Funk It Up

Funk It Up

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Location Warwickshire
Starting from £2028
6 Reviews

With a fresh and varied repertoire of all your favourite hits, this awesome band will blow you away with their funky flair.

  • Highlights
  • Sensational 5-8-piece funk and pop band
  • Choose from an Acoustic Duo or Trio performance to create the perfect ambience at your daytime celebrations. 
  • Add Sax, Trumpet and Male Vocals to the main band lineup for an unforgettable, show-stopping 8-Piece!

Funk It Up were excellent! They arrived in good time, were courteous throughout, and the guests loved them. We'd happily recommend them!!

Wedding Music Review

About


Funk It Up are a premier 5-piece function band, guaranteed to bring energy, style, and top-tier musicianship to your event. Fronted by a powerhouse female vocalist, this dynamic group is made up of seasoned professionals with extensive live performance and recording experience. With a setlist spanning rock, pop, Motown, soul, disco and funk, they deliver an electrifying show that will have everyone on their feet!

Every member of this West-Midlands based band is a highly trained musician, having worked alongside the likes of Mutya Buena (Sugababes), Nate Watts (Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Pointer Sisters), Julie Atherton (West End - Sister Act, Avenue Q, Mamma Mia!, Fame), Coree Richards (Damage), Junior Giscombe, and John Galea (Thea Garrett). As a band, they’ve also been resident performers on P&O Ferries and DFDS Seaways.

This versatile lineup offers a range of options to suit your event. Their standard 5-piece features stunning female vocals, guitar, keys, bass, and drums, and you can enhance the show with additional sax, trumpet, or male vocals for an even bigger sound. Need a more compact setup? Opt for their 4-piece version, which removes keys but still delivers a high-energy performance.

Funk It Up come fully equipped with professional sound and lighting equipment, ensuring a top-quality production from start to finish. They’ll also learn a first dance or special song request for you, and provide a playlist DJ service in between sets — with the option to upgrade to a manned DJ service if you want to make requests.

Book Funk It Up today and get ready for a night of non-stop dancing and unforgettable music!

Repertoire


00's & 10's

  • Alien Ant Farm – Smooth Criminal
  • Amy Winehouse – Valerie
  • Beyonce – Crazy in Love
  • Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
  • Bruno Mars – Locked Out of Heaven
  • Bruno Mars – Treasure
  • Bruno Mars – Uptown funk
  • Calvin Harris – How Deep is Your Love
  • Cee Lo Green – Forget You
  • Christina Aguilera – Ain’t No Other Man
  • Clean Bandit – Rather Be
  • Daft Punk – Get Lucky
  • Destiny’s Child – Bootylicious/Edge of Seventeen
  • DJ Sammy – Heaven
  • DNCE – Cake By The Ocean
  • Dua Lipa – Don’t start now
  • Duffy – Mercy
  • Estelle – American Boy
  • Florence and the Machine – You Got the Love
  • Foo Fighters – The Pretender
  • Fountains of Wayne – Stacey’s Mom
  • Gwen Stefani – Rich Girl
  • Jessie J – Bang Bang
  • Jessie J – Domino
  • Jessie J – Price Tag
  • Junior Senior – Move your feet
  • Justin Bieber – Sorry
  • Katy Perry – California Girls
  • Kelly Clarkson – Since U Been Gone
  • Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire
  • Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
  • Limp Bizkit – Rollin’
  • Lizzo – About damn time
  • Lizzo – Juice
  • Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger
  • Maroon 5 – Sugar
  • Maroon 5 – This Love
  • Natasha Beddingfield – Unwritten
  • Nickelback – How you Remind Me
  • Outkast – Hey Ya
  • Pharrell Williams – Happy
  • Phats and Small – Turn around
  • Rihanna – Please Don’t Stop the Music
  • Rihanna – Umbrella
  • Rudimental – Waiting All Night
  • Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
  • Sabrina Carpenter – Please, Please, Please
  • Taylor Swift – Shake it Off
  • The Killers – Mr Brightside
  • The Killers – Somebody told me
  • The Kooks – Naïve
  • The Shapeshifters – Lola’s Theme
  • The Weeknd- Can’t Feel My Face
  • Walk the Moon – Shut up and Dance
  • Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag

