Givin Up Food For Funk

A huge night of Funk, Soul and Afrobeat with Dunc tha Funk, Kenese,

Don Luchito, Radar and Colynjah. Entry is by donations of tinned food,

blankets and warm clothes which go to the City Mission.

Back in 2000 Dunc tha Funk was helping his mate Uncle Barnie change a

door on his old Valiant. Whilst working Dunc slipped a JBs CD into

the stereo. Soon the track Givin Up Food for Funk came on and Dunc

said wouldnt it be great to have a gig where people gave food to

get into a Funk gig. The job was finished, but Dunc was left with the

question of what to do with the food.

A month or so later Dunc was listening to 95bFM and an interview came

on about the City Mission. The Mission said that everyone gives loads

at Christmas as they feel guilty about what they are spending on

themselves, but that winter was the time they really needed it and

that winter was often a slow time for donations.



Dunc now had the perfect charity and with Queens Birthday weekend

coming up he saw the perfect opportunity. Being a long weekend he

figured that the Sunday of a long weekend was like the second Saturday

and he noticed that no-one was putting on any gigs. Dunc talked to a

venue and then rounded up a few of his mates to play some records, and

so Givin Up Food for Funk started.



Filling his car boot and half filling the Auckland City Missions food

banks with donated food at each party has kept Dunc motivated to make

these parties an annual event for the last 10 years. He has been

inspired by the way people have got behind the parties with some

people clearing out their entire pantries to donate. The thought that

some people have gone to is also exciting with Dunc quoting one person

rocking up to the door with cans and saying this

is the entree, this is the main and here is the dessert. Dunc says

that these are the most fun parties that he puts on as everyone feels

good that they have donated something and that sets a really good tone

for the party.



Heres to another 10 years of Givin Up Food for Funk.