Over 3.7 million Brits over 45 go raving once a week

[editor]

I like these stats:

Over 3.7 million Brits over the age of 45 go raving once a week, a new study says.

Eventbrite has found that there's still a love for raving among the middle age demographic, with those calling themselves the EverGroovers.

Refusing to be too old to rave, the group insist on continuing to party, with 60 per cent of the 170 EverGroovers - led by 59-year-old former Kiss FM DJ Gordon Mac - questioned said nothing would stop them raving and two-fifths claiming they have more stamina than people half their age. 24 per cent even said they rave more in their 40s than in their younger days.

This comes as no surprise after a bunch of rave lifers told us that 37 being branded the official age that's too old to go clubbing was nonsense. Now, adults apparently think 39 is the age you become too old.

Over 3.7 million Brits over 45 go raving once a week

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Hmm yeah ok...

Can't really see it to be honest. Once a week, really?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Hmm yeah ok...

Can't really see it to be honest. Once a week, really?

Go raving mental about some bullshit stats on the internet, yeah?

 

[Yossarian]

Hmm yeah ok...

Can't really see it to be honest. Once a week, really?

I think these numbers might have been extrapolated from a poll on a website instead of a rigorous study.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Sounds like a very high number. Not that I've anything to base my opinion on.

 

[Pickman's model]

i make that about 1/7 of everyone over the age of 45. which seems rather high.

 

[editor]

i make that about 1/7 of everyone over the age of 45. which seems rather high.

Not amongst my social circle.

 

[Yossarian]

Mixmag also says the number of clubs in Britain almost halved between 2005 and 2015 - but maybe this 3.7 million over-45 ravers have rejected corporate clubbing to return to the warehouse parties of their youth and if so, I'm annoyed that I never get invited along.

Number of clubs in the UK has almost halved since 2005

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Not amongst my social circle.

I'm going to guess your social circle isn't representative of over-45s in general.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Not amongst my social circle.

Go raving every single week? In my 20's, running a sound system I never went out every single week.

Calling Jimmy...

 

[Steel Icarus]

Not amongst my social circle.

Tbf you're probably a bit of an outlier. If I took my circle of friends and extrapolated upwards I'd deduce that 40 million people in the UK are Half Man Half Biscuit fans, and 50% of people in the UK live in Grimsby.

 

[editor]

I suspect that the survey's idea of 'raving' is quite different to what most people think.

 

[Yossarian]

Tbf you're probably a bit of an outlier. If I took my circle of friends and extrapolated upwards I'd deduce that 40 million people in the UK are Half Man Half Biscuit fans, and 50% of people in the UK live in Grimsby.

This sounds like it could be an interesting alternative reality, although it would be tough to get tickets for HMHB gigs at the Grimsby Megadrome.

 

[Steel Icarus]

I suspect that the survey's idea of 'raving' is quite different to what most people think.

"Going somewhere that isn't your house where music is playing you can dance to"

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I suspect that the survey's idea of 'raving' is quite different to what most people think.

Quick pint on the way home from work?

 

[lizzieloo]

"evergroovers"?

tosh.

 

[Smangus]

I suspect that the survey's idea of 'raving' is quite different to what most people think.

Having a barney at the checkout in Tescos.

 

[Cid]

Mixmag also says the number of clubs in Britain almost halved between 2005 and 2015 - but maybe this 3.7 million over-45 ravers have rejected corporate clubbing to return to the warehouse parties of their youth and if so, I'm annoyed that I never get invited along.

Number of clubs in the UK has almost halved since 2005

Yep, and another article suggests 680 illegal raves /year (which is probably an underestimate since it’s ‘reported’, but hey). If we’re ridiculously generous and say 680 illegal raves per week, making 2413 rave events/week, that would still be 1533 people per venue, all over 45.

 

[Yossarian]

I suspect that the survey's idea of 'raving' is quite different to what most people think.

Repetitive beats on the heart monitor.

 

[Gromit]

Mixmag also says the number of clubs in Britain almost halved between 2005 and 2015 - but maybe this 3.7 million over-45 ravers have rejected corporate clubbing to return to the warehouse parties of their youth and if so, I'm annoyed that I never get invited along.

Number of clubs in the UK has almost halved since 2005

Not sure what they consider corporate Vs warehouse. Things like the steel yard are like warehousey but massively corporate.

 

[Idaho]

Imagine if 3.7 million over 45s really did rave once a week. Each town would have a couple of large clubs full of grooving grey hairs. Mixmag and associated publications would have funeral plan and conservatory advertising.

I'd be moderately surprised if there were even 500,000 weekly 45+ ravers.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Cutting it mediocre once the kids go to bed.

 

[cybershot]

I'm 38 and barely go once a year now.

 

[ruffneck23]

at 48 its about twice a year now, when it used to be weds-sun every week

 

[skyscraper101]

I suspect that the survey's idea of 'raving' is quite different to what most people think.

Yeah my image of 'raving' is more akin to scenes of outdoor mini festivals in the countryside with fairgrounds and thumping beats til past dawn and bemused local villagers on the regional news the next day.

 

[ruffneck23]

^^^ that

 

[JuanTwoThree]

Around 50 Google results for exact phrases "ever groovers" "Ever Groovers" etc

So I don't call bullshit; I climb a high tower and scream 'Bullshit'

 

[BristolEcho]

I read it as every week there will be 3.7 million people over the age of 45 out raving? Not that they do it every week.

Anyway I hate this fucking obsession with age and raving. There have been some articles recently "When are you to old to rave?" Never, now do one.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Surely everyone who ever went 'raving' is pushing fifty by now anyway?

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Surely everyone who ever went 'raving' is pushing fifty by now anyway?

Anyone who calls it 'raving' is definitely pushing 50.