Ministry of Sound is starting a new series of sober rave events this summer. The events will happen four times a year, beginning May 11th and continuing until November. An iconic venue of their caliber, putting sobriety on the table, shines a light on the growing trend of partying alcohol-free. While Ministry of Sound has held similar events before, like Ecstatic Disco and Dry Disco, this new series is different. It’s the club’s first dedicated program for alcohol-free nightlife, showing a change in London’s club scene. DJ DRIIA will lead the series. Her own experience with sober raving influences her music. She’s known in the underground scene for mixing UKG, Jungle, and Breaks into her sound. Named a BBC Radio 1 Future Star, she has support from artists like Main Phase, Turno, and Jaguar, and she supports sober events in dance music. Additionally, a non-alcoholic drink menu will be available at the club, starting in February. Bar manager Laura Andrijauskaitė, who also lives a sober lifestyle, created the menu. It includes low and no-alcohol drinks from brands like LUCKY SAINT, Trip, and REAL.co, with options like craft beer alternatives, mushroom drinks, and CBD drinks. “I’d love to be a part of creating a fresh space in London for people to experience a (largely) sober day of music“, DRIIA says. “For me, the focus would be demonstrating that sobriety doesn’t impinge on enjoyment—if anything it can enhance it. By working with Ministry of Sound nightclub, we can demonstrate that you can still love underground genres like UKG, DnB, Dubstep, Jungle, and be sober/sober-curious. Dancing isn’t something that should be mutually exclusive with drinking, and to offer a space where music and community takes priority would be important in this ever-growing sober-curious society we live in.” *Cover image: Charlie Bluck [H/T] Electronic GrooveClubbing Giant Ministry of Sound To Host Sober Rave Series
