Funky Drummer events

24/10/2025

The energy in these moments ⚡️☀️

We absolutley live for it! This was in the middle of our club night. How can a set be both delicate and fierce?!

Next club might:
: 8th November. 3 rooms of DJs and live music. Due to sell out imminently ❤️

01/10/2025

Two weekends ago we celebrated the start of the season, with the 3rd Funky Drummer & Friends 🍾☀️

We’re all about merging live music 🥁 + DJ driven nights 💿 . Our fabulous resident DJ’s and ever evolving collective of musicians teamed up to take a shot at this!

It’s fair to say we had an absolute blast once again! Wicked energy and max turnout from start to finish despite torrential rain all night☔️ 😵‍💫

Check out these super fun snaps from .fisher74 📸

Thank you to & all the lovely staff for hosting us and handing out 🌂 too! That was cute ❤️

Huge thanks to the musicians and on 🎷 along with and on 🎹 , and on 🥁 and on the trombone!

Also big ups to the selectors , , .xo , 💿 I think we had the place bouncin’ big time.

Thank you to for a huge shift and a great job on 🔊

& BIG UP YOURSELVES! The support means the world, (and you’re great fun to party with😉)!

💵 This event isn’t ticketed because we like to provide an alternative to our high production events. Whilst it’s not free to put on, we work with to try and provide a cheap alternative where finances are less of a barrier❤️

🚨 Next up… Funky Drummer X 🚨
- featuring , , , and a heap more at on the 🗓️ 8th of November…

Thanks again and see ya soon ###

04/09/2025

Funky Drummer X La Rumba ☀️

🗓️ SAT 8th November

Still buzzing from our last, heavily SOLD-OUT collaboration, we proudly present our sunny contribution to bonfire weekend !🎇

Funky Drummer team up with La Rumba at the legendary 🏛️ with 3 rooms of stunning live music, killer DJ’s and international party sounds 🌍

We’re kitting out the venue with stunning laser and lighting displays 💡 along with thumping sounds of OHM, Element 5 and notorious sound systems 🔊

Lineup:
- K.O.G – A pioneer of Afro-fusion and charismatic frontman of K.O.G. & The Zongo Brigade, and regular guest of . is bringing his full live band to headline the club-night. Expect a fusion of influences, merging traditional Ghanaian 🇬🇭 sounds with contemporary afrobeat, hip-hop and jungle styles through an electrifying live performance of vocals, percussion and dance.

- Ruby Savage - Previous label manager of label 💿 - & one of the most in-demand tastemakers around, headlines our Warehouse with a crate full of deep rhythms, soulful beats, and unapologetic energy. Ruby Savage will be spinning a mix of House, Afrobeat, funk and cosmic disco.

- Burland & Bryte (Live PA): Fresh from a crazy Shambala 2025 debut 🏕️ , we’re gassed to present their first out-of-festival show. 🇬🇭 Ghana-born brings high-energy afro-electronic, rap and club-ready beats, while Bristol producer fuses Afrobeat, Highlife and Ghanaian percussion with UK Garage, Bass and Techno. Believe us – this you’re in for a TREAT. 💿 🎤

- In the Main Hall, British-Khmer DJ her brings her high-energy international sounds and Afro house, Joined by and Funky Drummer’s 🐰 to close out the night!

- In the Warehouse, .flutter sets the tone with psychedelic disco, chuggy house and electronica, whilst takes us deep into the sounds of the African diaspora with a multi-genre, percussion-driven journey.

- We welcome DJ Patrick, LooCee, .xo & Yanik in the Café

Funky Drummer & La Rumba Events sell-out, so don’t sleep 🎫 ❤️❤️ xx

01/09/2025

☀️Funky Drummer & Friends🥁round 3☀️

Hope you beautiful people have been enjoying the summer❤️

The first one was wicked & the second one was somehow even funner! I’m beyond excited to launch the third edition of our FREE soirée ! 🏁

Factory Floor is a lovely intimate venue and we reach capacity fast. You know what that means 🕰️

Funky Drummer is all about bringing live music 🥁 and DJ’s 💿 together. At this night we do just that!

On Saturday the 20th of September, resident DJ’s and friends of Funky Drummer will be supplying funky tunes from House to Broken Beat, Latin, Jazz-Fusion and jungle along with a bunch of global and tropical rhythms 🌴 to get you movin’!

We will welcome a few of Sheffields finest musicians to jam alongside our soundtracking of the night, from sax 🎷 to keys 🎹 and percussion 🥁

- FREE
- 🕰️ 7:30 ‘till 3:30 (late licence 🎊)
- DJ’s and musicians will be at ground level with an extra soundsystem 🔊
- magnificent cocktails & drinks by 🍺

Come say hi 🫶🏼❤️


xo





uk

06/08/2025

Boomtown calling 📞 ☀️

⛺️ We’re just about to land at one of our fave festivals and we have some news!

Friday 14:00 - 17:00 we’re hosting a takeover at .uk in Camp Orchid!

We’ve pulled together a juicy little programme including our pal 🦛 , originator 🐰 and new friend who runs one of Bristols best 💥

You can expect a lush sunny selection from the three of us starting with Peter Rabbit (14:00) followed by DJ Hippo (15:00), (16:00).

If you’re in Camp Orchid (or good at blagging😉) we’d love to see you❤️

A huge thank you to the .uk crew and 👏🏽It’s gonna be a spectacular year.

