Went to some South Coast weekender thing near Bournemouth a couple of years ago, rolled up on the Friday night (the thing started on saturday) and started getting on it, about 1am security told us to be quiet cos "the ravers are trying to sleep" (W T F ????)...we ignored them, then they took our 'supplies', kicked us out and banned us from the rest of the weekend.
Slept on the pavement outside the campsite then went home the next day.... apparently the event was pretty shit anyway.
And someone put their balls in my mouth whilst I was asleep.
That event was right next to my work, I was sat at work listening to the rave all day wishing I could be there. Went straight from work to the event still in my uniform, got caught trying to jump the fence twice and kicked out then went home only to find an email from the promoters saying that if you went up to the entrance and quoted "Southern Sound 2010" you got free entry, ticket sales were so bad they turned it into a freeparty! Went back the next day after work and went straight in for free, half the DJs and MCs werent getting paid so they didnt turn up, most of the people there were pissed off by how shit the event was and how much half of them had paid and the other half got in free. Security was shocking I think in the 4 hours I was there I must have been searched 10 times, kept going back to the van to do sniff and listen to tunes, even getting searched on the way out! The sound system was turned right down, some of the bars ran out of alcohol, literally no drugs, loads of little kids in there.
One of my worst experiences, WestFest last year, the event finished at 5am, first train was at 9.30am....... so sat freezing my arse off on a fucking comedown in the entrance with a load of other equally miserable people, then got transferred to the station where we waited for another 2 hours...
The reason im never going to westfest again.
I did that the first two times I went back in 06/07, the first one the train got in at 1pm so we had to wait at the station for ages till we could get to the showground, right at the front of the queue, waited 2 hours for them to open but first people in the rave! Its weird being in the arena with tunes playing but no other people. Also had to leave at 2am because I got gastroenteritis, had to get my dad to drive up to pick me up after I had boshed a load of whizz and he ran out of fuel half way there with no petrol stations open because it was a Sunday. Spent the next week in bed throwing up every bit of liquid I managed to get down my neck. 2nd time I went we stayed to the end (5am cause the clocks go back), got to the station and kicked the toilet door in then took turns to sit under the blow dryer to keep warm till 10.30 when the train came. So glad I drive now been every year since 06, half that event for me is the mission, its a nightmare but I love it!
Iv never had a bad time at a rave but a few memorable things spring to mind.
First event I ever went to I was thrown into the wall by some lads getting rowdy, it was a plasterboard wall so I went straight through it without a scratch on me!
My car being broken into at DnB awards this year, didn’t take anything except a few dog ends and the loose change out of the ashtray. Left my CD packs, CD player, tool box, loads of bottles of spirits and a few crates. Complete waste of time breaking my window really, they could have at least taken something valuable...
Some random guy next to me at the front getting stabbed in the side at NYE NEC 07/08
Mate got paranoid in the queue at westfest 2010 and took all his mandy in one go, ran out his battery ringing his missus for about an hour. He lost us as soon as he got in and got robbed by security. Didn’t find his way back to the car till about 2 hours after the event ended, apparently he just spent the entire night sat in the corner of the hardcore arena!
A few larger events where iv got separated from friends and not had my phone on me, most notable one was Westfest this year, battery ran out and normally I can cope with being at a rave on my own but ended up leaving at about 4am because I was tripping big time and thought I was going to end up being robbed like my mate the year before. Really felt like I missed out on that one, I only do stuff at that one event these days and I kinda feel like I ruined it for myself by being such a mess.
Always having to look after mates who are too much of a mess because I'm always the one most sober.
Being at the front of the main stage at westfest last year and a mate being so messy he continued dancing after friction stopped the music mid set for a moment, it was dead silent until Eksman started laughing at him.
Seeing my mate drink out of the gutter walking home from the opera house