90's

  • 4 Non Blondes – What’s up
  • 5ive – Keep on Movin’
  • Alanis Morrisette – Ironic
  • Backstreet Boys – Everybody
  • Blink 182 – All the small things
  • Bloodhound Gang – The Bad Touch
  • Britney Spears – Baby one more time
  • Caridgans – Love Fool
  • CeCe Peniston - Finally
  • Christina Aguilera – Genie in a bottle
  • Daniel Beddingfield – Gotta Get Thru This
  • Ginuwine – Pony
  • Jamiroquai – Cosmic Girl
  • Jamiroquai – Love Foolosphy
  • Michael Jackson – Black or White
  • Natalie Imbruglia – Torn
  • Nirvana – Smells like Teen Spirit
  • Peter Andre – Mysterious Girl
  • Reef – Place Your Hands
  • Republica – Ready to Go
  • Robbie Williams- Let me entertain you
  • Spice Girls – Wannabe
  • Take That – Relight my fire
  • The Wannadies – You & Me Song
  • TLC – No Scrubs
  • Toploader – Dancing in the Moonlight

80's

  • AC/DC – Back in Black
  • AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long
  • Bon Jovi – Living on a Prayer
  • Bryan Adams – Summer 69
  • Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody
  • Chesney Hawkes – The One and Only
  • Erasure – A little respect
  • George Michael – Faith
  • Hall & Oats – You make my dreams come true
  • Huey Lewis and the News – Power of Love
  • Jackson 5 – Blame it on the Boogie
  • Jocelyn Brown – Somebody else’s guy
  • Journey – Any Way You Want It
  • Journey – Don’t Stop Believing
  • Katrina and the Waves – Walking on Sunshine
  • Lionel Richie – All Night Long
  • Lisa Stansfield – All Around the World
  • Luther Vandross – Never too Much
  • Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
  • Michael Jackson - PYT
  • Michael Jackson – Rock with you
  • Michael Jackson – Shake Your Body Down
  • Patrice Rushen – Forget me nots
  • Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al
  • Phil Collins – Can’t Hurry Love
  • Phil Collins – Two Hearts
  • Prince – I Wanna Be Your Lover
  • Prince – Kiss
  • Prince – Purple Rain
  • Queen – Hammer to Fall
  • Queen – I Want it All
  • Queen – Under Pressure
  • The Police – Every little thing she does
  • The Police – Message in a Bottle
  • The Proclaimers – 500 Miles
  • Tina Turner – Simply the best
  • UB40 – Red Red Wine
  • Whitney Houston – How will I know
  • Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance with Somebody
  • Womack & Womack – Teardrops

70's

  • AC/DC – Highway to Hell
  • Chic – Everybody Dance
  • Chic – Good Times
  • Chic – Le Freak
  • Diana Ross – I’m coming out
  • Donna Summer – Hot Stuff
  • Earth Wind & Fire – September
  • Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
  • Sister Sledge – We Are Family
  • Stevie Wonder – I Wish
  • Stevie Wonder – Signed, sealed, delivered
  • Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke
  • Stevie Wonder – Superstition
  • The Emotions – Best of my love
  • Tina Turner – Proud Mary
  • Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music

Classics

  • Aretha Franklin – Respect
  • Beatles – Saw Her Standing There
  • Beatles – Twist and Shout
  • Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds
  • Frankie Valli – December 63
  • Jackie Wilson – Higher and Higher
  • James Brown – I Feel Good
  • The Contours – Do You Love Me
  • The Four Tops – Sugarpie Honeybunch
  • The Monkees – I’m A Believer
  • Wilson Pickett – Land of 1000 Dances
  • Wilson Pickett – Mustang Sally

Festive

  • Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
  • Donny Hathaway - This Christmas
  • Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the tree
  • Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby
  • Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas is You
  • Mariah Carey - Christmas (Baby please come home)
  • Michael Bolton - Santa Claus is coming to town
  • Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
  • Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
  • Wham - Last Christmas
  • Wizzard - I wish it could be christmas everyday
Line-Up

5-Piece Band:

  • Female Vocals
  • Guitar
  • Bass
  • Keys
  • Drums

Option to remove Keys

6 Reviews

Top reviews

Live Band Review

Event: Party
Location: Northamptonshire
5/5

Funk It Up - Quite simply, awesome. They played exactly what we asked for in the sets we asked them to play, Ruth the singer was awesome as were the group. They were all so polite and we had a good chat with George. In fact I am trying to engineer another event to have them round again!!!


Party Band Review

Event: Party
Location: Kent
5/5

I went with Funk It Up, because I wanted a young and modern band. They were really great at handling my requests, had everyone dancing all night, and they were courteous prior and during my event. Great band!