If you’re at boomtown today, come check & in hidden woods at 17:45! ✌🏽

❤️

04/07/2025

☀️ Three weeks ago we celebrated our second birthday (a little early!) 🎂

We were gonna go great big, but after some head scratching we decided that a smaller scale party with a huge spirit was what we craved the most💗

Since our first event in 2023, we’ve held 9 other sold-out events (Now 10😉). This party aimed to round it all up and distill it down into one intimate, hectic session- inviting 9 of our OG’s and you lot to party under one roof, across 5 areas of music!

Without droning on… WHAT A NIGHT! All tickets were sold on the door & within 1h the venue was full and the queue began 🫢

The vibes were absolutely spot-on. I can’t count how many times I saw people hugging- the atmosphere was joyous. It’s moments like these that mean the 🌎 to me!

kicked off the evening in COMPLETE style 🎷 before we moved inside and across the whole space going into the night 🌙 The tunes were awesome, and peole said it felt just like a festival ✅ (always the aim)!

A MASSIVE thank you to corner and .records for being an unbeatable host 🏡, to the lovely for lending us the parrots 🦜 and trees 🌳, to for painting our funky figure magnificently ☀️, to for the creative assistance ⬆️ , to / for being the the best sound engineer (that OHM rig upstairs was nuts!!!) 🔊 , to for the lighting that looked UNREAL upstairs 💡 , to .fisher74 for these amazing shots (check them out!) 📸, to all our exceptional artists- the building blocks of Funky Drummer 🧩 ☀️, to for providing the yummiest Afro-fusion scran🍗, to our fabulous graphics designer based all the way in Mexico City 🇲🇽 and lastly my family & you lovely lot for the incredible support ❤️

See you after the summer or hopefully at a festival!

Peter X

13/06/2025

Today is the day!!! The sun is out in more ways than one ☀️

Please see the slides for info on tickets 🎫, food 🥘, set times 💿, and creating a safe space for us all to enjoy one another’s company ❤️

See you all from 7:00 pm

P xx

13/06/2025

12/06/2025

☀️Introducing Bald Ethos ☀️

Our resident and pal is back in Sheffield to celebrate a series of events that he has played at from day 1, with 5 magical appearances along the way ❤️

He is now Manchester based 📌 and running his own well received parties under .mcr 👀

Expect a journey of salsa, soul, house and the rest in a vinyl and digital set between 11:00 -12:00 in Grub Records.

Tickets are all on the 🚪 @ 7pm and these will be hot property! We’re urging everyone to get down ON TIME to experience the full celebration 🍾 (Not early)
- there will be yummy food 🥘 by
- the courtyard is covered iffffff it rains ;)☀️

See you at our fave summer venue, TOMORROW!

P Xx

12/06/2025

☀️ Introducing ☀️

Funky Drummer friends and favourite local promoter with whom we collaborated on our notorious Brazil carnival night 🇧🇷 alongside . It is an absolute joy to host this, flying the Phonetics flag between 10:00 & 12:30 in the bar room.

They have been running the show since the early 00’s. Having had everyone from to guest at its original weekly incarnation 🪩

Rebooting over the past years has seen events with guests such as and , combined with regular DJ appearances across the city and at festivals like ⛺️ We cannot wait for them to bring a dance floor loaded selection of broken beat heat. This is their third time joining us!

Tickets are all on the 🚪 @ 7pm and these will be hot property! We’re urging everyone to get down ON TIME to experience the full celebration 🍾 (Not early)
- there will be yummy food 🥘 by urban fusion
- the courtyard is covered iffffff it rains ;)☀️

See you at our fave summer venue, this week!

P Xx

12/06/2025

☀️Introducing a Peter Play ☀️

Just the other week, I saw .play.uk play a serene chillout set 🕯️ in Hagglers Courtyard - it sparked an idea: a cozy space with ambient lighting, comfy sofas, and a soundtrack by the man himself. As the newest addition to Funky Drummer, we’re thrilled to welcome Peter and his soothing presence.

Peter Play has been around the block. He started his musical life on the decks 💿 and microphones 🎤 of the London reggae soundsystems of yesteryear.

When he moved to Brighton he mainly entertained folks at house parties. By the time he hit Sheffield it was the millennium and he had discovered downtempo. He used a number of aliases (DJ Z-Man, DJ BluSkize) to play gorgeous mellow-out stuff at obscure sessions including ‘Café Chill’, ‘The Indigo Experience’, ‘Downtempo Sundays’ and more. Always on the down-low, he’s also been in various bands, released the odd track and rubbed musical shoulders with the great & good of the city.

Tickets are all on the 🚪 @ 7pm and these will be hot property! We’re urging everyone to get down ON TIME to experience the full celebration 🍾 (Not early)
- there will be yummy food 🥘 by urban fusion
- the courtyard is covered iffffff it rains ;)☀️

See you at our fave summer venue, this week!

P Xx

11/06/2025

☀️ Introducing Peter Rabbit ☀️

The Funky Drummer party starter. If you’ve been to one of our events, you will have seen him in acton 🐰 Often joined by a collective of musicians, his DJ sets are packed with energy and directed towards the dance floor 🥁

Expect afro-latin house, broken-beat, global bass and jungle in a two hour DJ set that will go up and down the tempos. Who knows if he‘ll be bringing a guest or two ;)?

10:00-12:00 in the attic ⏰

You may also know him as co-founding member of BassOff events 🔊 with whom he has supported and hosted some of the greatest names in rave music like , and ;)!

Tickets are all on the 🚪 @ 7pm and these will be hot property! We’re urging everyone to get down IN TIME to experience the full celebration 🍾
- there will be yummy food 🥘 by
- the courtyard is covered iffffff it rains ;)☀️

See you at our fave summer venue, this week!

P Xx