Autumn Whitby Gothic Weekend 2016

Friday 4th to Saturday 5th November 2016
Whitby Pavilion Complex, West Cliff, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 3EN, England MAP
£65 for the weekend

Last updated: Tue 11th Oct 2016

The Autumn instalment of the Whitby Gothic Weekend takes place at Whitby Pavilion Complex, West Cliff, Whitby, in North Yorkshire this year from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th November 2016.

Line-up

Friday: Heaven 17, Sigue Sigue Sputnik Electronic, Manuskript, Kitty in a Casket.
Saturday: The Mission, Skeletal Family, Children on Stun, Chasing Dragons.

Tickets

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The early bird offer has ended. Tickets are on sale priced at £65 for the whole weekend, and £34 for a Friday of Saturday ticket There are minor (10-16) and family tickets options also available.

More info

WGW is celebrating its 22nd Birthday this year, and, they are once again proud to represent some of the finest in alternative music with their Hallowe'en get together.

Whitby Goth Weekend is estimated to produce £1.1million for the town's local economy per annum, and has generated thousands for charities such as the Bat Conservation trust and the Sophie Lancaster foundation.

The event is celebrated as an icon of the alternative movement, having been studied, visited and explored by television, newspapers and radio over the years, and has, despite all this, remained utterly independent throughout its run. Growing voraciously from its origins as a forty-person pen-pal meet up in 1994, it now attracts thousands from all over the globe, not only to wander among like minded folk, but as a colossal meet up between friends - all from word of mouth, with no sponsorship and no outside funding.

After two decades, the team is still built of friends and family, all in house, and the town now handles between 8,000 and 10,000 people a year, drawn entirely by the spectacle of top hats and tailcoats roaming the town's Victorian streets.

Diversifying every annum, the event attracts all manner of subcultures, with a melting pot of the alternative population now making regular appearances to the sounds of a hugely varied series of groups, all of which, in some way, have influenced or been generated from one of the world's most recognisable movements - Goths, Punks, Steampunks, Rockers, Bikers and more - everybody is welcomed!