Free party culture

With the situation in lots of clubs now being that they baulk at huge rigs, or several speaker stacks etc, does anyone here think that reggae sound culture may move towards the 90s rave / free party model of rocking upto a field or factory and doing a free party?

I understand that, im in my 40s mate, 

BigSoundNorthWest wrote: I understand that, im in my 40s mate,  Not really what i mean Levyte ;) I meant "venues" as in the same places you mentioned rather than actual clubs. Give me Shaka at B Rec, or Mark Iration at West Indian, University of Dub etc Over any nightclub anytime.so yeah I know where they do and have historically taken place.... I'm just wondering if it'd ever follow the free party model. Turning up and squatting warehouses, or a forest. You always see loads playing dnb, techno etc. But barely any reggae freeparties.

Only dub free parties I ever went to was Port Meadow in Oxford in the nineties.

I think that you are unlikely to get it in the UK now as the Roots/Dub scene is quite far from the Free Party scene. Back in the day sounds like Negusa Negast definitely did Free Parties and played reggae/roots/dub but the new generation just aren't into like people were in the 90's, the scenes have diverged too much. You definitely do get some reggae related stuff getting played alongside the tekno, trance, DnB & dubstep, the old "Reggae in the Morning" still sings true.

In other countries (where its not necessarily illegal to put on a free party) it happens a lot more. Certainly in Aus we have quite a few regular free party events playing roots, I do 1 or 2 a year with my rig and there is a boxing day free party in a park that has been running for 10+ years now. Roots also gets a shoe in at the big multiriggers (although the last one did get shutdown by the cops before it began) with at least 1 rig playing dub of some kind whilst the others stick to Tekno, DnB etc.

Certainly agree there fat_bstrd, 

Whilst the changes in law haven’t stopped free party culture, there was a point before the CJA when it was possible to run a private party on private land with the land owners permission and no licence without any legal bother from the bill. Now it’s pushed almost exclusively to dodgy and slightly inaccessible places.