"Face of repression, we make the sound." The wheelers march to defend the free parties and the "right to the party"

To denounce the proliferation of bans on free parties, the repression of which they consider themselves victims, and a new bill aimed at "enhancing the criminalisation" of the organisation of rallies, thousands of teufeurs gathered in a dozen cities in France, as in Rennes and Brest in Brittany.

This Saturday, April 12th, in some 30 cities, groups of bulldozers are demonstrating to denounce a new bill "to strengthen the penalisation of the organisation of rave parties". It is inspired by the measures taken by the far right in Italy, in disregard of the crucial issue of public health.

This week-end of April 12, 2025, thousands of people demonstrated in the streets of many French cities to defend the culture of free parties. in the face of a bill that intends to tighten their supervision considerably. Born in the United Kingdom in the late 1980s, in the wake of the acid house scene and in reaction to Margaret Thatcher's repressive policies, the free parties imposed themselves as radical spaces of freedom. Self-managed, non-com…

TURIN – In the industrial area of La Cassa, a rave took place that attracted hundreds of young people, ready to dance all night to the rhythm of techno music. The call of the “tam tam” on social media brought over 500 participants, coming not only from Piedmont but also from outside the region, to gather in the abandoned warehouses of Chemia Tau. Despite the protests of residents, who reported the impossibility of resting due to the deafening no…

On Saturday afternoon, there were loud cries of protest, music and calls for change on the Leidseplein. Hundreds of people, including hospitality entrepreneurs, sex workers and entertainment audiences, gathered to protest against increased regulations that they said were “stifling” the city. Under the slogan “Let Amsterdam bustle again”, protesters expressed their dissatisfaction with what they see as a steady loss of the capital's free characte…

On Saturday, April 12, 2025, about 1,200 people marched in the streets of Rennes to protest against the repression of the free parties, these festive and often undeclared musical gatherings. The demonstration, nicknamed "manifestive", began on the Charles-de-Gaulle esplanade, accompanied by several walls of sound, and continued in the city centre before returning to its starting point for a collective musical diffusion. This mobilization is part…