Clubs
Hubs
VRChatPartyHub, bonus glance at their Discord at the time of writing in summer 2022:
VRChatMusicEventCalendar Twitter bot, seemingly similar to the above but for JP-based events!
VRCC, will note that the way it loads events will regularly lag my phone/computer when scrolling!
Past Journeys
I've finally written 2022's stories + reflections I've had since starting VRChat on the gap between watching others talk about VRChat clubs vs. the reality of joining as an outsider new to it all! It covers, among others:
My entry point: "The Virtual Underground: An Introduction to VRChat's Rave Scene" by Straszfilms
SlyFest Azuria
Friends that saved me from a rough night trying some of the above with their own set!
A couple of old videos by the interview channel Surreal (ended August 2022) with scene creators:
"New past journeys" since what the above first blog saga covers:
Cannon Cove -- the best place I've found for rock and metal, even a goofy 00s emo night. Be mindful that they host both SFW and NSFW (18+) events; but, they make a clear distinction between the two by changing between instances if one follows the other.
Newly encountered documentaries since the time of that blog saga:
Future Journeys
Trying more of the clubs from those above intel hubs + blog! Examples:
CONTACT, Kawaii Till I Die (link in its channel on VRCPartyHub), Rave Till the Grave, Resonance (sometimes just referred to as their maps, e.g. M4L1C3/Claustrophobia), M.A.S.S. - lower priority to Concrete (has nsfw events under the name Cell:Bind) and Heist
That JP party twitter hub above!
Sidelined for being too competitive to get in for my vibe: SANCTUM, GHOSTCLUB, so --
--watch the Twitch stream I found that GHOSTCLUB goes live on, announced via Twitter
Videos to watch on VR clubs: a JP minidoc about GHOSTCLUB, another general one on raves in VR
Deciding whether I would consider any in particular a “home” like others seem to? If that’s me, where?
Attending a pop-up event for a venue that I’ve been to the not pop-up side of already to compare it to!
Some friends said DJs here can make sets more exploratory since it’s not a big main event?
Digging a little more into that public Club Orion venue world’s “VRSL kit” for stage lighting (e.g. as a set’s playing), which may explain how that world allows public instances in the first place? I think I even bumped into the name of that creator on the “Staff” board in MusicVket4’s live-rave subworld? 🔍
Encountered a very cool video below that has me curious though still needing the right time/way to jump in:
Video quick-notes: VRDancing (primarily exercise), VR Dance Academy (primarily lessons), Club Poseidon (primarily their dance teams here, distinguishing "performance" and "go-go" as a matter of focused choreo v. focused stamina for e.g. music videos v. staffing DJ events, respectively), Calibrate (a talent agency for VR dancers' opportunities), Club Zodiac (balancing exotic dance and a SFW-18+ ruleset), VR Pole Dancing (fitness and some surprisingly insightful tech-specifics that VR brings with it -- like how naturally people can find interest in how cool it looks to spin like that in VRChat, to how for example a pole's reflection can mess up tracking).
Section Credits
Credit for this section to: the Discord community around Straszfilms’ channel. The biggest takeaway I have thanks to their community: don’t lose heart if a first event’s vibe fails to click with you. Keep trying what I’m available to join as the feel can vary both within a club (e.g. weekend vs. weekday event) – and all the more between clubs!