CRIP RAVE™

Thank you to @residentadvisor and @noyinzoe for featuring the work that we do. Promoters: Reach out to us! ra.co/features/4000

The Toronto DJ and co-founder of Crip Rave explains why inclusivity at electronic music events is empowering. cbc.ca/music/crip-rav…

Congrats to @MUTEK_Montreal for hosting the first-ever 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵. On Aug 19, over a hundred cultural innovators including @toodrew, @femnistecondept, @CripRave, @liam_young, and Nancy Lee gathered to imagine tomorrow’s festival ecosystems. 🖤

"Everyone has a better time when spaces are more accessible" ⚡️ @CripRave undertakes the important work of making raves and electronic music culture more inclusive for all bodies 🌱

Crip Rave cofounder @stefanafratila has announced a new concept album that probes the concept of physical disabilities in outer space ra.co/news/78708

Happy 1 year to Crip News by our wonderful friend @KGotkin ❤️ Subscribe, if you haven’t already!

My latest article for The Cripsters (@akimboart) is up and it's an interview piece with Renee and Stefana of @CripRave! Check it out here: akimbo.ca/akimblog/every…

The Cripsters on Akimblog: Shay Erlich interviews the Crip Rave Collective founders, Renee Dumaresque and Stefana Fratila for a conversation on making rave sites accessible to everyone. ow.ly/OjlO50Kz1H8

Agir avec responsabilité peut se traduire de multiples façons. L’implication et le dévouement de ces panelistes dans leur travail, pour offrir des espaces sécuritaires et respectueux au public et aux artistes est tellement inspirant. @OutsideMusic @CripRave @RefractionDAO

"It’s important to increase the range of what accessibility means. We can’t make spaces accessible without considering how things like racism, ongoing colonization, sexism intersect with ableism to make things inaccessible." - @CripRave on designing accessible live experiences.

Great to see accessibility come up at @MUTEK_Montreal including for artists - normalize accessibility riders! Renee from @CripRave

Our final workshop of the day, Cripping Music Culture through Access Riders, focuses on concrete strategies at the intersection of the music industry and access culture. Hosted by @stefanafratila of Toronto-based collective @criprave. Live now at #MUTEK Forum.

📢 Presenting #AMBJ Romanian-born artist, DJ composer and sound designer @stefanafratila, also co-founder of @CripRave: an event platform showcasing and prioritizing Crip, Disabled, Deaf, Mad, and Sick body-minds within safer and more accessible rave spaces. ⚡⚡ #torontomusic

FREE WORKSHOP @stefanafratila, DJ and co-founder of @CripRave will be hosting a workshop for both artists and promoters who are interested in learning more about access culture and its intersections with music. Sign up here → lnkd.in/ekNeytr4

Today @e_flux presents my imagined soundscape of Mars alongside an essay on sound, disability and outer space 🪐 yctm.e-flux.com/sonic-boom Thank you @DrSamiSchalk @SFdirewolf @ChaiKovsky @roseveleth @marinakoren @OlgaRavn for your inspiring words #CripsInSpace

Super excited to be a guest speaker at @MUTEK_Montreal this year! I'll be facilitating a workshop called "Cripping Music Culture Through Access Riders", geared towards both artists and promoters. See you in August! forum.mutek.org

We’re truly thrilled to be a part of the MUTEK Forum in Montréal this year! @ReneeDumaresque will represent Crip Rave on the panel, “Where Do We Go From Here? Building a Better Future For Live Music”, happening on Friday August 26th.

@CRIPRAVE Get to know the Toronto based collective in our feature ra.co/features/4000

@CRIPRAVE's events embody the notion that a few changes can make the difference between disabled ravers staying home out of caution, or going out for a potentially transformative night ra.co/features/4000

.@ReneeDumaresque was 21 when they started raving and 23 when they developed a chronic pain that made nights out daunting Read about Toronto-based @CRIPRAVE, a collective of disabled ravers ra.co/features/4000

"It was really powerful to be in a space full of disabled, Deaf and Mad people enjoying themselves and celebrating their community," he says, a relief from the typical disabled experience of skipping parties, or feeling unwelcome after arriving.