Section 13 of 15 · about 1 min read · updated November 2026

13Where to go next

The short version: The best places to keep going, none of them ours: the regulators, night-time economy offices, safety bodies, historians and researchers behind this guide.

Not us, but great

The full shelf: 78 places to go deeper

Licensing bodies, fire investigators, nightlife offices, researchers and writers we leaned on, with one honest line on each.

Also at cold.fyi

The Wristband - deep dive No. 7, how music festivals work, everywhere
Polo - how Coachella actually works, down to the billboards
Tickets - how a concert ticket travels from artist to fan, and where the fees go
The Noise - deep dive No. 6, every sound in a city and how loud it really is
Darkroom Ad School - free lessons on filling a room with Meta ads
The Airwaves - deep dive No. 5, every radio signal over a city
Street Code - deep dive No. 4, every mark, box and cap on the street
How a City Works - deep dive No. 3, the systems behind the sirens, trains and trucks
The Show File - deep dive No. 2, how an electronic dance music show gets made
The Pens Went Away - deep dive No. 1, on pharma swag
Charlie - an MBTA tracker
Alarm Club - a street game built on Boston's 1852 fire alarm telegraph boxes