Honk!
It's almost here! The source festival of all the Honks across the land. ERB has been working on some cool new dance moves to show off to all our friends from all over the place. We can't wait! Noon: Opening ceremonies, Seven Hills Park, Davis Square. From 1pm until 9pm there will be wild street bands from all over the country playing in seven locations throughout Davis Square. We can't encourage you strongly enough to go to the whole festival and wander around. It's amazing. We will be playing two sets.
- 1pm at Statue Park at the heart of Davis Square by the T Station.
- 6pm at Seven Hills Park just around the corner.
The full schedule of bands is online at the Honk!fest website.Come back for more on Sunday. The big parade, shows in Harvard Square, and Honk! on the Water.
Honk! Parade
Honk! will parade from Davis Square in Sommerville down Mass Ave to Harvard Square.
Honk! at Oktoberfest
Honk! invades Oktoberfest at Harvard Square. Bands will be playing from 2pm until 5pm. ERB will be playing on Palmer Street at 3pm. The full band schedule is at the Honk! website.
Honk! on the Water
HONK! on the Water aboard the harbor ship Provincetown IITickets are $15 and available online.The boat docks at the Seaport at the World Trade Center and begins boarding at 7:30 pm. The voyage commences at 8pm, and we're back to port at 11pm.There's going to be a huge blowout show featuring all the bands from Honk! This is not to be missed! 
Dana's Wedding Surpise
Dana, one of the tenor players in ERB, got married and we crashed the wedding![nggallery id=28]
Motif Music Awards
Wow! A huge round of thanks to everyone that voted for us in the Motif Magazine Music Awards, we won the award for Americana Act of the Year! Weird right? We're confused too. Hey editors, how is it we got nominated in that category? You all have got some explaining to do... A special congratulations to all the other bands nominated for the awards, particularly the other folks up for the Americana award; Mark Cutler & The Tiny String Band, The Benedictions, Magnolia, and The Throttles as Mike said "You guys were robbed!"
Pride Parade
[singlepic id=2208 w=200 h=150 float=left]Last year ERB marched in the Providence Pride parade for the first time and was proud recipient of the Presidents Award for our performance in the event. We're excited to march again this year! Come on down and join in the festivities and dance along with us as we parade with pride though the streets of downtown Providence.
RI Pride's Illuminated Night-Time Pride Parade -June 18 - 8:30PM (sundown) - begins @ Dorrance and Fountain Streets - New England's only night pride parade is one of the highlights the RI PrideFest. The RI Pride Night Parade is a dazzling display of floats, performing artists, marching groups and spectators that wind through downtown Providence and culminate at the RI Pride Reviewing Stand on Empire Street.
Tape Art Closing Celebration
JUNE 30th – THURSDAY: 4:30-7:30 pm INSTALLATION CLOSING CELEBRATION and SEASON KICKOFF! Join us for the closing celebration of the art installation and fun participatory installation removal at the Bank of America City Center! Featuring musical performances by Extraordinary Rendition Band, and AS220 ZuKrewe, food by Julian’s Omnibus, and delicious Trinity Beer!
This event is free and open to the public!
[nggallery id=24]Was it the cowboy hats at the hoedown?
Motif Magazine has nominated us for Americana Act of the Year... which sorta puzzles us. Is this like the year when Jethro Tull beat out Metallica for the Grammy for best Heavy Metal Album?Who are we to say? We're right up there with apple pie ain't we? Well you tell us, or them as it were. You can vote at http://surveygoldplus.com/s/5866E8052E6A4A97/28.htm