{"id":53060,"date":"2025-03-07T11:47:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T11:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/?p=53060"},"modified":"2025-05-14T15:28:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:28:04","slug":"tribal-warehouse-brings-sheffields-first-no-phone-rave-experience-to-forge-warehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/tribal-warehouse-brings-sheffields-first-no-phone-rave-experience-to-forge-warehouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribal Warehouse brings Sheffield\u2019s first no-phone rave experience to FORGE Warehouse."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Sheffield\u2019s rave scene is set for a night free of digital distraction as Tribal Warehouse, the company behind the experience, hosts the city\u2019s first no-phone rave at&nbsp; FORGE warehouse this Saturday 8th March.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nick Spencer, host of the event and DJ on the night, has said the experience promises an environment where attendees can fully engage with the music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou didn\u2019t have people holding up their phones trying to do song requests or filming the entire time and not actually dancing,\u2019\u2019 Nick said, reflecting on his past experience at The Warehouse in Leeds which followed a similar policy of no recording.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has said the introduction of banning video recording at various of his previous live events&nbsp;has meant that \u201ceveryone is not on their phones and actually connects with the music.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:430px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53062\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC02328-1024x576.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC02328-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DSC02328-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nick\u2019s motivation to introduce the no phone policy to this event was supported by an Instagram poll he conducted, along with several over accounts, he gathered over 4,000 responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He and the other accounts questioned their followers whether they would prefer the event to have a no-phone policy attached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The results were extremely one sided, with ninety percent voting to ban the use of phones to record the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leon Griffin,20, a student, shared conflicted feelings towards the policy.\u201cI think a no phone policy is good to some extent in terms of improving the atmosphere,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>He added : \u201cI do get so many videos on TikTok and Instagram of music events, which look good and make me want to go next time though, and this wouldn\u2019t happen as often if people were not recording and sharing videos.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to enforce the no recording premise, events staff will place stickers over attendees phone cameras in order to ensure no videos or photos are taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This transformation of the UK rave scene has arrived relatively late to Sheffield as these kinds of experiences&nbsp;have become common in other places in the UK.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manchester has been a pioneer in the movement, with clubs such as Ambers&nbsp;being one of the earliest to introduce this kind of immersive experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/event-artwork-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53064\" style=\"width:823px;height:auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Event Banner <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday\u2019s event will be headlined by DJ Ewan McVicar, with additional performances from Nick Spencer, Dan O\u2019Shea, Dosdevine, Elle Shaw, Jay Simmonite, Monty, and Taylor Coley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield\u2019s rave scene is set for a night free of digital distraction as Tribal Warehouse, the company behind the experience, hosts the city\u2019s first no-phone rave at&nbsp; 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