We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.
-Albert Einstein

A list of reasons why raving will always make me feel right at home.

- bumping into someone while dancing too hard, then they turn around and start dancing with you

- dance circles

- people drinking/smoking/other stuff etc. sounds weird, but its nice that there’s a safe place to explore these things where you know that if something goes wrong, you’ll be taken care of.

- strangers looking out for each other in any way

- slutty/skimpy/wacky/crazy outfits. there’s not a lot of places you can dress like that publicly and safely without a sexual context.

- hearing screams, woops, ayyys, any sound of someone enjoying the music or the crowd connecting with each other through vocals

- taking pictures of themselves or each other

- people kissing. im so happy theyre in love and feeling each other’s souls in the moment

- people crying/having a moment and being held or comforted by the people around them

- watching new connections being formed through compliments

- hearing everyone playing edm in their cars on the way home

- people dancing in “weird” or “ugly” ways. they’re so free and unbothered. i love it

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- people trying to sneakily do bumps but failing bc they’re 5 lines into the night already

I get to help out with a monthly local rave and this was the fit for this month since it was the "Halloween" one.

I love getting to dress up and go all out at events. IDC what anyone says lol

new gen raver, went to my first "rave" (local club in college town that had an edm night) and i had a lot of fun dancing in a crowd of 30 people (everyone else was standing around on their phones lol.) apparently though while doing so some girl told my girlfriend that she needed to get away from me because my dancing was "super corny."

now i really don't care, most of the college kids care too much about being embarrassed (everyone recording everything doesn't help) but im more concerned about how one dances in a rave? is there a particular style of dancing im not aware of? is there dancing etiquette i could've broke?

also i know now to not hit up a college club for raves. definitely going up to austin next time.

Every time I go to a festival, I seem to run into the same type of group. A bunch of guys and girls who stand in a circle, taking up as much space as possible and squeezing everyone around them out

Then smoking, randomly screaming “AY AY AY AY” (especially this shit drives me insane when it’s not even remotely on beat), pulling out their sneaky alcohol and chatting loudly/scrolling phone ,half the time, they’re not even paying attention to the music, completely disconnected from whatever the DJ is doing

And the most annoying part? You move away to find another spot, and several minutes later you run into another group doing the exact same shit. Honestly, I wish these people would just go back to their commercial clubs and VIP tables(You can tell exactly what kind of crowd they are)

I used to go to pretty much any show if there was a DJ I liked on the lineup. Now I’m starting to care a lot more about the crowd, the atmosphere, the sound system and whether I’ll actually enjoy being there. A good DJ alone isn’t enough to make an event worth it. I’d rather be more selective and spend my time & money on events where people are actually there for the music and the experience😡

Photoroll from the Joker & Plastician show on October 10th, 2026.

And what genre are they? What is different about their live set vs what you can listen to online?

The vibe was perfect for the come up phase

This is a cry for help lmao. I previously had ultra boosts but cannot find ANY in my size in the entire country since they have been discontinued.

I have a very narrow long foot. Any recs/advice are helpful.

We've all been there. You get to the set you've been waiting for all night, or all festival a luttle early. You get set up in the crowd, with your little spot and about 6 inches in front of you to move and dance. A half an hour into the set, someone or someones come in and decide that 6 inches look good to them and they crowd you out. I know the crowd is always shifting and it is part of the whole experience but some times are more egregious than others. Has anyone figured out a good PLUR way to tell them to keep looking elsewhere or is it impossible to do politely? Does it change things if it is one or two people or an entire train?

As an aside, when I find a spot in the crowd, I always turn to the people behind me and give them a "thumbs up/thumbs down" gesture. If I get the thumbs down, I smile and nod and keep moving.

Anyone know of any venues on Sat the 24th in Chicago? Let me know. Thx!

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Hey there! First time poster and new to the rave scene! Me and my girlfriend are looking for a rave in or near Indianapolis IN but don’t know where to look… any suggestions?