Five Alarm Funk is a 10-piece groove juggernaut. Playing original music inspired by Afro-Beat, Funk, Rock, Latin and Hip-Hop, the band has packed clubs to well over capacity in Vancouver and Whistler.

Five Alarm Funk shows are always parties. The energy on stage and in the room is palpable as the relentless rhythms fill the floor. Epic horn lines are followed by intense solos and vocal exchanges with the audience. No one is left standing still under this Afro-Funk onslaught, least of all those on stage, whose love for the music fuels a frenzied night of dancing.

The band’s three shows at the Fairview Pub have each gotten progressively crazier. At the last show over 500 people showed up causing a huge line-up that lasted most of the night. Five Alarm Funk has also filled nightclubs Tonic and Voda, Garfinkel’s in Whistler, and has performed at the Artswells festival in Wells, B.C. Upcoming shows are scheduled for the Buffalo Club, the Fairview, and Garfinkel’s.

Formed in 2003 with six original members, the group won a battle of the bands at the Lamplighter Pub before the year was out. In March, 2004 the band expanded to 10, adding more percussion and a full horn section. Five Alarm Funk is currently at work recording their debut CD, to be released this fall.