Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club Coventry

CRAIG CHARLES FUNK & SOUL CLUB
FRI 14th DEC 2018
COVENTRY EMPIRE
7.30pm – 11pm
16+ show(UNDER 16S MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT

Tickets £15adv from
www.craigcharles.net

CRAIG CHARLES: The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club

Yes - The legendary actor, host and broadcaster Craig Charles is one of
UK’s most beloved Funk and Soul DJ’s. From Robot Wars to Red Dwarf,
Craig has now grounded himself as a Funk & Soul icon after 10 years
of broadcasting on BBC 6 Music with their primetime Saturday night show,
“When BBC 6Music asked me to do a radio show I only had one condition,
it has to be a funk & soul show otherwise I wasn’t interested” And
so the Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show was born, pioneering 6Music
radio show from its dawn in 2002.

Live every Saturday night with  an assortment of classic gems and emerging artists, Craig has garnered
global support as one of the UK’s foremost Funk and Soul commentators,
DJ’s and promoters of new music. The show has become a European
benchmark for artists who want to connect directly with their fans.
“Since its inception I have been interested in all varieties of soul and
funk music, without imposing any barriers and I am just as enthusiastic
about fresh new talent as I am about the classic artists from the
golden age of the 60s and 70s”

The list of guests that have been
on The Funk And Soul Show speaks for itself; Gil-Scott Heron, James
Brown, Roy Ayers, Cymande, Marlena Shaw, Paul Weller, Primal Scream,
Terry Callier, Candi Staton, Marva Whitney. Hip Hop legends, The Roots
and the Jungle Brothers, as well as the leading players of the new
school Kokolo, Cut Chemist, Sharon Jones, Osaka Monaurail, Amp Fiddler,
Amy Winehouse, The New Mastersounds, Smoove and Turrell, Quantic, The
Apples, The Grits, JTQ, and The Fusion Experience.

Mr. Charles
and his trunk of funk DJs, every weekend throughout the UK - stopping
regularly at Band on The Wall in Manchester for his monthly residency. A
night of soul-hitting funk, ‘can you dig it’ attitude and dance-floor
jivin’. The monthly stop off is currently one of the most anticipated
nights in Manchester’s scene, with an array of guests from the funky
depths such as, Maceo Parker, The BlackByrds, Smoove & Turrell, New
Mastersounds, The Perceptions, Speedometer, Lack of Afro and Funkshone.

Craig
Charles has captivated crowds throughout the UK - the Maestro of funk
has played at numerous festivals such as, Love Box, Park Life, Festival
no 6, Wychwood Festival, Common People, Mostly Jazz funk and soul
festival to name but a few. Highlighting 2016, Craig recently played to
over 10,000 people at the world famous Arcadia and Shangri-La stage in
Glastonbury. With a jammed packed year in the making, the funk and soul
train keeps movin’ along without a stop in sight - in the words of the
soulful don himself, ‘No Sleep till Bed time’.