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 […]

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 […]

Live Stream for Radio2Funky Project As a community radio station in Leicester, we are always looking to connect with our audiences and gain new listeners through innovative ways. This is why Radio2Funky decided to fundraise for new equipment and services that would enable the station to live stream, giving our audiences a first-hand look at […]

TAKEOFF MUSIC INDUSTRY PANELS Previous Next Previous Next TAKEOFF 🚀 Music Industry Panels As part of our TakeOff promoter project, we provided a range of music industry panel and networking events, to artists so that they could receive invaluable tips and insight into different areas of the music industry. Each industry event had addressed a […]

Project, Showcase & Documentary The LC Hip-Hop History Project Previous Next https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbw3FNKJoxM&t=1203s Click here to see the full album of photos from our LC Hip-Hop History Showcase Event. THE LC HIP-HOP HISTORY PROJECT Our LC Hip-Hop History Project consisted of 4 weeks of workshops in the art forms: Graffiti, MCing, Dance, Food & DJing/ Turntablism. […]

Voices For Mental Health SEE BELOW TO WATCH THE LIVE STREAM Radio2Funky & Adhar Project Presents “VOICES” Voices for Mental Health On Friday 14th May we live-streamed our Voices for Mental Health Event, in collaboration with Adhar Project. We had an amazing turnout with 612 people locked in to watch the stream live. This event- […]

The Lockdown Sessions The lockdown sessions was a new project that we ran to help young people explore their feelings/ views on the pandemic, through self-expression in either music or poetry, and discussion.  Young people attended virtual workshop sessions to support them and received recording sessions so they could record their self-reflections of lockdown, in […]

2Funky Comedy 2Funky Arts first ventured into the world of UK comedy in 2009, with an event as part of Leicester Comedy Festival at The Peepul Centre. Since then, we have promoted numerous events, bringing comedians of Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities to the fore, spreading hilarity along the way. HIGHLIGHTS A staging of the […]