Return of the Rave: Revolution Raleigh
One of the newest additions to Raleigh’s evening line up is Revolution Raleigh. Combining stage acts by some of Raleigh’s local circus performers with dance music, cotton candy, and an amazing light show, Revolution Raleigh sounded like a refreshing change of pace from the usual hipster bar/gelhead danceclub dichotomy that pervades most of Raleigh’s downtown nightlife.
To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much – Raleigh hasn’t had much of a rave scene for the better part of a decade – and so when I arrived, I was genuinely blown away. The crowd was tremendous, I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen Lincoln Theatre that packed. The music, initially mostly dubstep (not my favorite), quickly picked up and built up to a serious crescendo of awesomeness. Finally the stage performers helped add a nice focus to the entire scene, really kept the crowd moving, and of course were awesome performers. However, rather than go on about it, I’ll leave you with some pictures taken by John Morris and I, and strongly encourage you to check out their upcoming Holidaze party this Thursday, December 9.
The crowd very early in the evening (photo by JM)
The crowd a little later (photo by JM)
Awesome stage performance by Acroentertainment (photo by JM)
photo by JM
photo by JM
This performer did an awesome tarantella style dance with this dress. Hard to photograph, but definitely fun to watch
photo by JM
The DJs did a great job
Outside cooling off with a smoke
View of the performers from backstage (photo by JM)
A view across the crowd (photo by JM)
The ringmaster backstage
On the dancefloor
A cool couple in the crowd (photo by JM)
The face painters
Another shot on the street
The Raleigh firedancers putting on a lightshow
The DJ at the helm
The party really starting to heat up
This picture is a pretty accurate description of what it felt like to be on the dancefloor
The ringmaster performing on the swing
Upstairs playing some pool in women's lingerie
This guys shot is about to get seriously messed up
End of the show, everyone taking their bows (photo by JM)
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12/07/2010
Thanks for the review Sid! Definitely be sure to catch Holidaze REVOLUTION this Thursday!
Peace
Jon G (DJ FM)
REVOLUTION Raleigh Resident DJ
12/07/2010
Great post. There are some excellent portraits in there. Go back and get more shots of the trapeze girl!
12/08/2010
James Brown is dead.
12/08/2010
+1 Lupus Yonderboy.
12/10/2010
@James Brown is still alive “but perhaps was to young to be a raver, and with to much soul, back in the late 80s”?
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=james+brown+is+dead&x=0&y=0
Its OK James, LA Style all died in an LSD laced nitrous oxide bomb.
12/10/2010
Me’s forgot. Lupus Yonderboy infamously “bombed”(its street slang folks) several first fridays with Rave Bike, lit up with 200+ LEDs, a disco ball, and a mobile stereo system playing one song…
Word has it that at midnight tonight, 15 minutes from now, the night of Holidaze, an enlightened Lupus Yonderboy will recreate this legendary performance with a slight alteration to his route with a driveby on Lincoln.
We all know ravers don’t get in line till after midnight at the earliest, and the veterans don’t turn up till after 2am.
And remember kids, the lights you see over the horizon as you stumble out at 7am is known as “God’s flashlight” ;)
12/10/2010
So is this thing every Monday, once a month, or what? http://www.lincolntheatre.com/Revolution.html and Lincoln’s calendar could use some improvement on this topic… hard to plan to go if you don’t know when it is ;-)
09/20/2020
Great post. There are some excellent portraits in there. James Brown is dead.
10/21/2020
Ha, and 10 years later I comment again on this post.
I was one of two resident DJs for this event from 2010-2013. I have a YouTube playlist of somewhere around 120 videos from various people. Have a look if you like. I’m still out here making music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG5bxectnrc&list=PLF713B29C6FCCDA6E
04/25/2021
Good post, I like the pics, want to see more