Funksgiving!

Funksgiving!

Funksgiving. Friends. Homecoming. Connection. Reunions. Escape.

For more than two decades, Thanksgiving Eve has meant one thing for generations of Connecticut funk fans: getting the crew back together and getting funky. Since 2019, that tradition has called The Warehouse home, turning one of the biggest reunion nights of the year into a sweaty, soulful celebration of the music and community that grew up around Deep Banana Blackout.

The tradition lives on with an all-star lineup of Deep Banana Blackout members:

Fuzz — guitar, vocals Jen Durkin — vocals Eric Kalb — drums Benj Lefevre — bass

Plus special guests to be announced.

Expect deep grooves, big vocals, spontaneous jams, familiar faces, and the kind of energy you only get when the room feels less like an audience and more like one giant extended family.

Come home. Find your people. Feel the Peel.

HISTORY: Fuzz, Jen, Eric and Benj first got together in the summer of 1995 as a group of like-minded musicians hailing from New York and Connecticut, joining forces to play Funk, Soul and R&B covers from the 60’s and 70’s for the pure love of that music. As the band members’ chemistry became apparent, all other projects fell to the wayside so that they could focus on writing and arranging original material and eventually form Deep Banana Blackout. The band soon became a highly acclaimed musical force on the East Coast underground live music scene, with their soulful groove embedded in the roots of funk and weaving their own compositions, extended improvisations and music from other artists such as Sly and the Family Stone, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, and Parliament/Funkadelic.