r/aves

Hey!

Is anyone going to Klang tomorrow night solo?
I’m a bit anxious ahahah but I want to go

I need some people to go to John summit with. All my friends are either in school or can’t afford to go. How do I finding people who would wanna go with me and have a good time?

Obviously I want to lose the least amount of music as possible while also avoiding tinnitus lol. Seems like they have quite the range for custom ones, what should I get?

-25db?

Hey everybody—

I’m in Barcelona for the weekend and am looking for some clubs where people want to properly chill and dance and be kind to each other.

I’ve had nice times at Basement in NYC and Berghain/Kit Kat in Berlin. Any similar spots in BCN?

We just found out that the afters for wobbleland are going to only have techno and hardstyle artists. Does anyone know of other after parties to consider going to instead?

Is anyone else having issues accessing their tickets to GDF? Ours were in our app, then disappeared. GDF had not responded to me. AXS has told me 4 different things including they won't be delivered until 9/3 even though we paid in full and their site says will be available 1 week after purchase. The app says i have no upcoming events.

Want to see if anyone else is having same issues?

Hello all looking for some advice! I've been looking into getting a chest pack for lost lands and really have heard great reviews on the xrig chest pack...only problem is it does not come with a bladder and all the extra bladders are sold out on the website. Anyone know if there are other bladders that are compatible for it? Since it has to fit im the back pocket area. Any advice is appreciated on keeping this boi hydrated 🙏 😅

I recently saw a video discussing how much trash trinkets sadly have caused. Mostly little plastic stuff. I am guilty of being apart of this trend, such as gluing little plastic owls on clips.

Other than Kandi, patches, gum/candy, what are some good gifts and trinkets to give to other ravers?

Update: Forgot to mention one of the coolest ideas was people getting cheap water bottles or notebooks to put stickers they get at a festival.

EDIT: I realised I didn’t actually describe the harassment itself in my original post, which has led to some people making assumptions about what happened. I’ve added the details below for clarity.

For context, this is what actually happened: The man repeatedly followed me around the pool, came extremely close to me while making sexually suggestive facial expressions, and continued despite me repeatedly and explicitly telling him to “leave me alone,” “keep your distance,” and “respect my personal space.” Other festivalgoers witnessed what was happening, and at one point another couple positioned themselves between us and shouted at him that he was not to touch me. I became visibly distressed and was crying when I reported him to security immediately afterwards, while he was still there.

I’m posting this because I think people attending festivals deserve to know how incidents of sexual harassment are handled when something actually happens at this festival.

I attended Glitch Festival in Malta last week. On day one, I was sexually harassed by a man in the swimming pool, in front of other people.

What happened afterwards has honestly left me almost as disturbed as the incident itself.

Security did not witness what happened despite being responsible for monitoring the area. When the man was confronted, he simply acted as though he was just chilling there and didn’t understand what was going on. I was crying and visibly distressed, and also had witnesses who stood up for me. No action was taken by security. I ended up having to leave for my own safety, while the man got to continue chilling in the pool.

I reported the incident to Glitch afterwards and asked them to review the CCTV footage. I was then told that the footage was of poor quality / that the camera angle did not clearly capture what happened.

This raises a pretty obvious question: what is the purpose of CCTV and security at a large festival if neither can actually document or intervene when someone is sexually harassed in a public area?

I’m particularly disturbed by the fact that someone can behave like this at a festival and apparently face no meaningful consequences.

I have been in contact with Glitch about what happened, but I do not feel that the handling of the situation reflects the seriousness of the incident. I am now taking steps to report what happened to the Maltese police.

I’m sharing this publicly because I don’t want this to simply disappear into a private complaint.

Festivals promote themselves as safe, inclusive spaces. That has to mean more than having security guards and CCTV cameras physically present. There needs to be an effective system for protecting festival goers, responding to reports of sexual harassment and holding perpetrators accountable.

I also want other people who attended Glitch to know about this. If anyone witnessed the incident, experienced something similar at the festival, or has experience with how Glitch handles reports like this, I would really appreciate hearing from you.

Im back to going to raves after a 8 year hiatus and Ive been kinda floored at the amount of rave jerseys around.

Im not sure if just wasnt paying attention in the past but I dont recall jerseys being a thing in 2018. When did they get so popular? Who started it?

They certainly have some beautiful art and design on them but are jerseys mainly playing off the joke/idea that raving is a sport?

Okay to start off, I have nothing against body hair, it’s natural and I love it. However I, myself, am self obvious of mine. I’ve lost 70 lbs in the past year and am ready to step out of my comfort zone and wear a body suit this year to lost lands. However, I’m struggling with two things. First, the body suit I fell in love with happens to be a thong- or atleast super cheeky. And I am a pcos girly. I got a bush that travels the whole road if you know what I mean. And the second is I got pimples back there.🫣 especially after I shave. I also grow hair so fast, it’s genuinely unbelievable. Are we waxing? Does that help with the pimples?

Now I’m a girls girl in both I love women and I LOVE women and I don’t be creeping but when you got it, I’ll appreciate it, and I see girls at festivals and it’s all clean, hairless and smooth. How the hell are yall doing that??? I know yall can’t be wearing panty hose, right? Pleaseeee tell me ur secrets.

Another thing, I know I can go with my back bush out. I just really would rather not it will make my experience more comfortable if I find a solution.

Thank you all I love you🫶🏼

Friends were talking about going this year, but curious about a few things for those who have been:

1. How is the crowd size? Is it easy to get around and get through crowds?
2. Are there good water stations, inside temps, places to sit, bathrooms, etc.?
3. How are the sound systems, production, and other types of activities outside of the sets?

Thanks!

Got to the barricade stupidly early at a show years ago because I thought that was the correct thing to do, and then spent the whole set with a rail in my ribs and someone's elbow parked in my back. Couldn't move, couldn't see past the guy filming the entire thing vertically.

Now I stand two thirds back, near the desk. Sounds better, the floor is less of a swamp. I can leave when I want without climbing over anyone. My pockets are down to earplugs and whatever I grabbed at the gas station on the drive.

Took me an embarrassing number of years to work out what the older heads in the room clearly sorted out ages ago.

Looking for some local knowledge 😘🎉