What The Funk?
What it is! We’re a growing community of funksters so inspired to celebrate and explore the legacy of funk that we founded a 501(c)(3) nonprofit called Down To Funk Fund for the purpose of producing Down To Funk Festival. Both are focused on nurturing funk’s rich history of promoting cultural connection, creative expression and social consciousness through feel-good-do-good groove music. Can you dig it?
The 1st Annual Down To Funk Festival will debut August 14th-16th, 2026 at YMCA Camp Jones Gulch in La Honda, California.
General Admission Tickets are now on sale for $325 per patron. This groovy adult-friendly summer camp gathering of funk-lovers will feature:
20 local, regional, and national bands
2 outdoor stages & 1 indoor stage
Vinyl DJs & Dancers (Burlesque & Go-Go)
Morning chats with featured artists
Walk-in tent camping w/ access to bathrooms and showers
4 communal meals w/ dietary accommodations
Nightly fireside hangs
Vendor & Community Market Booths
Ample outdoor space to explore and relax
Want to camp close to your car, bring a RV/trailer, bunk in a shared cabin with power, showers and bathrooms, rent bedding or secure parking? We got you! Click here to for more information on the lodging upgrades now available to all ticket holders. Note supplies are limited so best to check out the options as soon as possible.
Anyone contributing, be it $5 or $5,000, towards our 2026 fundraising goal of $40,000 (covers start-up costs) will forever be considered a Founding Funkster and honored as such. There are no defined perks but we assure you we notice every contribution and will be doing our best as this beastly and beautiful 1st year unfolds to show our ongoing gratitude.
Questions? Thoughts? Contact us!
