Tenth Avenue Band in Newcastle, with the Baybeat Streetband in Morecambe, the Vancouver Sun Run, the Vancouver Children's Festival, and many other festivals, weddings, funerals, community related events, clubs, and parties in and around British Columbia.
  In October 2006, the Carnival Band traveled to Honk! Fest, in Somerville, Massachusetts, performing with groups such as the Hungry March Band and the Rude Mechanical Orchestra.
  As part of 2007上海-浦东国际音乐嘉年华 (the 2007 Shanghai Pudong International Music Carnival), the Carnival Band performed during the Labour Day Golden Week, in Century Park over the first week of May, in Shanghai, China.
  The summer 2007 tour through Europe included performances at Altonale in Hamburg, Germany, Haizetara, in Amorebieta-Etxano, Biscay, the Basque Country (Spain), and Le festival des fanfares de Montpellier in Montpellier, France.
  In March 2008, the band participated in the first annual Honk Fest West in Seattle, Washington.  The three-day convocation of alternative street bands from around the U.S. was celebrated with performances in the Ballard and Georgetown neighborhoods, as well as workshops and the exchanging of ideas regarding musicianship, performance, and cultural and political advocacy.
  The Band returned to Honk Fest West in Seattle in 2009 and 2010 as well as to the original Honk! Festival in Somerville, Massachusetts.
caption: The Carnival band playing at Honk Fest West, Seattle, Washington, 2014
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