Welcome to The Goth Calendar, an attempt to help people find which Goth gigs and club nights are happening in our busy busy times.
Hopefully this will help you find when your favourite goth band is playing next, or when your favourite goth club is next happening, providing someone has submitted it of course!
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REVENANT @ THE ROYAL HOTEL, WEST CLIFF, WHITBY, YO21 3HA
3 Nights, 9 Epic Bands and Guest DJ’s
Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd, Sunday 3rd May
Doors Open 6pm each day
Performances 8pm till Midnight each day
Communion One Presents:
The Twilight Sad
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In 1980, Kirk Brandon formed Theatre Of Hate from the ashes of heralded punk band The Pack. Joining Kirk on vocals were notable punk musicians Stan Stammers and Luke Rendall, along with old school friend, Steve Guthrie and Canadian born John “Boy” Lennard, who revolutionised the band’s sound with his haunting sax lines.
Theatre Of Hate’s debut double-A-side single, “Legion”/”Original Sin”, topped the independent chart in 1980, and “Westworld”, their debut album, produced by Mick Jones from The Clash and released in 1982, held the number one position for 21 weeks. The single taken from the album, “Do You Believe […]
Kick off your May goth weekend in Whitby with May Monster Mash.
Goth, New Wave, Post-punk, EBM, Industrial, Punk, Dark Wave and more.
A liberated space, be nice or go home.
A well stocked bar with beers on tap, shots, non alcohol drinks vegan and gluten free beers.
Plenty of seating and tables.
Accessible entrance.
With DJ Dark Soul
Expect to hear music from bands such as: Sisters of Mercy, The Cult, Alien Sex Fiend, Yazzoo, The Cure, Fields of The Nephilim, Then Comes Silence, Killing Joke, Play Dead, Rosetta Stone, She Wants Revenge, Virgin Prunes, Twin Tribes, Joy Division, […]
REVENANT @ THE ROYAL HOTEL, WEST CLIFF, WHITBY, YO21 3HA
3 Nights, 9 Epic Bands and Guest DJ’s
Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd, Sunday 3rd May
Doors Open 6pm each day
Performances 8pm till Midnight each day
STIGMATA UK presents
MESH
plus special guests
The Truth Doesn't Matter - Tour 2026
Tickets:
www.stigmata.uk/tickets
Due to popular demand, those masters of emotional electronics MESH are playing their homeland again, it’s no secret their songs pull at your very heartstrings while more often then not, have you dancing the blues away too, this time they play these 3 very exclusive ‘The Truth Doesn’t Matter’ shows in the UK! In their hometown Bristol and also in Sheffield for the first time in several years!
These special shows will see them play tracks from their new album plus an extended […]
"If the world was a better place they would be playing to more people, and I think they can." - Robert Smith, The Cure
From their unassuming origins as a group of school friends drawn together by a shared passion for music to the global touring force they have quietly become, The Twilight Sad's ascent has been forged the old way with grit, graft and five exceptional studio albums. The Kilsyth group - based around the core duo of James Graham and Andy MacFarlane - seemed to emerge fully formed with their blindsiding 2007 debut Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters […]
A bonus special event of the ongoing successor to Whitby's legendary Laughtons 80's Night, still running after many years, featuring DJs Kat and Landmine, now back on a Sunday night. 
Apparitions present their first ever weekend event. Expect goth rock, dark alternative, EBM, industrial, darkwave, gothic metal, italo, ethereal wave and more.
7pm-11pm Bands
11pm-3am Nightclub
Cryptid Queers is back for our first party of 2026!
Join us on Saturday May 16th as we return to FORGE Warehouse with a night of standout monster drag, headlined by none other than Psyclone Jack - one of the UK's premiere alt entertainers and master shapeshifter. Hosted by King Confuza and with a full cast still to be announced, featuring as always a mix of established, rising talents, and brand new monsters.
The night also serves as a fundraiser for our Drag Monster Festival, an all-day celebration of monster drag taking over FORGE Warehouse on August 8th.
Alongside the […]
Strange events presents:
Blaklight (Los Angeles)
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Spire Circle
£12 adv £15 door
7pm until late
Fuel Cafe Bar, 448 Wilmslow Road, Withington, M20 3BW
(nearest tram stop is West Didsbury or Burton Road)
Blaklight:
Los Angeles based dark synthpop trio Adam Collier, Brian Belknap & Omar Quiñones.
Spire Circle:
Manchester based electronic post-punk & dark wave band.
