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The Funky Elephant festival kicked off on Friday evening at the Club Circus in Helsinki.
The venue was crowded with cheerful people who came to groove, among others, to the rhythm of Asa & Band, Dalindèo, the Estonian funk sensation Lexsoul Dancemachine and the jazzy hip-hop group The Herbaliser, who headlined on Friday.
Here are the highlights in pictures.
The Finnish rap artist Asa performing at the Funky Elephant festival at Club Circus in Helsinki on April 8 2016. Picture: Tony Öhberg for Finland Today
Robert Linna, the vocalist from the Estonian funk sensation Lexsoul Dancemachine. Picture: Tony Öhberg for Finland Today
Lexsoul Dancemachine making the crowd move. Picture: Tony Öhberg for Finland Today
Party girls. Picture: Tony Öhberg for Finland Today
Finland Today journalist Samuel Adeoje pounding Lexsoul Dancemachine’s cowbell. Picture: Tony Öhberg for Finland Today
In the zone. Picture: Tony Öhberg for Finland Today
An acrobat performing during Asa & Band’s performance. Picture: Tony Öhberg for Finland Today
Just chilling. Picture: Tony Öhberg for Finland Today
The Herbaliser stunned the crowd with their masterful play of wind instruments and intense scratching. Picture: Tony Öhberg for Finland Today
Finland Today photojournalist and chief Tony Öhberg enjoying the atmosphere. Picture: Samuel Adeoje for Finland Today
Funky Elephant (7.–9.4.2016). The whole programme can be found here.
