The weekend of Friday, August 23, 2024, to Sunday, August 25, 2024, marked the 20th Anniversary of Buffalo Funk Fest, and thousands of people from far and wide came to Buffalo’s East Side to celebrate music, family, fun, and funk all weekend long.
What started as a simple celebration of Rick James’s life and music has become a massive event that draws people from all over.
James, born James Ambrose Johnson, Jr., was credited with popularizing the music genre Punk Funk, which, according to Wikipedia, combines punk rock and funk music during the 1970s and 1980s.…