Groove II Promotions — Eclipse Dance Festival ’92
Braham Farm, Ely · 12 September 1992 · 12-hour outdoor dance festival · “in the big top”
12 September 1992 · 7pm–7am
Large double-sided promotional flyer for Groove II Promotions’ Eclipse Dance Festival ’92, an outdoor 12-hour rave event at Braham Farm near Ely on 12 September 1992. The object combines an early-1990s computer-graphic front design with a dense reverse documenting the event’s DJ/MC programme, a separate Fantasy Zone, extensive production attractions, national ticket outlets, £23 admission, over-18/search policies and directions.
Read the catalogue note →- Promoter
- Groove II Promotions
- Venue
- Braham Farm
- Location
- Ely
- Advertised hours
- 7pm–7am
- Original admission / price
- £23
- Condition
- Good+ appearance from supplied photographs.
- Completeness
- Both printed sides of the single-sheet flyer are present in the supplied photographs; no detachable element or separate insert is evidenced.
- Venue relationship
- Browse Braham Farm objects
Catalogue note
Large double-sided promotional flyer for Groove II Promotions’ Eclipse Dance Festival ’92, an outdoor 12-hour rave event at Braham Farm near Ely on 12 September 1992. The object combines an early-1990s computer-graphic front design with a dense reverse documenting the event’s DJ/MC programme, a separate Fantasy Zone, extensive production attractions, national ticket outlets, £23 admission, over-18/search policies and directions. A contemporaneous Ravescene listing independently records Eclipse Dance Festival at Braham Farm on the same date, while a specialist hardcore archive preserves reference to a Shaggy & Breeze set from the exact event.
Advertised programme: Physical flyer credits Groove II Promotions as presenter. Main printed line-up includes Micky Finn, Randall, LTJ Bukem, Stuart Banks, Phantasy, SWANE, Unity, Devious D, Gappa G, Shaggy & Breeze and Jumpin Jack Frost, with MC Ron Jon and MC Madness also printed. “SWANE” is preserved exactly as printed and is not silently rewritten as Swann-E without exact-event independent identification. The Fantasy Zone prints Pauly C, Doug Osbourn, Ian Master Jay, Tony Ford, Ian Stratton, Jamie Smart, SW1, Nutley and Trimma. No graphic designer is visibly credited on the supplied object.
Historical context: The supplied flyer presents Eclipse Dance Festival ’92 as a 12-hour outdoor event at Braham Farm, Ely, and explicitly frames it as a gathering for the “raving U.K. massive.” It advertises major performers including Micky Finn, Randall, LTJ Bukem, Devious D and Jumping Jack Frost alongside a secondary Fantasy Zone, large-scale projection/lighting attractions, outdoor cinema, funfair elements, security and extensive ticket-agent infrastructure. A digitised Ravescene listing independently places Eclipse Dance Festival at Braham Farm on 12 September 1992. A specialist hardcore archive also identifies a Shaggy & Breeze recording from “Eclipse ‘Dance Festival ’92’ — 12th September 1992,” establishing an audiovisual afterlife for at least part of the event. The flyer does not itself use later genre labels such as jungle, so its contemporary rave identity is preserved.
Condition note: Visible horizontal fold line, additional creasing, edge and corner wear, surface scuffing/abrasion and small local edge nicks. Colours and printed information remain substantially strong and legible. No claim of restoration or hidden damage is made from the photographs.
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Why this object matters
The farm-based twelve-hour programme, production claims and national outlets make Eclipse an outstanding record of rural rave organisation. Its comparison with the Peace Fest and Summer Dance Fest sheets is valuable, but no equally specific exact-artwork testimony or founding claim supports the former high Gold score.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Historical context
The supplied flyer presents Eclipse Dance Festival ’92 as a 12-hour outdoor event at Braham Farm, Ely, and explicitly frames it as a gathering for the “raving U.K. massive.” It advertises major performers including Micky Finn, Randall, LTJ Bukem, Devious D and Jumping Jack Frost alongside a secondary Fantasy Zone, large-scale projection/lighting attractions, outdoor cinema, funfair elements, security and extensive ticket-agent infrastructure. A digitised Ravescene listing independently places Eclipse Dance Festival at Braham Farm on 12 September 1992. A specialist hardcore archive also identifies a Shaggy & Breeze recording from “Eclipse ‘Dance Festival ’92’ — 12th September 1992,” establishing an audiovisual afterlife for at least part of the event. The flyer does not itself use later genre labels such as jungle, so its contemporary rave identity is preserved.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.9 / 10.
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