HonFest - 2013

[The_Traveler]

HonFest is a local tradition. The Bawlmer term of endearment, Hon, short for Honey, embodies the warmth and affection bestowed upon our neighbors and visitors alike by historic working-women of Baltimore. HonFest is an annual celebration in honor of these women.
Since 1994, HonFest has grown from a tiny Baltimore's Best Hon pageant behind Café Hon, to a nationally recognized festival that covers four city blocks on Hampden's very own 36th Street.

The term Hon is actually a friendly greeting and comes from the word honey. Around here, however, the women who vie to become Baltimore’s Best Hon are a vision of the sixties-era. They are women with beehive hairdos, bright-blue eye shadow, spandex pants and anything with leopard print!

What is HonFest?

 

[Desi]

awesome....brings back memories. haven't been there in years.

 

[The_Traveler]

awesome....brings back memories. haven't been there in years.

Externally Hampden has changed a lot, lots of good restaurants, shops, etc. but it still has tattoos and ball caps galore.

 

[e.rose]

This is a thing?! This cracks me up!

 

[The_Traveler]

This is a thing?! This cracks me up!

This is a big thing, in fact, it is the Bawlmer thing, when beehive hair and tattoos are marks of being 'in'.