These public Google My Maps trace parts of US rave culture through clubs, warehouses, record stores, festivals, labels, and other scene-defining locations. They are meant as research aids and geographic companions to the oral histories collected on this site.
A public guide to major Chicago house and rave-history sites, from foundational addresses like the Warehouse, Muzic Box, and Power Plant to records-and-archive sites such as Importes Etc. and the Stony Island Arts Bank, plus selected current venues and festival anchors.
A public guide to major Detroit techno and rave-history sites, from foundational venues like the Music Institute and Club Heaven to institutions such as Submerge / Exhibit 3000 and Archer Record Pressing, plus a layer of current venues that keep the city's electronic scene active.
New York dance-music map spanning foundational club history and the contemporary Brooklyn-centered scene. It combines major historic sites such as Paradise Garage, The Saint, Limelight, Tunnel, and Twilo with current venues like Nowadays, BASEMENT, Elsewhere, and Avant Gardner, plus key labels tied to the city's house and club lineage.
Regional Bay Area map combining San Francisco and Oakland, with an emphasis on rave-era history and present-day club infrastructure. It includes foundational sites such as Home Base, The EndUp, DNA Lounge, and 1015 Folsom, alongside current venues and important electronic label or record-store nodes.
Southern California regional electronic-music map covering Los Angeles, Pomona, San Bernardino, Costa Mesa, and Indio. It links early and underground sites such as Masterdome, Catch One, Avalon, and Fox Theater Pomona to contemporary clubs, festival grounds, and scene infrastructure including NOS Events Center, Academy LA, and Insomniac's wider festival geography.
Austin electronic-music map focused on a smaller but durable club and festival ecology. It links historical underground sites like Plush and Cave Club with current anchors such as The Concourse Project and Kingdom, plus key record stores that help sustain the city's music culture.
Miami electronic-music map combining club history, festival geography, and conference infrastructure. It highlights the changing homes of Ultra Music Festival, the shifting headquarters of Winter Music Conference, long-running club institutions like Space, and key record-store or nightlife sites across Miami and Miami Beach.
Las Vegas electronic-music map centered on the city's superclub, residency, and festival era, while preserving a few older nightlife landmarks. It pairs historic club sites such as Rain and Body English with the current Strip club circuit, EDC Las Vegas at the Speedway, and a small record-store layer for local scene infrastructure.
This map traces key sites in Washington, DC's rave and electronic-music history, from the launch of Buzz at East Side Club and its later home at Nation to the cosmopolitan lounge era of Eighteenth Street Lounge and the later underground-to-mainstream club infrastructure represented by U Street Music Hall, Echostage, Flash, and ESL's current Shaw venue. It is designed to pair historical anchors with current scene-defining spaces.