Dumpstaphunk

This was my first time seeing Dumpstaphunk in person. For the price of only $15 per ticket, I thought that this would be a good show to see, and since I sampled their music and loved what I heard I decided that I wanted to attend this show. My sister and I came into this event a little bit after 8:00pm to the opening act being on stage. The place was only 20% full, and only picked up to about 40% overall, so there was plenty of space to move around. The opening act lasted longer than I thought it would, which was an hour. I'm all for opening acts, but I don't feel that they should last for an hour, because that could be time for the headliner. I also felt that even though the music was good and even had a few upbeat tempos in it, along with belly dancers, it just wasn't a good fit for the show that I came to see. I think everyone would've enjoyed a funk band as an opening act. They didn't sing and the one guy who spoke sounded drunk. After about a half-hour of this, I was bored and so was my sister and we started walking around the venue and taking pictures as if we were tourists, LOL. And I have to point out that the venue was so empty while the opening act was going on that one of the bartenders came up to my sister and I and asked us if we wanted a drink, LOL. Now I've never had a bartender come out from behind the bar and ask me if I wanted a drink- that was a first! I did get one, btw. But finally when Dumpstaphunk came on, they really held it down and the crowd was into it. They played a lot of their hits and their songs had a lot of good messages in them. Towards the end they let at least six women come up on stage with them, but after a while, it was more than six, LOL. They were on stage for 2 hours so it was a good show for the money so I feel that I definitely got my moneys worth, considering the fact that for most shows that I pay to go to I've paid 2-3x as much and don't even get an hour of the artist's time. They're great performers and I will go see them again, it's too bad the venue didn't fill like the way it should've, but I had a good time and love their music!

Great energy, atmosphere and crowd were awesome. If I had rhythm it'd be considered dancing but I don't. However I was flailing the entire show and loving every second of it! Might not have been a pretty site for those behind me but there's no way you can stand still during their show. Bring the dumpsta back to Philly soon!!! Thanks for a great show and memorable night!

Get ready to get phunked up, nonstop jams and killer horn section

Amazing show and great way to ring in the New Year!

A fantastic pre-Thanksgiving show!!!! Dumpstaphunk had the crowd grooving. Brandon "Taz" Niederauer was a fabulous surprise. This kid has some major talent. Will definitely be keeping an eye out for him in the future. Venue was great - not a bad seat in the house.

Couldn't stop dancing from beginning to end. Can't wait to see them again!

Absolutely funktastic!! Had a great time- awesome energy!

This show is a funk lovers dream. This is the 2nd time I have seen the Motet and 1st time I have seen Dumpstaphunk and I certainly would go see either of them again.

5 stars but thats that's for Ivan and his buddies only

It was a fun night at BB King s with good seats, interesting people at our table and good music. Dumpstaphunk was fantastic and brought a real New Orleans flavor and fantastic energy. Kermit Ruffins is always great but we were disappointed that he didn t play more of the New Orleans music. He is great with jazz and some funk, but we have heard him in New Orleans and it was a better show.

Although I knew there'd be at least one opening band, it was disappointing that the main act - Dumpstaphunk - didn't get on stage until 11:30. By then a lot of the energy had dissipated. And Dumpstaphunk didn't try hard enough to get it back. I also blame the High and Mighty Brass Band. They were the first act and they killed. Lots of positive energy, great horns, tight - and best of all, you could tell they were really enjoying themselves. Same as the BBQ Swingers. Although not quite the passion of High and Mighty, Kermit put on a solid show but went on a bit too long covering, i'm guessing, for Dumpstaphunk's absence. I'm giving 4 stars to High and Mighty. 3 to Kermit and the Swingers and 2 stars to Dumpstaphunk.

Was looking forward to some Mardi Gras jazz and funk at BB Kings, one of my favorite venues in NYC. The opener, High & Mighty Brass Band, was pretty solid, a good warmup band. Kermit came out and played a couple of quality New Orleans songs, like you would expect when you see him in NoLa, but after that, we lost interest. He covered Black-Eyed Peas and Tupac!?! And even disappeared off stage to have some woman take over for a couple of songs. She was good, but not what I was there to see. After 2 hours (way too long), Dumpstaphunk finally came on and they were AMAZING. Unfortunately, we had to leave a little early to catch the last bus home.

Great music! Kermit was charming as usual! And his band rocked! Dumpsta funked it up stayed till the end on a school night!!

One of the top shows I have seen this year! Killer sets from all the bands!

I am not a JamBand fanatic, but put some NOLA roots and funk on the bill and I am there. John Kadlecik and Keller Williams were unknown to me, but enjoyable. However -- blown away (as usual) by Anders and Dumpstaphunk. They are outrageous! Also, The Howard is very classy (not a venue I would normaly expect to see these guys playing -- not that they aren't classy, but it's usually more f*u*n*k*y and narsty (and more rugged 'cuz people dance hard) -- still the venue was beautiful and food was excellent. Would def. go back to The Howard and will def. see Anders and Dumpstaphunk again, and again, and again.