Street Band & Arts Collective
Street Band & Arts Collective
We are a femme-focused musical troupe from the streets of Wollongong.
We HONK! and hail the end of wrong-doing with an unceremonious, funereal flourish,
to lay it to rest…
dead and gone…
and sing up a better world.
We HONK! and hail the end of wrong-doing!
We HONK! and hail the end of wrong-doing!
upcoming projects
Midwinter Street-band Slam
Saturday July 19th 2025
2pm - 8pm The Servo Food Truck Bar Port Kembla
feat. The Femme Fatales + The Curious Rendition Orchestra + The Con Artists and more
presented by ‘Friends of Wollongong Community Music’ / entry by donation raising funding for HONK Oz! in 2026.
March For Peace
Rememer Hiroshima
Saturday August 9th 2025
5pm Wollongong Civic Plaza
We’re joining WAWAN; Wollongong Against War and Nukes for a lantern parade to commemorate the victims of wars past and present, and to demand a future without war. Bring your own lantern, light, or candle!
Go to Facebook event page
Our 'Drumbrella Project' at Honk!Oz 2025 -
Our 'Drumbrella Project' at Honk!Oz 2025 -
At HonkOz! 2025 we invited all women to join our ‘Drumbrella’ March… a jubilant gathering of feminist energy, a moment of connection, creativity, and community to celebrate, create, and a-cappella-elevate together! Saturday, January 11, 2025
The pouring rain did not deter us as we gathered in McCabe Park to sing together, wielding hand painted umbrellas as banners stating our concerns of the day, sharing a spirit of solidarity and the power of collective voice and musical joy.
Something unexpected happened when saxophonist Mel Wishart encouraged her women friends to come together for an activist moment of music, fun and protest at HONK! Oz 2017.
Wielding all manner of bold brass, wayward woodwind, impertinent percussion and articulating outrage, we formed a funeral procession, carrying a coffin and dressed to mourn the death of government arts funding… and discovered it was too good to be a one-off. So, The Femme Fatales were born: a femme-focused street-band and activist arts-collective.
Apart from having a lot of fun playing together with a wide range of musical influences, we invite the wider community to join us in one-off activist performances. We offer music and costume workshops and enable community groups to put their message to music.
Our energy and enthusiasm marches on as we speak out about the concerns of the day in a fun-loving and irreverent way…
performing together to get toes tapping,
to spread the joy of shared creativity,
to speak up and speak out,
and welcome all to join the chant.
Other Projects
