eFestivals site started out mostly listing alternative and smaller festivals, but is more commercially-oriented now, but still a useful portal and usually up to date.
EDM – electronic dance music
When rave and techno moved worldwide it was frequently re-branded as EDM. Here are links to a couple of sites.
Access all areas links to parties around Europe.
Your EDM is a US-based link site.
Enabler Publications site, based in the UK offers an interesting portal into information, links and books about the new Travellers in the UK and beyond, the evolution of festivals, eco-living, alternative Australia and a diverse range of interests around creative work with young people and the environment, including Africa.
Albion and Barsham Fayres/Fairs in East Anglia, England, 1972-86. A lovely record of some splendid olde-worlde, idiosyncratic festivals including many horse fairs.
Fairly mainstream, but colourful, festival site featuring festies from round the globe including a feature about the 10 best alternatives (in their view) to Burning Man. Includes video links.
Festival Eye magazine features news and info about the more alternative-style festies, mostly UK-focused. Worth checking out some of the older issues.
A book published on the web and in print form. Its aim to look at: “How the need for physical contact, anonymous freedom and community gives rise to new models of togetherness and autonomy in festivals, communities, free cultural spaces and tribes. “ Luc Sala with Aja Waalwijk
Renowned and greatly missed Zippie psychonaut. Originator of many trippy, hippy events and publications. Including the Encyclopedia Psychedelica, Megatripolis and the youniversity.
Old sites, but they include links to some interesting material. Plus a tiny video clip of Fraser with Terence McKenna.
Free parties. These developed out of rave and spread around the globe.
Here are a couple of links.
The first is to the site about UK parties 1990-94, which includes some rarely seen footage of Castlemorton Common. Lots of old news coverage, plus links to sites featuring particular sound systems such as DiY, Circus Warp, Bedlam, Circus Normal and the Spirals.
And a second link to the Malfaiteurs site on Facebook.
UK Web Archive through the British Library for Friends, Families and Travellers info.