Free party collectives, nationwide
Dance music party collectives bypass licensing laws by getting permission to use private land for outdoor raves and by hosting "private invitation, members only" parties in disused buildings. They're still pretty underground but it's often easy to become a member, especially if you know someone. A good starting point are these websites with forums where fans of the underground dance music scene swap tip-offs.
• dontstayin.com, partyvibe.com, accessallareas.org, network23.org.uk
Charllie Winstanley
Prohibition, London
"An evening of social and (secret) drinking pleasure" is the sell for this regular 1920s-themed night at a secret venue, not revealed until the last minute. Cocktails and "illegal" alcohol are served covertly in teacups, while showgirls, charleston dancers, gramophone DJs and roulette games provide the entertainment.
• 020-7636 8228; prohibition1920s.com
Gavin Bell
Fish Seeks Bicycle, nationwide
Ex-festival producers create events in fields, caves, forests, an opera house, even an old World of Leather showroom, with music from eastern European folk to ska and electro (but never R&B, they say).
• fishseeksbicycle.com
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Studio Warehouse, Glasgow
Studio Warehouse (SWG3) is a creative space in a former Customs and Excise warehouse, with galleries, performance space, after-parties for arts events and club nights.
• swg3.tv
David Trayner
Luminopolis, London
Formerly the Synergy Project, and held at the capital's largest club, SeOne, a rambling bare-brick space under London Bridge, Luminopolis offers a festival feeling indoors with psytrance, acoustic performers, debates and poetry.
• 24 April; luminopolis.org
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Bradford Bignoise
This collective puts on outdoor and warehouse parties around West Yorkshire with a friendly vibe and dubstep, drum'n'bass, techno, electro and dirty house.
• Find out about forthcoming events by joining the Yorkshire Teaparty Association on Facebook
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Bangface.com, nationwide
Want to go back to the old skool? Bangface puts on 80s/90s-style raves. Coming up: a rave on a boat travelling down the Thames on 10 July and a weekender at the Somerley Estate, Lowestoft, Suffolk on 29-30 August.
• bangface.com
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