Wedding Band Review

Event: Wedding
Location: Warwickshire
5/5

Thank you so much for performing at our wedding. Great night was had by all. We definitely made the right choice going with Funk It Up. They had the guests dancing all night long! Thank you again!


Wedding Band Review

Event: Wedding
Location: London
5/5

What a great band. Such talent, brilliant singer and great musicians. Great setlist for the evening and the guests loved them.


Wedding Band Review

Event: Wedding
Location: Derbyshire
5/5

Funk It Up were excellent! They arrived in good time, were courteous throughout, and the guests loved them. We'd happily recommend them!!


Wedding Band Review

Event: Wedding
Location: Warwickshire
5/5

We were so lucky to be able to book Funk It Up at short notice and so glad that we did. From the very first number to the last they had the dancefloor jumping. Have to say also, extremely courteous and pleasant to deal with throughout.


    Pricing

    We give you a bespoke price based on the exact location of your event. The pricing below is based on a central location for your area so you have an idea of what your price will be. The exact price will be given in the booking process after you’ve provided the location details.

    East
    • Cambridgeshire £2261
    • Norfolk £2760
    • Norwich £2760
    • Suffolk £2760
    East Midlands
    • Derbyshire £2095
    • Leicestershire £2095
    • Lincolnshire £2427
    • Northamptonshire £2095
    • Nottinghamshire £2095
    • Rutland £2095
    North East
    • Durham £3325
    • East Yorkshire £2594
    • Leeds £2594
    • North Yorkshire £2594
    • South Yorkshire £2261
    • Tyne and Wear £3325
    • West Yorkshire £2594
    • Yorkshire £2594
    North West
    • Cheshire £2427
    • Cumbria £3658
    • Lancashire £2594
    • Liverpool £2427
    • Manchester £2594
    • Merseyside £2427
    South East
    • Bedfordshire £2261
    • Berkshire £2261
    • Buckinghamshire £2261
    • East Sussex £3159
    • Essex £2594
    • Hampshire £2594
    • Hertfordshire £2261
    • Kent £3159
    • London £2760
    • Middlesex £2760
    • Oxfordshire £2095
    • Surrey £2594
    • Sussex £3159
    • West Sussex £2760
    South West
    • Bath £2594
    • Bristol £2594
    • Devon £3325
    • Dorset £3325
    • Somerset £2594
    • Wiltshire £2594
    Wales
    • Anglesey £3159
    • Brecon £3159
    • Cardiff £3159
    • Cardigan £3159
    • Carmarthen £3159
    • Glamorgan £3159
    • Monmouth £3159
    • Pembroke £3159
    • Powys £3159
    • Wrexham £3159
    West Midlands
    • Birmingham £2095
    • Cotswolds £2594
    • Gloucestershire £2594
    • Herefordshire £2261
    • Shropshire £2095
    • Staffordshire £2095
    • Warwickshire £2028
    • Worcestershire £2095

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    FAQs

    How long will Funk It Up perform for?
    As standard, the band perform 2x60 or 3x40 minute sets, depending on your event requirements.

    Do the band provide their own equipment?
    The band will arrive at your event complete with a PA system and lighting equipment - all included in their standard fee.

    Will the band provide a DJ service?
    Yes! Funk It Up provide a playlist DJ service included in their standard fee, which means music is covered all night even whilst the band take a break between sets. These are tried and tested playlists the band use to keep the atmosphere high whilst the band aren't on stage. There's even the option to upgrade to a manned DJ service if you'd like to make requests on the night and extend to a 1am finish for the party animals amongst you!

    Will the band learn our first dance song?
    Absolutely! Wherever possible, Funk It Up will learn and perform one song request for your first dance, even if it's not in their repertoire.

    Do the band offer any optional extras?
    Yes - Funk It Up offer the option add an acoustic duo or trio set for a chilled-out vibe at your daytime celebrations. For a more intimate performance you can also remove the keys from the main band lineup or for the full on party vibe - why not add sax, trumpet and male vocals for a show-stopping 8-piece that will make your event unforgettable?

    Can the band arrive earlier?
    Funk It Up are very flexible and are happy to work to the needs of your event and arrive earlier (pre 5pm) for an extra fee.

    How long do the band need to set up their equipment?
    The band will need approximately 60 minutes to set up and sound check once they have arrived at the venue (depending on access to the performance area), followed by an additional 15 minutes to get changed before taking to the stage!

    My venue has a sound limiter - will this be ok?
    The band are very flexible and will do everything they can to work around any sound limitations at your venue. Please let the band know regarding this as soon as possible and they will advise.

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