✶㋛ FUNK THE BORDERS ㋡✶

✮ Part 5 — Christmas Special ✮

.·:¨༺ ❄ ༻¨:·.

Featuring:
✶ AMY TRUE ✶ AJ ✶ DJ PETE BENNETT ✶ Seline Alidina ✶ MUSIC IN OUR UNDERPANTS ✶ GLACIER ❄
❄ SARAH J BAKER ❄

HOSTED BY: ✶ MAD RALPH ✶

✮ ☺ ☻ MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!!! ☻ ☺ ✮

❄ ABOUT THE EVENT ❄

This year marks TEN YEARS of ✶ FUNK THE BORDERS ✶ — and our fifth legendary celebration!

Over the past decade, we’ve brought you unforgettable nights with Kae Tempest, Beans on Toast, DHARNI, REEPS ONE, KingPin, and Ruby Throat.
This Christmas, expect another wild, beautiful, chaotic fusion of music, art, and community.

🎟️ Tickets: £15 (Contact us for discounts & Free Refugee Passes)
💛 Please donate more if you can — 100% of profits go to Refugee Community Kitchen (RCK) and Sumud School in Gaza via West Wales for Palestine.

🎨 ART FOR PEACE & CONNECTION 🎨

♡ Sumud School in Gaza is collaborating with us — children there are creating art pieces for exhibition and sale.

Each piece sold includes a photo and message from the young artist.
In return, you’re invited to send back a photo or short video message of yourself receiving their art.

A two-way act of love, defiance, and solidarity across borders. ♡

We’re also accepting donations of art for our exhibition and online auction — a rare chance to showcase your work in the heart of Brighton.

🎶 THE ARTISTS 🎶

✶ AMY TRUE ✶
Some artists make music — Amy makes a point.
An unapologetic rapper and singer whose words hit like bricks and heal like poetry.

https://www.instagram.com/amy_true1?igsh=MXZ4bG1rcjAxNDVpNw==

✶ AJ ✶

Sheffield city has recently made this diamond. Hard hitting, provocative and street as fuck. AJ is the latest legend in the making to make swirls in the industry. This is the start of something huge.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP3VuoDjV7X/?igsh=Y2lxanRjamRjaXM5

✶ DJ PETE BENNETT ✶
Frontman of LOVEDOGZ, Big Brother winner, and Brighton’s own hard house hero. Expect pure energy and original tracks.

https://www.instagram.com/petebennettuk?igsh=Z3EzeGhpdTFoNGF6

✶ Seline Alidina ✶

Mesmerising voice!! Seline has been singing with The Gulls over the summer alongside our own host Mad Ralph and has her own album due out very sooooooooon!!

"exploring the world through music, movement, magic and nature"

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPMHiG5DI2L/?igsh=MWg2NzlyYjJmNzczMA==

✶ MUSIC IN OUR UNDERPANTS ✶
Juha (Collin) & Kieran (The Restarts) — ukulele punk anthems from the lockdown era. DIY spirit turned up loud.

(https://www.instagram.com/p/CsHWTmxoaON/?igsh=MW4yNDV4amdsN3BwMA==)

✶ GLACIER ❄ ✶
Brighton newcomer with an ethereal voice that will echo through your soul. Dreamlike, haunting, unforgettable.

( https://youtu.be/WEoK8ZUPFLo?si=QGvBtsqF0R6jK5QX )

✶ SARAH JANE BAKER ✶
The UK’s Most Infamous Trans Gangsta Extraordinaire.
Activist, musician, survivor — now a powerhouse violinist, guitarist, and singer after 30 years in male prisons.

( https://youtu.be/oGRFxa_oj3A?si=xo8Cu5dI7u1U63_C )

✶ HOST ✶ MAD RALPH ✶
Blues voice from another planet.
Friend to all, enemy to many.
The chaos conductor behind The Gulls

( https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMnumzetaMK/?igsh=ZWp1MGJzMWU1N2Vm )

MORE ARTISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED...

☃ THE VENUE ☃

KOMEDIA, Brighton — home of underground magic and musical legends.
Past performers include Lewis Capaldi, KT Tunstall, Tom Odell, IDLES, The XX, Foals, Arctic Monkeys, Kate Nash, Bonobo, and more.

Komedia opens its doors for special community events like Funk The Borders — where music meets resistance and joy meets justice.

🎄 JOIN THE CELEBRATION 🎄

Let’s make this Christmas a celebration of unity, art, and radical compassion.
Together, we’ll Funk the Borders — with rhythm, resistance, and love.

☻ ☺ ✶ Dance. Create. Connect. Rebel. ✶ ☺ ☻

Refugee Community Kitchen

FUNK THE BORDERS

44-47 Gardner St

General admission

£10

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