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Darker Days 2026: Sweet Ermengarde + The March Violets + Salvation + Vazum + The Black Capes + NU:N + Elkapath + Zeitgeist Zero + Dead Invi Eye + Amnesiak + Iamtheshadow + Black Rose Moves + My Funeral Dance + Guillotine Dream + Hurtsfall + Social Youth Cult + Black Rain + The Medea Project + The Judas Kiss

The International Garden Street, Leicester

Darker Days Festival is a dark alternative festival, the festival takes place at The International, Garden St, Leicester LE1 3UA.
From Friday 26th to Sunday 28th of June 2026.

Weekend tickets are on sale now

Day splits will be added at a later date.

The complete line up for Darker Days 2026!

Friday 26th of June

Sweet Ermengarde🇩🇪
VAZUM🇺🇸
Elkapath🇬🇧
Amnesiak🇬🇧
My Funeral Dance🇬🇧

Saturday 27th of June

The March Violets🇬🇧
The Black Capes🇬🇷
Zeitgeist Zero<img height="16" […]

£60.50

Heathen Apostles

Hot Box, Chelmsford 28 Viaduct Rd,, Chelmsford

Born of the voices of past lives and baptized in the dust bowl dirt, the Gothic Americana music of the Heathen Apostles (Mather Louth , Chopper Franklin , Thomas Lorioux and Luis Mascaro) harkens back to a bygone chapter of American history. Using contrasting influences such as Bauhaus, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and The Pogues along with Howlin’ Wolf, Loretta Lynn (the band covers her classic Fist City) and Bessie Smith, the Heathen Apostles have created a style of music that at once conjures both angels and demons, and will enlighten a darkened soul.

Gothic Americana is a […]

£15

The Sisters Of Mercy + TBC

Rock City, Nottingham 8 Talbot street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Top-notch rock'n'roll psychedelia with a punk edge. At their peak in the mid 80s they stimulated sales of black hair dye and crimpers like no band before or since. The Sisters of Mercy achieved early underground success after forming in Leeds in 1980. They had their commercial breakthrough in the mid-1980s and released three studio albums, including their last studio album Vision Thing in 1990. This was followed by the compilation albums Some Girls Wander By Mistake and A Slight Case Of Overbombing in 1992 and 1993 respectively, and the band have been touring ever since.

£51.90

The Sisters Of Mercy + TBC

Rock City, Nottingham 8 Talbot street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Top-notch rock'n'roll psychedelia with a punk edge. At their peak in the mid 80s they stimulated sales of black hair dye and crimpers like no band before or since. The Sisters of Mercy achieved early underground success after forming in Leeds in 1980. They had their commercial breakthrough in the mid-1980s and released three studio albums, including their last studio album Vision Thing in 1990. This was followed by the compilation albums Some Girls Wander By Mistake and A Slight Case Of Overbombing in 1992 and 1993 respectively, and the band have been touring ever since.

£51.90

Cabaret Voltaire + Gazelle Twin

Town Hall, Birmingham Victoria Square, Birmingham

Stephen ‘Mal’ Mallinder and Chris Watson have announced details of their Final UK Tour, starting on 10 October 2026 at Birmingham Town Hall and finishing at the Sheffield Octagon on 25 October, with Gazelle Twin confirmed as special guest across all the dates.

These dates follow news of this year’s highly anticipated sold-out tour, which marks 50 years since the live launch of one of Britain’s most influential electronic bands, Cabaret Voltaire, at the Sheffield Students Union Refectory on 13 May 1975.

Talking about the newly announced dates, Stephen Mallinder, says: “What a wonderful opportunity to go round the block […]

£42.95

Cabaret Voltaire + Gazelle Twin

Rock City, Nottingham 8 Talbot street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Stephen ‘Mal’ Mallinder and Chris Watson have announced details of their Final UK Tour, starting on 10 October 2026 at Birmingham Town Hall and finishing at the Sheffield Octagon on 25 October, with Gazelle Twin confirmed as special guest across all the dates.

These dates follow news of this year’s highly anticipated sold-out tour, which marks 50 years since the live launch of one of Britain’s most influential electronic bands, Cabaret Voltaire, at the Sheffield Students Union Refectory on 13 May 1975.

Talking about the newly announced dates, Stephen Mallinder, says: “What a wonderful opportunity to go round the block […]

£40.88
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