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A Lagos rave rewrites the rules of nightlife, drawing young Nigerians priced out of club culture
Group Therapy offers a dance-focused rave with tickets at 21,000 naira ($15.19), challenging Lagos's expensive table culture and prioritizing community and house music.
- On a recent Friday night in Lekki, thousands of mostly young people attended Group Therapy, a table-free rave in a dark, strobe-lit auditorium.
- Driven by expensive bottle service, Lagos nightlife scene's table culture limits access as bottle prices range from 100,000 naria to nearly a million naira, excluding many young residents.
- Organizers set a low fixed price, charging a 21,000 naira ticket and offering one small bar, while DJ Aniko prioritizes open dancing with house music from post-2022 crossovers.
- Culture observer Oluwamayowa Idowu and attendee Yetunde Onikoyi say raves are more democratic and therapeutic, with revelers dancing shoulder to shoulder in Lagos.
- Since around 2022, DJs have infused African sonic elements in house music, and DJ Aniko resists mainstream control to keep Lagos nightlife independent amid Nigeria's global music rise.
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On a recent Friday night, thousands of mostly young people trooped into a large auditorium in Lekki, an upscale part of Lagos. Inside, it was hard to discern the faces of people just meters away. The whole hall was dark, lit only by flashing green strobe lights from the stage. Those gathered had come together for therapy. But this was Group Therapy, a popular rave in Lagos, where revelers come seeking a different party scene they wouldn’t find a…
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A Lagos rave rewrites the rules of nightlife, drawing young Nigerians priced out of club culture
Nightlife in Nigeria's economic capital Lagos can be very expensive with its table culture where revellers are divided into a multitier system and compelled to buy very expensive drinks.
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