It was another unmatched success for Tomorrow’s Ghosts Festival this Halloween – the tentpole event holding court at Whitby Pavilion drew another sellout crowd to see The Mission, supported by heavyweight acts like the March Violets and Lol Tolhurst. DJs played alternative hits new and old into the small hours, and the long tradition of a music festival was renewed again after more than three decades of goths congregating in Whitby. Both TGF and Whitby Goth Weekend, the originators of this unique festival, will return in 2027 for another Halloween instalment where they’ll host events that draw in legions of black-clad fans of post-punk music.
The gigs however rarely get a look-in anywhere else – local media prefer to focus on the link-friendly photogenic attendees who roam the narrow streets in a variety of outfits that do more justice to a Comicon than a Goth Festival, a point I’ve made before – and you only have to scroll through Facebook to see the same comments appearing en masse…
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