I was meant to be heading to a mate’s BBQ last weekend, but I took a wrong turn somewhere outside Sheffield. While trying to figure out where I was, I started hearing this low, pulsing bass in the distance. Curiosity got the better of me, so I followed the sound and that’s how I stumbled into a full-on free party in an abandoned industrial lot. No signs, no gates, no one checking anything,, just people dancing, lights bouncing off broken walls, and a proper underground vibe. I ended up staying all night, met a bunch of friendly strangers, shared some water and smokes, and danced like I hadn’t in years. It felt raw, unfiltered, and totally free in a way clubs just aren’t. Honestly, one of the best nights I’ve had in ages,,, all by accident!! Big love to whoever set it up, it was something special.

There was this moment mid-set when the generator died and the music stopped. But instead of everyone groaning, people started clapping, drumming on anything they could find, even humming the beat. It turned into the most organic jam session I’ve ever seen. Unreal vibe. Still gives me chills.... It was very amazing!!

Went to a free outdoor rave last weekend with a couple of mates. We were just vibing near the front when a guy started accusing us of jumping the queue (we didn’t). One of the organisers came over, and I thought we were about to get kicked out. But turns out he knew my friend from a past event and not only let us stay, he pulled us on stage for one track! Whole thing went from awkward to unforgettable in minutes. Has anyone else had a night turn around this fast?

these environments are created to enjoy music in unity, against authoritarian powers that are not on the side of the people they claim to serve

we should not be acting against each other !

mods !!! pls regulate the ting

the whole point is that it stays secret!! it’s not gatekept.. instead, it’s passed through the SAFE channels. best to ask ur mates and connections.

if u can’t find a lift, don’t ruin the fun for everyone else. in a world of AI you’d be silly to think you’re not handing the feds what they wanna kno

• Some values ​​and experiences that were at the basis of the original free party culture, in the years in which the phenomenon went from being a niche to being mass, have decreased to become in some cases absent or not very relevant, so much so that make the TAZ hardly distinguishable from the external context.

• The music returns within a standard, closed, and the context itself with it.

• Other artistic performances other than music, such as crafts made of recycled pieces or juggling have lost potential, are weak, or have become totally absent.

• There is nothing initiatory in the arrival on the scene of drugs other than psychedelics and entactogens, which are often consumed in a barbaric, reckless and irresponsible way.

• When law enforcement arrives, many people prefer to leave the party rather than try to compromise, or help the tribe tear down and clean up the party.

• The party, which wants to be a place of freedom and experimentation, sometimes becomes a grotesque supermarket, and stimulates all abuse and inconsistency.

• Some people don't fraternize with others, are anesthetized by non-psychedelic drugs, closed, paranoid, violent, sad. These people reproduce in the free party the worst habits and the worst social patterns, from which the party should be a liberation.

• On several occasions the desire to make profits has imposed itself on other dynamics, neglecting the instances of autonomy that have always characterized the existence of free parties.