Tag Archives: festival

The 2024 Goth Calendar

Posted on January 31, 2024 by The Blogging Goth

A (non-exhaustive) list highlighting key events in the discerning goth’s calendar for 2024! Continue reading →

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The Whitby Conundrum

Posted on November 6, 2023 by The Blogging Goth

Reports and thoughts from Whitby, North Yorkshire, in the aftermath of Goth Weekend 2023. Continue reading →

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Whitby Gothic Festival – Halloween 2022

Posted on October 3, 2022 by The Blogging Goth

It’s that time of the year when goths begin rooting around in their cavernous wardrobes for their few remaining matching blacks, and disentagling their boot laces ahead of the journey to Whitby for the premier UK goth festival. Continue reading →

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Goth City Festival VI: Interview with the Promoter

Posted on June 21, 2022 by The Blogging Goth

Forget the Batcave, Highgate or Camden Market, Leeds is going to embrace its dark heritage as the true capital of UK Goth with the welcome return of Goth City Festival
in just a few weeks time.

A smorgasbord of live music, DJs and traders catering to a vast influx of black-clad fans, it’s popular with old-school and bleeding-edge goths alike.
I dropped GCF Comandante Joel Heyes a line to chat about the event, as well as challenging some old-fashioned thinking in the scene! Continue reading →

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Whitby Lowkey Weekend – April 2022

Posted on April 18, 2022 by The Blogging Goth

Strange times are these indeed. Despite official government guidelines giving the figurative green light to all and sundry events, the expected roaring return of the Goth Weekend to Whitby has ended up more of a tentative toe in the water. Continue reading →

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