04/17/2025
Join us for the Funk Music in Popular Culture conference coming up on Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26 at BGSU in 314 Bowen Thompson Student Union. Presenters will be discussing funk music and its connection to popular music and popular culture. The conference will also feature a special screening of the Independent Lens documentary on funk music titled WE WANT THE FUNK!, on Friday at 5:30. Saturday at 3:30 is the keynote/legacy interview and demonstration with living legend, bass player, musician and producer Doug Wimbish from Living Colour, Tackhead, Sugar Hill Records, Rolling Stones and numerous other music projects over the last 50 years. The conference is free for all ages and there is no need to register.
https://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/cultural-and-critical-studies/funk-music-conference.html