To wonder what happened to all the ravers/clubbers

[Colddampandmoany]

Just having a bit of a thoughtful day really, thinking back to the mid 90’s and my youth
Life was so exciting then and looking back, I cannot believe the things we got up to from a young age and how different things will probably be for my Dd now

I’m 47, trapped in suburbia 😅 and nobody would likely imagine the type of person I was back then and until mid twenties really

If you were there, what is your life look like now, do you often feel as bored as I do? Would you go back?

There's plenty new DnB/jungle going on up and down the land...
Just got to hunt it down, old school stylee...
(Where are you, might be able to help?)

Still occasionally raving here, it helps having talented, creative mates still putting on parties ❤️
Have to pace myself and have at least a long weekend off!

Plenty of youngens partying too, there's still secret raves...
But my young neices won't tell me where 😭😆
Im not sure they're experiencing the same squat party/free/fields/woods/warehouse/seedy clubs/after party we did, but nice to know it's still happening.

Festivals are the way to go for us know as we have decent camping gear amd no more sleeping on tje floor!

Still here and with a 21 year old niece who regularly attends House music nights. Was thrilled when I asked her about her music preferences recently and her reply:

'your music.'

I was bang into it for about 20 years. Some of the best times of my life.

Honestly would not want to go back to it though. I find it a bit cringe when people try to keep the scene going. It was something of its time: trying to live your life in aspic is never going to work. I think there’s something a bit depressing about not knowing when to move on.

It was part of youth culture Northern soul scene being my chosen one.
The rave culture as opposed have highlighted.
Nothing to do with how we were raised.

As pp not opposed

90% of my circle of friends still go out (out out!). Whether that's serious clubbing all-nighters (mainly the child-free contingent who can do this easily), day raves or rock gigs, pretty much everyone in my circle of friends is still doing a lot of the same stuff they were doing in their 20's - just less frequently. Yes the nights have changed, yes we've changed, yes you have to make adjustments now in your 40's that you didn't when you had no responsibilities, but we all love the music so much, that's never stopped.

Here 😊
Used to love clubbing in the early to mid 00s, it was awesome.
Loved staying out all night and dancing.
I’m nearly 41 and still love a party. Went to an amazing day rave recently.
I’m glad I’m old though, things have changed so much for young people.

Did you all feel safe when raving and that? Safe from creepy men with bad intentions?

We had the golden era of dance music in the late 90s and early 2000s.

I will treasure my time DJ'ing. It was several years of fun. I used to rock up to decent sized clubs with my record bag and the doormen would never believe I was there to DJ because I was a woman. They'd ask me if I was carrying them for a bloke 😂
I had my own night in a bar in town for a while but the owner wasn't convinced I'd pull the numbers. How times have changed.

I still listen to and love the funky house and hard house I used to DJ. That will never change. I'm tired now though and need my sleep, so apart from the very occasional odd day party as a punter I save it for the car after the school run!

Mine got kids and a mortgage 😂

Oh we are 30s & 40s and we are out at least monthly at clubbing - bugged out stuff or drum and bass type things -
there’s loads of us! Never stopped and never really changed (except that half of us have kids and stuff now)

I grew up in a very rough ex-mining town in the Midlands and we always felt safe because there was always a gang of us together. Nobody ever went anywhere on their own, at least not from my group.

I wouldn't have recommended my town to strangers though. And we did know about creepy men, it was the 90s, some of us had been getting unwanted male attention since before we were teen-agers (especially when in school uniform) but we didn't feel afraid because we were together.

It's just I read a 2021 MN thread on constant male SH and I felt very sad

If the rave scene was similar to the Northern scene ,it was self policed cunty behaviour wasn't tolerated

I made some bloody stupid decisions, of course. But I never once felt unsafe, it wasn't like that - well not for me, anyway.

I am old now and have mobility problems, but when I want to dance around the kitchen it's Mrs Woods Teaches Techno. Does me no end of good.

Never felt unsafe in a club. Trouble was never tolerated and security were well aware of the ones who'd cause trouble and they'd be turned away. There was always someone who would step in or keep you company or swoop in if they saw someone being hassled.

The only time something happened, I was walking along the street in broad daylight after leaving the club, in a group and some random man walked past and put his hand up my skirt and carried on walking.

I'm sorry..how did you react? Did you give him hell?

OMG, blast from the past with Mrs Woods Teaches Techno 😎

We got older and go to the over 30’s club to relive our youth!

I remember meeting Danny Gould who started Clockwork at a nightclub in Birmingham and him telling us about the nights he ran and that he was going to be starting them up in Ibiza. That’s then where I met my husband a year later and he weirdly knew Danny!

Brandon Block DJ’d at my cousins wedding about 9 years ago - was bloody brilliant! We’re all late 40’s, early 50’s. Took us right back to our clubbing nights!

We still go out dancing but more often than not it’s day raves so we can dance our feet off and still be in bed before midnight

I’m almost 60 and still regularly go to house music events

I went to see Pete Tong last night. It was amazing but my knees and hips are killing me today 😂

To even ask that question shows you wasn’t there.

Ravers were a community who looked out for each other - and still do

My husband and I are early 60’s. We go to Butlins 70’s weekends. They go on until midnight ( so we may have to have a cheeky afternoon siesta). I also have very bad arthritis but somehow the bands are playing or the DJ is spinning 70’s tunes and I’m up bopping like I’m 19 again. It’s full of old rockers like us and it’s amazing fun, if a bit exhausting 😀.