Why illegal raves are flourishing in the UK

In recent years, unlicensed underground raves, which are run by decentralised networks of soundsystems and party crews, have flourished across the UK, the Guardian reports. These raves vary from 5,000-strong mega-raves in Bristol warehouses, to three-day breakcore soundclashes on south coast beaches, to intimate psytrance parties in the woodlands of Lancashire, and multi-rig “teknivals” on Scottish wind farms. The G names three roots of this phenomenon - widening social divides, ongoing Tory austerity and creeping gentrification.