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Never Alone 1997-2004, Raving In Europe is released next month

A new photobook documenting the rave scene in Europe in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s has been announced. Never Alone 1997-2004, Raving In Europe...

Image of ravers outside from Kirk Field's ‘Rave New World: Confessions Of A Raving Reporter’

Kirk Field's book is described as being “told through a mixture of vivid first-person narrative, surreal insider anecdotes and incisive social commentary”

A book exploring the explosion of '90s UK rave culture by a journalist deeply embedded in the scene has been released. Rave New World: Confessions...

5,000 people attend six-day illegal rave in Spanish village

"If I knew who had organised it, I would hire them to plan our village fiesta"

Over 5,000 people recently attended a six-day illegal rave outside a small Spanish village, The Guardian reports. According to reports, on 30th December residents of...

Fatboy Slim & Eats Everything’s pop-up rave in Bristol shut down due to overcrowding

After police forced the party to switch location, a decision was made to pull the entire event just over one hour after it started

A free pop-up event in Bristol featuring Fatboy Slim and Eats Everything was shut down last night, Wednesday 12th October, due to overcrowding and concern...

‘90s rave crew Spiral Tribe’s live duo R-Zac reissue 1993 album of Free Party anthems: Listen

"These tracks represent the pivoting point between the music we recorded with Spiral Tribe in the UK, and what was to come," said the duo

‘90s rave crew Spiral Tribe’s live duo R-Zac have reissued their 1993 album of 'free party' anthems, 'Trailer Trax'. On July 8th, the UK production...

Illegal rave Cornwall

The gathering was organised to celebrate the 30th anniversary of notorious UK free party Castlemorton

Thousands of people travelled from all over the UK last weekend for an illegal rave in an old airfield that lasted three days. According to...

Iconic UK rave locations and clubs celebrated in new “road map” style prints

Castlemorton, The Haçienda, Shoom and Glastonbury all get nods in Dorothy's new Road To Nowhere collection

A new collection of road map-style prints celebrates the legacy of UK festivals, clubs and illegal raves. UK creative agency Dorothy has added four new...

Deptford Queer Soundsystem Day party to take place this month

OK Williams, Black Obsidian Sound System and Hannah Holland are among the names set to play the free party

The Deptford Queer Soundsystem Day party has been announced for later this month, with the free event set to take place in the grounds of...

Man on solo camping trip accidentally joins illegal rave, has “unbelievable weekend"

"I had no choice really, as my tent was right near the speakers so I got stuck in," said Oliver Broome

A man on a solo camping trip on the Yorkshire Moors has revealed how he had an "unbelievable weekend" after accidentally joining an illegal rave...

DiY sound system

Throughout the ’90s, the DiY Sound System put on countless free events, ran a recording studio and two record labels, and took their hedonistic parties around the world. Here, Harold Heath speaks to co-founder Harry Harrison about his new book, Dreaming in Yellow: The Story of the DiY Sound System, and the collective's trailblazing legacy in the free party movement

The origins of DiY Sound System date back to a mid-‘80s England that was a very different place to how it is in 2022. In...

Raves and Riots is an exhibition of Vinca Petersen’s work, currently showing at the Edel Assanti gallery in central London. Bringing together a collection of...

“I left home at 17 and moved into a squat in London,” Vinca Petersen tells DJ Mag during a private view of Raves and Riots...

DIY collective

A Kickstarter campaign has been launched to help the documentary get released

A new documentary exploring the history of the UK’s Free Party Movement is in the works.


Free Party: A Folk History is a chronicle of...

He made up one half of DJ duo Digs & Woosh

UK free party pioneer Pete 'Woosh' Birch has died.

Birch, who was part of DJ duo Digs & Woosh, and a founding member and influential...

Join Sneak poolside in Ibiza...

Original House Gangster DJ Sneak will perform an exclusive set for DJ Mag HQ Ibiza tonight at 8pm (Ibiza) 7pm (UK).

The set, in association...

Free cubism party this Friday at Work.London!

Cubism label boss and respected UK producer, Saytek, is back with a brand-new late night groover, ‘Stories Of The Mind’. The premiere, that’s 100% exclusive...

Subb-an, Ralph Lawson, PBR Streetgang, Hackman & more!

How would you like to dance to sets from Subb-an, Ralph Lawson, PBR Streetgang and Hackman all day long this (sunny?) Bank Holiday Sunday? And...

Abode is the Sunday party at Studio 338 getting London clubbers out the house...

Launched in September with Dyed Soundorom, Audiofly and wAFF, Abode is Studio338's new party, bringing big-scale daytime raving back to London. Rather than bringing after-hours...

To celebrate 25 years of the DiY collective, here are some memories from the early 90s

The late 1980s, early '90s were a halcyon time for music. Free parties, electronic music, protest and what later became known as the “second summer...

Free intimate London party

YØU.R is a new club project from London based DJs Rik Parkinson and Rob Anderson with a mission to bring A-List DJ talent to small...