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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Welcome To The Darkness: Black Light Ascension + Kregel + Oogan
The Stag's Head, Hoxton 55 Orsman Rd, LondonBlack Light Ascension has been in operation since 2010. Featuring mechanized rhythm and angular dystopian guitar, sonorous yet sometimes brutal vocals There have been 4 releases, Ashes, Post Future Recordings, The Austerity Exhibition and the latest offering Flesh Ghosts also via Hauruck.
Risen from the ashes, or possibly the ashtray, of the quintet Feetfetish and the quartet Salk, the Limburg-based Kregel, with current or former members of, among others, Vandal X and Flipo Mancini, produce a completely unique sound, with guitars referring to both postpunk and the guitar-bands of the 80s, but also with intelligent lyrics in Dutch, delicately analyzing […]
Divine Shade + Bootblacks + Neon Fields + Ksenia Lewis
Exchange, Bristol 72 - 73 Old Market, Bristol, United KingdomSpecial double headliner
Divine Shade - and - Bootblacks
♦︎ 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗲 (𝗡𝗲𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸 - 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲)
𝗘𝘅: 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗨𝗞 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 : https://tinyurl.com/za79s6kb
Rock band with variable geometry, Divine Shade is a combination of styles and influences inspired by cold wave culture with a touch of electronic music. Traveling in Europe these recent years, Divine Shade was the opening act for Gary Numan for his UK tour 2022 (including a show at Wembley Arena in London). They also worked with Chris Vrenna (Ex: Nine Inch Nails). In 2024 a debut album is planned.
Bootblacks is a […]
Then Comes Silence + 1919
The Camden Club, London 72-73 Chalk Farm Road, LondonTHEN COMES SILENCE return to London with new material from their brand new album, Trickery, joined by post punk legends 1919
Camden Club is London newest alternative venue - capacity is limited and this event is likely to sell outTickets are £15 in advance or £20 on the door (subject to availability)Schedule to be announced
Divine Shade
The Lexington, London 96-98 Pentonville Road N1 9JB, LondonDIVINE SHADE were the opening act for Gary Numan on his UK 2022 Arena tour (including a show at Wembley Arena in London).
“Gaving played in front of 60,000 people on that Numan tour ever since then, the Numan's fans told us to come back to the Uk and we are delighted to be in the UK for a tour for October/November 2024!”
Rock band with variable geometry, Divine Shade is a combination of styles and influences inspired by cold wave culture with a touch of electronic music. Traveling in Europe these recent years with 3 tours. Divine Shade was […]
Divine Shade + Bootblacks + Mud City Group
The Lexington, London 96-98 Pentonville Road N1 9JB, LondonSpecial double headliner
Divine Shade - and - Bootblacks
♦︎ 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗲 (𝗡𝗲𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸 - 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲)
𝗘𝘅: 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗨𝗞 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 : https://tinyurl.com/za79s6kb
Rock band with variable geometry, Divine Shade is a combination of styles and influences inspired by cold wave culture with a touch of electronic music. Traveling in Europe these recent years, Divine Shade was the opening act for Gary Numan for his UK tour 2022 (including a show at Wembley Arena in London). They also worked with Chris Vrenna (Ex: Nine Inch Nails). In 2024 a debut album is planned.
Bootblacks is a […]
Reptile: The Comes Silence + 1919
The Camden Club, London 72-73 Chalk Farm Road, LondonTHEN COMES SILENCE return to London with new material from their brand new album, Trickery, joined by post punk legends 1919
Camden Club is London newest alternative venue - capacity is limited and this event is likely to sell out
Tickets are £15 in advance or £20 on the door (subject to availability)
Black Doldrums + Body Horror
MOTH Club, London Old Trades Hall, Valette Street, LondonFishbowl Events Presents
Black Doldrums + Body Horror
MOTH Club
London's gothic, post-punk trio, Black Doldrums, are coming to MOTH Club for their biggest London headline!
With a new album on the way which many got a glimpse of at their intense show at Camden Assembly in March this is set to be an amazing show.
DMode + Promenade Cinema
St John’s Hoxton, London Pitfield Street, LondonTickets 17 £ - https://billetto.co.uk/.../dmode-the-ultimate-depeche...
"Hoxton Synth Sanctuary in St. Johns the baptist church (https://www.stjohnshoxton.org.uk/ )
- A NEW LONDON MUSIC EVENT with Visuals on the two screens.
IN A NEW QUALITY. An exclusive performance for only 200 people (tickets soon in August).
First Band - PROMENADE CINEMA (Synth-pop from Sheffield/Hull)-https://www.facebook.com/promenadecinemaofficial/
Second : DMODE "The Ultimate DEPECHE MODE EXPERIENCE" from Ireland. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091993065308
They will play for the first time in the UK.
A wonderful set list of unique Depeche Mode recordings in wonderful arrangements.
Also DJ DEPEDOT (FLEXIBLE PARTY LONDON)-https://soundcloud.com/depedot
BBQ […]
Magnetic Skies Vinyl Release + Palindrones
229, London 229 Great Portland Street, LondonMagnetic Skies was created by lead vocalist and keys player Simon Kent and Jo Womar also on keys, driven by a shared love of 80s synth-driven post-punk. They recruited guitarist Carlos Aguilar and drummer Lenin Alegria, ahead of releasing debut album, “Empire Falling” in November 2023. The band opened sell-out shows for Altered Images, Heaven 17, Empathy Test and ACTORS, collaborated with BBC 6Music favourites The KVB, and had three songs included on the BBC Radio “Fresh On The Net” mixtapes. They feature on two influential compilations of leading electronic artists from around the globe in the Generation Blitz series, […]
Black Doldrums + Fallen Horse
Exeter Cavern 83-84 Queens Street, Exeter“A MIX OF GOTHIC-ROCK AND SHOEGAZE SOUNDS
TO DIE FOR” ROL LING STONE
“A FIERCE COMBINATION OF POST-PUNK, REVERB, DRONE
AND MELODY” UNCUT
"YOUTHFUL AND AMBITIOUS CONTEMPORARY ROCK 'N' ROLL " -SHINDIG!
“AWE -INSPIRING… BLACK DOLDRUMS CREATE TRANSIENT AND
EUPHORIC DARK POST-PUNK. ” LOUDER THAN WAR
Kevin Gibbard and Sophie Landers produce a contemporary form of gothic post-punk, with songs that contain hook and lead tribal
drums and euphoric guitar textures that frame introspective lyrics.
They are known for their intense live performances, creating their
own style of gothic post-punk driven by vicious drums, distinctive
atmospheric guitar and melodic bass. In 2022 Black Doldrums
released their debut […]
Balaam And The Angel
The Garage, London 20-22 Highbury Corner Highbury, London, United KingdomThe only shows we'll be performing this year in support of our forthcoming 40th anniversary release 'Forces Of Evil'.
Recorded in the summer of 2023 at Oxygene Studios, our new four track EP harks back to the darker era of the bands journey and mirrors the format of 'World Of Light', Love Me' and "Day And Night', filling the void between the early albums and "Live Free or Die". Release date 25.10.2024.
Expect a big slice of all the above plus Balaam classics at the shows.
For those interested the opening show is in the exact same town the World Of Light […]