He toured with his father, who worked as part of a blackface duo, "Virto and Thompson", and Percy appeared with them in 1883 at the Folies Bergère.
After Virto left the act, he joined his parents as "The Thompson Trio" in 1884, performing in music halls and theatres.
[1][2] Percy Honri went solo in 1898, after his mother became ill, and toured the Orpheum Circuit in the U.S., singing and playing the concertina.
He continued to make concertina recordings in Britain, mainly for the Zonophone label,[4] and toured widely in his own shows, billed as "The World’s Greatest Concertinist".
[1] They performed an act called "A Concert-in-a-Turn", and worked regularly in revues, variety shows and summer seasons.
[1][2] His grandson, Peter Honri (1929–2016) was an actor and performer, and wrote a book on the family's history, Working the Halls, in 1973.