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The Brit Funk Association (Colchester Arts Centre)

THE BRIT FUNK ASSOCIATION Live on Stage...

BEGGAR & CO, HI-TENSION, & LIGHT OF THE WORLD - all in one go! ALL IN ONE NIGHT! A SUMMERTIME NON STOP DANCE ! DANCE ! DANCE !

The Brit Funk Association features a 10 piece collective of musicians onstage including the founder members and pioneers of Brit Funk from Beggar & Co, Hi-Tension and ex-members of Light of the World and Incognito who perform Top 40 Official Chart hits from each of the band's back catalogue such as "Time", "Somebody (Help Me Out)", "Nature Boy", "Hi-Tension", "British Hustle", as well the classic album and 12' inch singles that have stood the test of time such as ''London Town", "Pete's Crusade", "There's a Reason", "I'm So Happy", "Walkin' Into Sunshine", "Everyday" and the brilliant "Bahia".

When the occasion demands they of course enjoy playing a stirring rendition of "Chant Number 1" the brilliant Spandau Ballet Number 2 recording on which Beggar & Co were of course the featured horn section. In addition, the band have recorded 2 new albums, "Full Circle" followed by "Lifted", both of which were Number 1 in R&B on mainstream sites such as Amazon and also Number 1 albums in the UK Soul Chart, Network Soul Chart and Sweet Rhythms Chart as well as many regional radio chart listings. New Album just out The Brit Funk Association Full Circle. BLESS THE FUNK !

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This show is for a STANDING audience - unreserved seats available around the edge of the hall for those who wish to sit.

All enquiries / disabled bookings directly through OEP Live! Please call the Box Office on: 01256 416384.

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Colchester Arts Centre - the little church with the big attitude deep in the heart of Essex.
Well that's how we describe it anyway. It sort of works, it at least gives a flavour of what we're about.

Because just how do you describe a venue that can put children's entertainer Palfi the Clown on, on the same day as Cradle of Filth?
Where a Farmer's Market in the morning becomes a comedy club in the evening, where folk enthusiasts can sit happily knitting (and they do!) in the exact same spot a ferocious mosh pit of teenage dancing takes place the following night?

And where the beautiful historic architecture of St Mary's Church dating back over a thousand years, plays host to some of the newest comics, most modern choreographers, some of the coolest DJ's and some of the freshest talent in Britain.

Over the years we've promoted Coldplay, Eddie Izzard, Graham Norton, Harry Hill, Catherine Tate, Jo Brand, The Libertines, Ash, The Killers, The Strokes, Phill Jupitus, Mick Jones, Bill Bailey, Jack Dee, Count Arthur Strong - all before anyone had ever heard of them of course - plus the likes of jazz legend Ronnie Scott and even the late lamented and much loved Brian Johnston the cricket commentator.

Our passion to present new work bring great bands and comics to Colchester burns more brightly than ever. Our business is all about fresh ideas, new acts, new art forms and vibrant new ways of working. We can't stand still. We embrace the new, the quirky the original and yes, the surreal.

Church Street,

Colchester,

Essex,

England,

CO1 1NF.

01206 500 900