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Music Is the Drug: A Deep Dive Into Substance-Free Raving With “The Sober Raver”

From non-alcoholic cocktail bars to substance-free music festivals, there has never been an era for sober raving quite like this one.  To most people, ecstasy, LSD and vodka Red Bulls are practically synonymous with the “EDM” acronym. But over the last few years, a cohort of sober concert-goers have slowly brought their lifestyle to the mainstream, like the organizers of a “detox” music festival in Colorado and Electric Forest’s Camp Traction Sober Group Camp, which caters to those who want to get high off the music alone.  Chelsie Cahoon has partied hard—and sober—since her late teens. Now she owns a clothing brand called Music Is The Drug and hopes to continue bringing awareness and acceptance to all corners of dance music culture, one t-shirt...

A Sober “Detox” Music Festival Is Coming to Colorado

Within the last five years, sober-curious lifestyles and addiction prevention initiatives have steadily grown in popularity. This September, Colorado-based Ignight Entertainment will take this progress one step further with the inaugural edition of their Sundown music festival.  Scheduled for September 11th, the all-ages show will be the state’s first “detox” music festival, Fox21 News Colorado reported. Organizers have also put out a call for visual artists, with applications open until August 7th. Check the form out here. Flyer for Sundown, Colorado’s first “detox” music festival. Sundown Colorado In addition to headlining performances by Autograf and Yolanda Be Cool, Sundown will host an array of mental wellness and mindfulness ini...