Fusion — The New Year's Eve Party
31 December 1994 · planned Farnborough Recreation Centre flyer · event relocated to Ravedome, Hounslow as “IIIrd Time Lucky!”
31 December 1994 · ★ Gold Star object
Original two-sided Fusion rave flyer advertising its first New Year's Eve all-night party for Farnborough Recreation Centre on 31 December 1994. The printed object records a £20 ticket price, a 3,000-ticket limit, national Hectic outlet network and a two-room hardcore programme.
Read the catalogue note →- Promoter
- Fusion
- Venue
- Farnborough Recreation Centre (advertised; subsequently relocated)
- Location
- Farnborough
- Advertised hours
- 8pm–6am
- Original admission / price
- £20
- Condition
- Very Good appearance. Strong colour and legibility with visible fold creasing, light edge and corner wear, small nicks/handling marks and minor surface wear; no major material loss visible in the supplied photographs.
- Completeness
- Single double-sided event flyer appears complete as supplied; both sides photographed. No detached insert or additional component is evidenced.
- Venue relationship
- Browse Farnborough Recreation Centre (advertised; subsequently relocated) objects
Catalogue note
Original two-sided Fusion rave flyer advertising its first New Year's Eve all-night party for Farnborough Recreation Centre on 31 December 1994. The printed object records a £20 ticket price, a 3,000-ticket limit, national Hectic outlet network and a two-room hardcore programme. Specialist rave-history sources show that the advertised Farnborough event could not proceed after a local entertainment-licence refusal; a hurried Rivermead, Reading plan also failed, and Fusion/Hectic ultimately staged the night at the Ravedome, Hounslow as “IIIrd Time Lucky!”. The flyer therefore survives as material evidence of the abandoned advertised venue plan as well as of Fusion's 1994 hardcore network.
Advertised programme: Printed main-room credits include Slipmatt, Vibes, Dougal, Ramos, Druid, Clarke'E', Seduction, Vinylgroover, Dr S Gachet and Unknown; live P.A. Ramos & Supreme & Sunset Regime; MCs Marley, Shadow and Freestyle. Room 2 prints Cuttin' Run, Billy Bunter, Tribe, Mr Hyde, Haze, Hixx, Menace, DJ Lee and SDR, with MCs Free N' Easy and MC Knight. Unidentified credits retain their printed spelling.
Historical context: Original two-sided Fusion rave flyer advertising its first New Year's Eve all-night party for Farnborough Recreation Centre on 31 December 1994. The printed object records a £20 ticket price, a 3,000-ticket limit, national Hectic outlet network and a two-room hardcore programme. Specialist rave-history sources show that the advertised Farnborough event could not proceed after a local entertainment-licence refusal; a hurried Rivermead, Reading plan also failed, and Fusion/Hectic ultimately staged the night at the Ravedome, Hounslow as “IIIrd Time Lucky!”. The flyer therefore survives as material evidence of the abandoned advertised venue plan as well as of Fusion's 1994 hardcore network.
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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.
Why this object matters
The obsolete advertised Farnborough venue, read beside the retained relocation evidence, makes this exceptional documentation of rave's licensing and logistical instability. Retain Gold for that discrepancy rather than line-up size. The flyer proves the planned venue, not where the event ultimately occurred; it sits below the direct political organising of Advance Party.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9.1 / 10 · Gold Star.
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