By Sam Bradley

The night-time economy was the fifth biggest industry in the UK in 2019 according to the Night Time Industries Association, driven in no small part by clubbers getting hot and sweaty on packed dance floors up and down the country.

Social distancing, of course, put a stop to that, and the sound systems, smoke machines and strobe lights were switched off. But you need only look at the well-documented rise in illegal raves to see how passionate the dance music community remains.

With clubs closed for the foreseeable and the livelihoods of DJs, dancers, promoters, bar staff and security threatened as never Read full story ›

Source: The Drum