Peace Fest 92

Catalogue note

Original double-sided Peace Fest 92 promotional sheet for Rowden Farm, Ledburn, near Leighton Buzzard, on Friday 3 July 1992, running 8pm–8am. Presented by Dance Festival Promotions with Shrine and In-Ter-Dance, it is explicitly billed as Part 1 of the 1992 Summer Dance Festival and carries a major programme spanning hardcore/rave DJs and live acts including Carl Cox, Slipmatt, Micky Finn, Ratpack, Ratty, SS, Fabio, Grooverider, Simon Bassline Smith, SL2 and Shades of Rhythm. Junior Tomlin’s signed airbrushed front artwork is a major example of British rave visual culture. Northwestern University holds an exact event item in its British Rave Flyers Collection, and multiple recordings from the 3 July 1992 event survive in Rave Archive UK, strengthening the object’s institutional and documentary value.

Advertised programme: Supertent: Carl Cox; Slipmatt; Micky Finn; Ratpack; Swan-E; Ratty; Devious D; Pigbag; SS; Julz; NRG; Lime; Hector C; Physics; Food Junky; Trace; MCs Robbie D and Hardcore General. Arena 2: Fabio; Kenny Ken; Grooverider; Ellis D; MC C; Easy Groove; Simon Bassline Smith; Colin Dale; Donovan (Bad Boy) Smith; MCs Sweet B and MC MC. Live acts: SL2; Satin Storm; Shades of Rhythm.

Graphic-design significance: Junior Tomlin’s physically signed airbrushed artwork combines an ecstatic enlarged face, saturated surreal landscape, bubbles/planetary forms and explosive visual energy. Tomlin’s Peace Fest series is singled out in his later retrospective and interviews as a significant expression of rave-era unity and visual culture.

Historical context: The reverse calls the event a “Manic Dance Movement Alliance” and prints unity language including “There can be NO DEVIDE … PEOPLE are but PEOPLE … One NATION … One LOVE … One EMOTION.” It presents the event as Part 1 of the 1992 Summer Dance Festival and names Shrine and In-Ter-Dance as partner underground dance organisations. The flyer’s “site of the great robbery” wording is retained as a contemporary promotional claim rather than independently asserted site history.

Production note: Not established from photographs; glossy full-colour illustrated stock appearance.

Condition note: Very Good+ appearance from supplied front and reverse photographs. Strong colour and complete printed information; light edge/corner wear, small handling creases and minor surface marks are visible. No major tear or material loss is apparent.

Confidence / uncertainty: Date, venue, promoter, programme, ticket price and Tomlin credit are physically evidenced. Exact A3 size is specialist-supported but not physically measured. Original print run and surviving-copy count are unknown. Printed 'SS' is linked to the existing DJ SS authority; printed 'Ratty' is linked to the existing Ratty authority.

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Further sources

• Held object: photographed programme / reverse

Event details are drawn from the held object and the qualified catalogue research above. A printed bill establishes an advertised booking, not confirmation that a performer appeared.