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!
Is something missing? Then go submit it!
'Stripped' is an alternative music night held at The Black Bull in Gateshead. It is held on the first Friday of every month. The Music you hear will be Aggrotech, EBM, 80s, Futurepop, Goth, Industrial, Post-Punk, Synthpop, various forms of "-Wave" and various related ephemera.
DJs: R. Sinister, Daimoniac, Jen
Start time: 7:00pm.
Entry price: Free.
The March Violets are a rejuvenated 1980s British gothic rock band from Leeds, featuring original members Tom Ashton and Rosie Garland, with bassist Mat Thorpe. Following a 2023 reunion and signing with Metropolis Records, they released the 2024 album Crocodile Promises, toured the USA, and played major UK festivals like Rebellion and Bearded Theory.
The Deadinburgh Festival is a 2 day goth festival, taking place at La Belle Angele in Edinburgh's historic Old Town.
Featuring 14 of some of the best goth bands around, the festival is heading into it's second year and into a new bigger home!
Inkubus Sukkubus is a British pagan goth rock band, formed in the summer of 1989, with 27 studio albums – and performances in Mexico, USA, Australia, Russia, Turkey, Scandinavia, UK and most of Europe – under their belts.
The subject matter of their music tends to veer towards the dark and supernatural, exploring witchcraft, magick, folklore, death rites and more.
In 2026, they’re releasing their 28th studio album – entitled 'Eternal Monsters' – and will be doing a series of gigs to promote and celebrate 37 years of making witchcraft and wonder!
They are joined at The Peer Hat by Manchester-based dark wave […]
Balaam And The Angel: Formed in the West Midlands in 1984 by three Scottish brothers living in Staffordshire. The band have continued to perform in their original line up of Mark, Jim and Des Morris for over four decades.
The band, known for their dark, energetic sound blending goth, glam and alternative rock influences from acts like Bauhaus, Death Cult, Killing Joke etc, gained a cult following in the 1980’s underground scene.
Their career has been varied and diverse and included periods of mainstream visibility as recording artists for Virgin Records and the inclusion of the single “I’ll Show You […]
Elkapath are a Alternative Electronic gothic metal band hailing from Gloucester a glorious fusion of synths and heavy riff filled guitars working together in perfect harmony
Prepare to be transported into a realm of mesmerizing gothic synth melodies that will captivate your senses and ignite your imagination.
Root Zero is an active, progressive, ethereal metal band from South Wales, UK, known for their atmospheric and intricate sound, which blends influences from bands like Soundgarden, Deftones, and Katatonia
Scratch One Grub is a metal band from South Wales that blends genres, including groove, progressive metal, industrial, and death metal. […]
Georgian Theatre
Ghostdance
Saturday, July 18, 2026 - 7:30 pm
£16.50 ADV
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1985-1989
Ghost Dance was originally formed in 1985 by Anne Marie Hurst (formerly of Skeletal Family) and Gary Marx (from The Sisters of Mercy). The band quickly built a strong following, spending several weeks high in the indie charts with a string of singles and an album on the Karbon label. During this time, they toured extensively with acts such as The Cult, The Mission, All About Eve, The Wonder Stuff, and Killing Joke, and appeared at the Reading Rock Festival in 1988.
After signing with Chrysalis Records, Ghost Dance released […]
NEW SHOW!
Deviant UK are back, and return for their first Newcastle show in many years! They have new music out very soon, as well as of course many scene classics.
They are joined by PLAYDEAD and Stock Image
The show is Trillians on July 19th
Join your hosts Die and Mark for Last Rites We hang out in the crypt of the award-winning Cellar Bar in City Road, Chester and invite you to get on down to the very best of Goth, Post-Punk, Synthwave, Deathrock, ’80s, ’90s, Industrial, EBM, Witch-Haus, post-punk, post-wave, post-office, Eurocrack and Enya. Free entry as always. Free goodies (may include Ouija boards). Dress to distress.
