Music Festival 51 years of hip-hop We celebrated 51 years of Hip-Hop with a Garden Party! On Friday 9 August 2024 we held a free garden party at 2Funky Street Kitchen to celebrate 51 years of hip-hop. This event featured DJs, rappers, brakdancers, graffiti, food and more! Thank you to everyone who got involved and came […]

Leicester Mela Festival Leicester Mela Festival returned to Abbey Park for the first time in 20 years! Leicester Mela Festival 2024 was a 2-day celebration of authentic Indian arts, culture and entertainment. The festivities took place in Abbey Park Leicester, during 17-18 August with over 15,000 people attending. It was an amazing day full of […]

3 day Arts & Music Festival Celebrating 10 years of Festival2Funky https://youtu.be/xKAitR67RgYhttps://youtu.be/547JDkowaoYhttps://youtu.be/S1odjH17wTghttps://youtu.be/MDWHlSRhcAI We celebrated 11 years of Festival2Funky from 24-26 May 2024. It was an amazing weekend with an array of events that embraced black music, arts and culture. Events included grafitti workshops, live music performances, a break dance competition, poetry slam competition, a family […]

2Funky’s Birthday Celebrating 27 years of 2FUNKY 2FUNKY’S 27TH BIRTHDAY BASH! On Saturday 27th January we celebrated 27 years of 2Funky at the 2Funky Complex! It was an unforgettable event with almost three decades of live music, club nights and so much more! The event was packed, with hundreds of ravers partying until 5am. We […]

A project funded by Historic England Exploring Leicester’s Hidden Nightlife We were awarded funding by Historic England, to run a project called Exploring Leicester’s Hidden Nightlife. This project engaged over 30 volunteers in the research and development of an exhibition, which was hosted at Leicester Highcross from 7-17 September. The exhibition examined changes in Leicester’s […]

A day full of music masterclasses The Music Industry Bootcamp Sessions https://youtu.be/gRqJ7uCGZ-ohttps://youtu.be/Jp9WAP2DoLghttps://youtu.be/6eR4_vSltqEhttps://youtu.be/1cpWUAo45Hohttps://youtu.be/74-Za4Y3B50 On Saturday 9th September, we held a full day of music masterclasses at 2Funky Street Kitchen. Sessions were filled with local artists, producers and music managers, from different career levels, who wanted to hear insightful advice and guidance from music industry professionals. This […]

Friday Flavas Carnival Addition 2023 RADIO2FUNKY’s 3rd Birthday On Friday 4 August, we celebrated Radio2Funky’s 3rd Birthday at 2Funky Street Kitchen! The party started at 5pm with an array of delicious food from: Jamaican Mu Hungry Papz Kitchen The Bubble Waffle Bar There was also the hottest tunes playing from 2 rooms by Radio2Funky DJ’s. […]

ONE MIC A monthly showcase for upcoming Talent http://2funkyarts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/One-Mic-Vid.mp4 ONE MIC SHOWCASE🎤 We have partnered with University of Leicester ACS, De Montfort University ACS and UncleTeo to bring you the One Mic showcase event, featuring the hottest and freshest upcoming UK talent at 2Funky Music Cafe. Hosted by Maz Talks. Check out the highlights from […]

Youth Voices For Radio Advertising Our New Radio Training Project This is a new project that we ran at 2Funky Arts and Radio2Funky, with help from the Documentary Media Centre during September 2022. We worked together to train 5 young people aged 18-25, focusing on radio advertising. Training included: script writing for radio advertising, storyboard […]

A 12 Week Radio Training Project Youth Radio Previous Next Youth Radio was a 12 week training project for young people that we have ran at different locations in Leicester, including Evington Youth Club, Radio2Funky and Belgrave Youth Club. This project was created to develop young people’s artistic and technical skills in radio production, so […]