A grandmother who loves hardcore dance music has been to more than 50 festivals - and says you don't need drugs or alcohol to have a good time.<br /><br />Lynne Cole, 57, goes raving all on her own and has been doing so since 2015.<br /><br />She has been to more than 50 music festivals so far and regularly goes to smaller independent raves at local pubs and nightclubs.<br /><br />Lynne, from Sydney, Australia, said: "My fun is pure NO drugs. NO alcohol and NO cigarettes.<br /><br />"I try to show you don’t need any of that to have fun.<br /><br />"Hardstyle music when you enter a festival, the music is loud. Everyone is just as excited as you are to be there.<br /><br />"We are all there for one reason, to connect to the DJs and their music, no matter the age. The energy and the vibe is so amazing.<br /><br />"I greet old friends I made at past festivals, and I always make new ones. I love people and I love to hug."<br /><br />Lynne, a grandmother of one, was always into electronic music, but after having her first child at the age 21, she was unable to make the most of raving.<br /><br />She added: "I liked Hardstyle music back when it was called house music/electronic music. Then I had a kid in 1986 at 21. I had to grow up and the music got lost for many years."<br /><br />When Lynn's three children were old enough to go to festivals, she joined them at a rave, and she hasn't looked back since.<br /><br />She said: "In 2015 I went to an official rave with my twins instead of some underground car park like back in the day.<br /><br />"The music was a little different and I fell in love with the music again and I’ve been to almost all the festivals."<br /><br />But Lynne now struggles to find other people her age to attend the concerts and festivals with, so she goes on her own.<br /><br />She added: "I go to all festivals by myself. I will be waiting a long time for someone my age to join me.<br /><br />"My children don’t go to raves anymore so I go by myself. My kids are ok with it."<br /><br />Lynne, who used to work as a carer for disabled adults, has no intentions of slowing down and plans on carrying on raving forever.<br /><br />She recently retired and bought a camper van to go to other festivals across Australia.<br /><br />Lynne said: "I bought a camper van so I can go the interstate festivals like Karnival in Melbourne, Victoria. <br /><br />"It’s a nine-hour drive to get there. I’m going by myself. I’ll drive it over two days."<br /><br />Lynne is also planning on travelling to Europe to attend a hardstyle festival next year.<br /><br />She said: "I can’t see me ever stopping going to raves. In 2017 I went to Defqon.1 in the Netherlands and planning to go back in 2024."
