Bu Von Blume is funk. Bu Von Blume is disco. Bu Von Blume is cumbia, punk, ska, soul, Balkan. Whatever it takes to get the people moving and grooving, really.

Vancouver Island multi-instrumentalist Lou Kinglish (normally an accordion player) teamed up with some of the heaviest hitting funk, brass, jazz and punk virtuosos around to create Bu Von Blume, a band that mixes hilarious theatre antics with downright dangerous bass and horn lines to cook up a real dance fiasco. With a background in child and youth education and entertainment as well as improv comedy and theatre, the members of Bu Von Blume have massaged this experience into a unique brand of collaborative all-ages spectacular. Audience members become band members, onlookers become choreographed dancers, but nothing is forced or expected: a truly inclusive, supportive, and loving boogie wonderland.

Since forming in 2022 in the little village of Cumberland BC, Bu Von Blume has been approached to play many festivals and public events, usually playing late, where people come for the dance and the improvisational mysteries and stay for the giant toothbrush (there’s a giant toothbrush). Bring your dancing shoes and wear something outrageous - there will be funk.