And Still I Rise Midlands Tour And Still I Rise Midlands Tour Showcase Events! During the course of October, we toured the Midlands, bringing a powerful showcase to 4 cities- Derby, Birmingham, Nottingham, and Leicester- in celebration of Black History Month 2023. This showcase featured 12 incredible artists from the Midlands, who we commissioned to […]

A project funded by Historic England Exploring Leicester’s Hidden Nightlife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf39OqS_RJs 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 […]

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 […]

Music Festival 50 years of hip-hop This year marks 50 years of Hip-Hop and to celebrate this historic occasion we held a 1-day Hip-Hop festival. It was the ultimate hip-hop event of the year! We had live MCs, DJs, break dancers, graffiti, merch, food, giveaways & only the best Hip-Hop flava! Headlining this event was […]

Leicester Mela Festival Photos by photographer Nitin Makadia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY7SelZS9vY On Sunday 20 August, The Leicester Mela Festival returned to Leicester City Centre. It was an amazing turnout with people across the Midlands coming to celebrate a day full of spectacular Indian inspired arts, music, culture, food, fashion, and entertainment. The famous Mela Bazaar took over the […]

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. […]

3 day Arts & Music Festival Celebrating 10 years of Festival2Funky Take a look at some of the festival performances. https://youtu.be/JJiRPc5ND4ghttps://youtu.be/O6XUa9UxX9Mhttps://youtu.be/Z6-9OMK5FBQhttps://youtu.be/lSyJ-bsR4w0 #Festival2Funky #acesupported This year we celebrated the 10th anniversary of Festival2Funky, our 3-day Black music & arts festival at 2Funky Complex. It was our biggest and most inclusive event yet with experimental fusions, a […]

2Funky's Birthday Celebrating 26 years of 2FUNKY 2Funky’s 26th 🎉🎉BDAY BASH 🎉🎉 On Saturday 28th January, we celebrated 2Funky’s 26th Birthday! It was an unforgettable night with over 700 ravers and ques even reaching out the door! On the night, there was a delicious selection of food from GMA’s kitchen, from curry goat to fried […]

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 […]