Rise up with the mid-Hudson Valley’s activist brass marching band!

Tin Horn Uprising!

We are the Tin Horn Uprising, New York's Hudson Valley activist street band. We believe that music is a powerful tool of protest.Our mission is to advance social justice by performing at actions, marches, rallies, and events that promote peace, justice, equality, education and the protection of the environment. We strive for a spirit of joy, togetherness, and solidarity with the individuals, communities, and movements we support.We are currently looking for opportunities to support regional work and efforts of peace, justice, education and resistance. And are always looking for new band members, which includes puppeteers, dancers, and banner holders.Why the name "Tin Horn"? In 1839, Hudson Valley farmers organizing for land rights picked up their tin dinner horns and blew them as a call to political action; when a dinner horn was sounded the community gathered in support of whichever neighbor was under siege. And thus the Tin Horn Rebellion was born. We derive our band name from that spirit.More than 175 years later our threat is different, but our need for political action is just as imminent.As we step into this new era under a new regime, we ask you to dust off your clarinet, trombone or marching snare-drum, pull your high school marching band uniform from the attic, and once again sound the call for political action with us

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