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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Empathy Test + Lakeside X

O2 Academy Islington, London Angel Central, 16 Parkfield Street, London

Over the past decade, Empathy Test has evolved from complete obscurity to become one of the best-known and loved bands in the UK, German, and American alternative electronic music scenes, with listeners all around the world. Their unique brand of cinematic, analogue synthesizer-enthused pop delivers a gorgeous sense of nostalgia.

IST IST + YAANG

229, London 229 Great Portland Street, London

We are very excited to announce four shows in winter of this year.

These will be our biggest ever headline shows in the UK outside of our home city of Manchester and we can't wait to see out our tenth year as a band in style.

£25.30

Siren’s Cave + Jan Doyle Band

The Black Heart, London 2-3 Greenland Place, London

Siren’s Cave is a Dark Alternative Event set to a Mermaid & Mythical Backdrop, immersing you into a fantasy experience to dance the night away and leave the real world outside for a few hours. The unique and captivating Jan Doyle Band will be performing, with their full line up, supporting the extremely individual and brilliant frontman Derek Williams. A show not to be missed from this 80s influenced electronic / guitar band with a definitive lyrical edge. Skintight SJ will join Dragon and Stardust Siren, entertaining you with a selection of Dark Wave / Electro, Goth, Synthpop, Post Punk and Dark […]

£7 – £10

Depeche Mode Fan Xmas Party @ The Water Rats, Kings Cross, London

The Water Rats, London 328 Gray's Inn Road, King's Cross, London

CALLING ALL DEVOTEES & MODERS!! Join us for another special Depeche Mode Fan Party in the heart of London. Dance the night away with like-minded fans to DM classics such as Enjoy the Silence, Just can't get enough, It's no good, Never let me down again and Policy of Truth. Enjoy tunes from the past to the present - from Speak and Spell to Memento Mori. The venue is based very close to Kings Cross, St. Pancras and Euston rail stations. Just around the corner from The Scala, the venue is famous for first hosting the first ever London gig […]

£7

Dance Yrself Clean: Post Punk / New Wave / Electro

The Shacklewell Arms, London 71 Shacklewell Lane, London

Danceable post punk, electro, synthpop and counter-cultural dancefloor sounds til 3am

Be there, dance square...

LCD Soundsystem // Crack Cloud // Boy Harsher // Fcukers // Fat White Family // New Order // Depeche Mode // Fontaines D.C // Joy Division // The Clash // P.I.L // Viagra Boys // Automatic // Working Men's Club // Wet Leg // Talking Heads // The Fall // Parquet Courts // The Rapture // Blondie // ESG // Daniel Avery // Marie Davidson // Bodega // PVA // Warpaint // Gustaf// The Itch // The KVB and loads more

Presented by A Love […]

£6
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Strange Futures + Vaein + Transmigration

The Old Blue Last, London 38 Great Eastern Street, London

Strange Futures (Bristol, UK) invite you to join their underground electro-punk dance party and ethereal goth séance. Bring your own bleakness.

Alastair Power and Alice Sheridan's Bristol-based punk-tinged darkwave outfit Strange Futures bring dark beats, arresting basslines and ethereal melodies together with disarming lyrics. Having supported artists such as Drab Majesty, S Y Z Y G Y X, Traitrs, Ductape, and Dancing Plague, they are quickly gaining a reputation for an energetic and intense live show. Following the release of Night Errors EP and remixes by Propter Hoc and OWLS, a new single is due for release in December 2025.

Free

Club FFRUK Nights: Tara Rez + Segs Jennings + Mechanical Cabaret + Lesley Woods + CatFight

Rooz Studios, London 35 Corsham St,, London

Club FFRUK returns with a special Christmas edition — a night where chaos meets community, sound meets soul, and the underground rises as one. This isn’t just a gig; it’s a gathering of rebels, creators, and anyone who still believes in the raw spirit of music.


The Line-Up

Tara Rez (The Duel / FFRUK Co-Founder)
“This isn’t just a party — it’s a reunion of rebels, a safe space for the wild hearts, and a celebration of the punk spirit that’s never stopped evolving.”

Segs Jennings (The Ruts […]

£10

The Memepunks + Rome Burns + BCOS RSNS

The Engine Rooms, London Unit 30, Bow Triangle Business Centre, Elenor St, Bow, London

IMPORTANT! VENUE CHANGE!!!
Due to a clash with an Arsenal football match (!), we have had to find a new venue. This will now take place at The Engine Rooms in Bow. Original tickets are valid and early bird tickets are still available!
The Memepunks return with a full-length set featuring our brand new mash-ups along with your favourite classics!
With support from our friends:
*ROME BURNS
*BCOS RSNS
*Compered by MS KAT DaBRA
*With DJ Demondaz until late.
Early bird tickets £10, now on sale while supplies last!

£15

Dark Scene London Xmas Party

The Omeara, London O'Meara Street, London, United Kingdom
THE DARK SCENE LONDON BEFORE XMAS
As we approach the end of this year, we present the final episode of our four planned Dark Scene London events at The Omeara.
It's our intention to return in 2026 but in the interim please consider joining us for our Christmas ball on Saturday 20th December so that we can party hard under the Shard! (Cheap Bar!! 10.00 >>> Midnight)

Line up 
Steve Weeks
Skintight SJ
Blackdeath 1334
Ricardo Castro
Dragon
Miss Malice
Larry London

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£15
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Reptile: New Years Eve

The Camden Club, London 72-73 Chalk Farm Road, London

Last year we announced the end of Reptile as a monthly club night, although we continue to put on live shows and collaborate with other events. New Years Eve 2024 was intended to be the final Reptile party but we’ve been offered the opportunity to hold annual NYE events at Camden Club, starting this year, and we’ve decided to take it.

Tickets are £12 in advance

£12.80
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Grendel + Freakangel + Antibody

The Lexington, London 96-98 Pentonville Road N1 9JB, London

After a huge 34 date North American tour to promote their last album, ‘Ascending The Abyss’ Industrial EBM legends Grendel did not sit still, continuing to tour Europe and playing festivals and doing a considerable amount of remix work for other artists, in 2025 they have been back in the studio, working on brand new material and a retrospective album to celebrate their 25 years in the scene. After a 6 year hiatus From touring in the UK, Stigmata are proud to welcome back Grendel, so join with us and celebrate their return with their 25 Anniversary UK Tour, they […]

£27.50

Cold In Berlin + Naut + Moth Slut

The Lexington, London 96-98 Pentonville Road N1 9JB, London

COLD IN BERLIN Album Launch Party!

Plus Special Guests:

NAUT

MOTH SLUT

COLD IN BERLIN Launch their new album: As heavy as it is haunting, the record masterfully blends doom, post-punk, and driving krautrock in a dynamic, hypnotic maelstrom – pushing the band into intoxicating new territory.

First single Hangman’s Daughter leads the charge. Opening with a hypnotic techno bassline, the song quickly gives way to post-punk guitars, huge choruses, and vocalist Maya’s magnetic storytelling.

Synths on the album are arranged by Berlin-based Bow Church, an influential figure in the dark electronic scene and a longtime collaborator of the band. […]

£14.85
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