Morning Gloryville

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Morning Gloryville
Genre Electronic dance music
Location(s) London, international
Years active2013-present
FoundersNico Thoemmes and Samantha Moyo
Website morninggloryville.com

Morning Gloryville (originally named Morning Glory) is a sober, drug-free morning rave event in the United Kingdom. Morning Gloryville was founded in 2013 by Nico Thoemmes and Samantha Moyo. [1] [2] It was designed to be "fun... without the alcohol", [3] and an alternative to the morning gym. [2] One of the aims is to "reengage people with a form of exercise" without the negative health impacts of drugs and alcohol. [4]

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The original event occurs once a month in Shoreditch, East London. [1] Since then Morning Gloryville has expanded to 14 cities around the world. [3] [5] [6] The event is not exclusively raving, but also includes yoga and massage. [6] Because the event is drug and alcohol free it is also popular with families and children. [7]

Notable DJs to have performed at the events include Basement Jaxx. [8] [9] Morning Gloryville was held at Bestival in September 2014. [10] [11] They also support up and coming DJs and in August 2016, they had Evan Duthie perform. [12] [ circular reference ]

Conscious Clubbing

Morning Gloryville is also cited as creating the concept of “Conscious Clubbing” [2] [6] [13] This term can be used to mean a variety of things, clubs such as Raha use this to distinguish Non-profit-making monthly night clubs from commercial night clubs, as they can have more "ethical foundations" and they aim to "altering the concept of clubbing". [14] Clubs such as Asleep At The Wheel use this term to identify this as an alternative club, which incorporates "live music, visuals, art, talks and poetry readings". [14]

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