Clubbing (also known as club culture, related to raving) is the activity of visiting and gathering socially at nightclubs (discotheques, discos or just clubs) and festivals. That includes socializing, listening to music, dancing, drinking alcohol and sometimes using recreational drugs. It is often done to hear new music on larger, high-end audio systems than one would not usually have in one's home, or for socializing and meeting new people. Clubbing and raves have historically referred to grass-roots organized, anti-establishment and unlicensed all night dance parties, typically featuring electronically produced dance music, such as techno, house, trance and drum and bass.A “Rave” Review: Conceptual Interests and Analytical Shifts in Research on Rave Culture, Tammy L. Anderson and Philip R. Kavanaugh, University of Delaware, 2007, http://www.udel.edu/soc/tammya/EDM-Project/content/raveCulture/Publications/Sociological%20Compass%202007.doc
