FUNK FORMAT

🕺 FREE Hip-Hop Dance Drop-In Guildhall Squared,
TODAY - FRIDAY 8th May, 4–6pm!

We're teaming up with Guildhall Trust as part of Portsmouth100 to bring you a free, fun, and totally open Hip-Hop dance session. The whole family is welcome!

💥 No experience needed
Just great music, great movement, and great people.

We'll be exploring Breaking, Popping, Locking, House, and Hip-Hop freestyle. Hit the open stage, jam with the crew, and pick up a few tips along the way.

🎶 And we've got special guest DJ Alex Orange on the decks bringing Funk, R&B, Hip-Hop and House vibes all afternoon!

🗓️ Friday 8th May, 4–6pm
📍 The Guildhall Square, Portsmouth
☔️ It's covered, still going ahead if it rains.

🎟️ FREE — please book a ticket to help us manage numbers
✅ Already booked? Just turn up anytime between 4–6pm

Tag someone who needs to get moving this Friday! 🙌

Excited to be part of this!
Amazing work Portsmouth Creates 🔥

We are delighted to share that Portsmouth has been named on the longlist for UK City of Culture 2029.

Led by Portsmouth Creates, in partnership with Portsmouth City Council and shaped in collaboration with communities across the city, this bid reflects the ambition, creativity and shared pride that define Portsmouth.

Reaching this stage is an important moment. It recognises the strength of Portsmouth’s cultural voice and the power of culture to bring people together, create opportunity and help shape the city’s future.

This bid has always been about more than a title. It is about championing Portsmouth’s people and places, building on the city’s distinctive identity, and creating lasting impact through culture.

As Portsmouth celebrates Portsmouth100 this year, this milestone adds to the momentum already building across the city. We are proud to back this bid, and we hope the city will continue to back it too.

Follow along at We Are Pompey 2029 to be part of the journey and show your support for Portsmouth’s UK City of Culture 2029 bid.

Last week took a flight to the neighbouring Isle Of Wight schools where we got to share our knowledge on what it’s like to have a creative career and be an artist. 🕺🏼🧑‍🎨👩🏿‍🎤 🎭

It was amazing to inspire the young minds of the Isle Of Wight to develop their creative skills and ideas during the Creative Careers Week with CRYING OUT LOUD, IOWCEP Creative Island, Stories in the Dust and Sasha Biloshisky - Artist

We deliver dynamic and enriching experiences in schools.

Connect us with your school, contact us today https://funkformat.com/

As a community-led Hip-Hop dance and arts organisation in Portsmouth, Funk Format & Soul Rawkus CIC has championed the city’s creativity since 2001. Our work develops talent, builds confidence, and creates spaces where people can grow, connect, and express themselves through Street Dance, music and movement.

From dance classes to Portsmouth’s first free Hip-Hop arts festival, we’ve seen first-hand the creativity and resilience that make this city special. We believe Portsmouth’s creativity deserves to be seen, shared, and celebrated locally, nationally, and beyond.

That’s why we proudly support Portsmouth’s bid to become UK City of Culture 2029.

Discover more at Portsmouth Creates and Portsmouth City Council

Join our family and get a limited edition pioneer t-shirt (worth £25).
Book your taster now

*the first 10 people joining adult classes by the end of January. While stocks last.