On the 22nd of August 2020, a government press release announced that the culture recovery fund saved 135 grassroots music venues. A detailed list of venues and allocated funding was released on the government website. While this was hailed as a victory for the #letusdance movement, on closer inspection, many smaller venues received grants of less than 10,000 pounds.

Also 10,000 pounds was the amount that rave organisers could be fined with under new legislation brought in to discourage illegal raves. Under these new measures, individual punters could also be subject to a fine of up to 100 pounds.

A few weeks have passed since the Home Office announcement, and illegal raves appear to be still going on in spite of the more punitive stance taken by government and the redirection of law enforcement focus towards more active policing of raves. 

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