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Strange Day: J:dead, Strange Futures, KK Verkefni & more + Strange Manchester after party

The Grafton Arms 27 Grafton Street, Manchester
Strange Day - all dayer & Strange Manchester after party.
£15 adv £20 door including after party
Live:
j:dead
Strange Futures (Bristol)
KK Verkefni (Wrexham)
Trianglecuts (Manchester)
Mother Suspiria (Manchester)
£5 adv after party only
Strange Manchester DJs:
Medusa (The Ravens Nest)
Strange DJs
Mark Walker (Strange Manchester)
£15
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Manchester

Inkubus Sukkubus + Luna Cult Club

The Peer Hat, Manchester 14-16 Faraday Street, Manchester

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 […]

£11
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Manchester

Grooving in Green + Chaos Bleak + St Lucifer

The Castle Hotel, Manchester 66 Oldham Street, Manchester

Off-Beat Promotions presents a a night of Gothic Rock/Post-Punk/Industrial at The Castle Hotel, Manchester.

Off-Beat Promotions presents a a night of Gothic Rock/Post-Punk/Industrial at The Castle Hotel, Manchester, featuring three of the UK's top contemporary acts, GROOVING IN GREEN, CHAOS BLEAK, & ST LUCIFER.

GROOVING IN GREEN is a Brighton-based gothic rock band known for blending darkwave atmospheres with post-punk energy and modern alternative influences. Emerging in the early 2010s, the group carved out a distinctive space within the contemporary goth scene by combining brooding vocals, melodic basslines, and cinematic synth textures. While rooted in traditional gothic […]

£13.70
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Manchester

Fitzfest: Deviant + Witch Of The Vale + Spire Circle

Eagle Inn, Manchester 19 Collier Street Salford, Manchester

Join us to celebrate a night of music in memory of our friend and talented musician Fitz.

A year after he left us, we wanted to create an event he would be proud of, remembering Fitz and his music project SkinjoB.

Bands on the night:
Spire Circle - Featuring Susana Duende, SkinjoB live keyboard player

Witch of the Vale - Featuring Erin Hawthorne, the beautiful art face cover of SkinjoB’s album Displeasure

Deviant UK - Featuring Jay Smith, Fitz performed live with Jay as guest keyboard player for Deviant UK

Keep an eye out for […]

£12.80
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Manchester

Twisted Firestarter #6: Clan Of Xymox + Massive Ego + Dead Lights + Moth Slut

Rebellion, Manchester 2B Whitworth Street West, Manchester

Stigmata Promotions: Gigs, Clubs, Tours Present Twisted Firestarter 6. The Official Infest Festival Warm Up!

Twisted Firestarter has become the eagerly anticipated warm up party for the Infest Festival and always delivers a fantastic party atmosphere to get the festival off to a cracking start. This year we are proud to bring as an incredible headliner the pioneering stalwarts of the electro-goth scene CLAN OF XYMOX! This will be an exclusive UK show for them.

MASSIVE EGO are finally back and this show is a long awaited return to the UK scene! DEAD LIGHTS are fast becoming […]

£28.75
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Infest 2026: IAMX + Modulate + Potochkine + ghostbells + The Gospel + Lovelorn Dolls + Human Steel + Scheuber + Agnis + Sylvgheist Maëlström + OWLS + Utah Saints + Bein-E + FISTING + Holy Braille + Louisahhh + Aux Animaux + Human Steel + The Dirt + Wave Peak + Tr4nsients

We are very excited to confirm the lineup for INFEST 2026, 21-23 August in Manchester, with a Warm-Up Party happening on Thursday 20th too!

IAMX // Utah Saints // Louisahhh (live hybrid) // Potochkine // Modulate // Scheuber // Agnis // Aux Animaux // Sylvgheist Maelstrom // Lovelorn Dolls // Human Steel // Holy Braille // The Gospel // Ghostbells // Wavepeak // The Dirt // Owls // FISTING // Bein-E // Tr4nsients

PLUS DJs – To be Confirmed

All ages show until 11pm. Under 14s must be accompanied. 18+ after 11pm, Right of admission reserved […]

£90.10
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Manchester

The Cure Afterparty

The Star and Garter, Manchester 18-20 Fairfield St, Manchester

Join us at The Star & Garter, Manchester on Friday 21st August 2026 for our massive Cure Afterparty! 

We will be spinning all the hits, fan favourites & more plus a nice mix of your favourite alternative, goth, indie & new wave classics til late.

Expect to hear - The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, Bauhaus, Joy Division, Echo & The Bunnymen, Sisters Of Mercy, Siouxsie & The Bansheees, The Chameleons, Killing Joke, New Order, Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins, Bowie, Psychedelic Furs, The Mission, Talking Heads, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Cocteau Twins, Morrissey, R.E.M, Radiohead, Placebo, The […]

£8
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Manchester

Reliquia + Hurtsfall + Mrs Frighthouse

Aatma, Manchester 1st Floor, 14-16 Faraday St, Manchester

A profoundly eclectic concert bill celebrating different and diverse sounds from the UK's dark alternative underground. From gothic rock, to post-punk doom to industrial noise.

"Reliquia is a UK-based five-piece crafting emotionally charged, atmospheric music that merges post-punk urgency, post-rock scale, and the weight of heavy alternative music into a sound that prioritizes dark atmospheres, anthemic songwriting and heavy, crushing emotion.
Formed by vocalist Gregg Neville (Spire Circle, Golden Gardens) and guitarist Tobias Gray (The Machinist), the lineup is completed by George Kal (guitars), Andy Lindley (bass), and Karim Nashar (drums).
Since emerging onto the UK live circuit in 2023, […]

£5.50
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Manchester

She Past Away + Actors

Gorilla, Manchester Whitworth Street West, Manchester

Night Terrors will be hosting a double-bill of She Past Away + ACTORS at Dalston's EartH Hall this September.

SHE PAST AWAY is a dark wave/post-punk duo, consisting of Volkan Caner (vocal, guitars and songwriting) and Doruk Ozturkcan (drums, synths and production). Experimenting old/new aesthetic of synth music into their core guitar stuff, She Past Away forged a sound, an attitude, and a sensibility, conveyed through a minimalist poetry sung in Turkish, which sweeps the audience through a dense, continual epic trip in both their recordings and live performances.

ACTORS is a Canadian post-punk/darkwave band from Vancouver, […]

£31.57
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