Rave: Earthquake

Date: Saturday, 25 January 1997

Production: ID&T Holland and Stomp Squad Australia

Venue: Centennial Stadium, Redfern Rd Minto

DJs: The Prophet, The Predator and Darkraver, Nick TT, Jumping Jack, Nik Fish, Hi Shock, Crisis, Spellbound, Paul Holden

Description: Ray's Reviews - Earthquake: This party was originally planned to be in an indoor skating rink, so when it was moved to Minto it was disappointing, seeing as so many raves have been at Minto already. But the rave overall was quite good. It was the last week of the school holidays, so the crowd was very very young. In the stadium itself, there were two big video screens either side of the DJ. Throughout the night, they showed another rave on the screen (not live). It helped create a bit of atmosphere though. All the lasers were on the right side, and there were a couple of blue/green lasers and a full colour laser. There were a few international DJ’s: The Prophet, The Predator and Darkraver, with the Darkraver wearing a batman-style cape. A MC pumped the crowd up all night. Overall it was a pretty good rave, better than average, but not quite worth the $44 ticket. Email from promoter: 'Unfortunately, the owners of the original venue backed out on new years eve once they saw the massive advertising we were doing at the time. It was either cancel the event, or find a new venue in less than a week allowing the remaining 2 weeks to advertise the new venue.'