We're going to go out on a limb and assume the majority of our audience has been to a rave. Do you put on blinders and just go to enjoy the music? You can't, right? You're interacting with scores of people, from promoters and bros to kandi kids and bloggers. With PLUR in the air, raves tend to encompass all kinds of people, and that's exactly why so many corporations are throwing money at the festival circuit.
With so many people attending raves, it becomes clear that there are certain groups of people that attend these events, and we wanted to give you a primer for the wide array of individuals you'll be raging with during your next outing.
That guy who's attending his first rave
Kandi kids
Promoters
The chinstroker
Smartphone cinematographers
The blogger
Hippies
The person asking if you have drugs
The drug dealer
The person that's just way too wasted
Security
That old guy
Kids
Not to be confused with "kandi" kids; that's an entirely different beast. With all-ages music festivals going down, we've seen some parents rocking with their babies strapped to their chest. At the 2012 Mad Decent Block Party in Philly, we found this guy, who completely owned any circle of dancers... even if he only had like three or four moves in his set. Tiny ravers.