The documentary for People and Dancefloors was released publicly in November 2020. Since then, we have organised screenings and workshops in the UK and beyond.
To arrange a screening or get more information on the project, get in touch!
In the meantime, you can watch the teasers and listen to our podcasts below.
People and Dancefloors trailer
Listen to our podcasts
An important part of our project is to bring issues to the fore and debate, discuss and exchange knowledge and ideas. We’re happy to launch our new podcasts series where we will do just that!
Don’t hesitate to share and comment ; and if you’d like to join us in a podcast conversation, get in touch!

S01 E09 – In conversation with Verity Smith – People and Dancefloors
In this episode, we invited Verity Smith, a PhD researcher at Durham University, to share insights from her ethnographic study of drug policing at music festivals. In the podcast, she reflects on the challenges of multiagency work in festival environments, focusing particularly on some of the tensions between enforcement policing and harm reduction and risk minimisation objectives. Verity takes us on a journey from policing, private security, and sniffer dogs at the festival gate, all the way to festival utopias.
Can we change the culture of festivals towards harm reduction embedded in festival environment design? Total ear candy!
Follow Verity on Twitter at @veritymasmith