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SUMMARY:Inkubus Sukkubus + Luna Cult Club
DESCRIPTION: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 electronic trio Luna Cult Club.Early bird tickets on sale until January 31st.
URL:https://thegothcalendar.co.uk/event/inkubus-sukkubus-luna-cult-club/
LOCATION:The Peer Hat\, Manchester\, 14-16 Faraday Street\, Manchester\, M1 1BE
CATEGORIES:Live Bands,North West
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SUMMARY:Grooving in Green + Chaos Bleak + St Lucifer
DESCRIPTION:Off-Beat Promotions presents a a night of Gothic Rock/Post-Punk/Industrial at The Castle Hotel\, Manchester. \n\n\n\nOff-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. \n\n\n\nGROOVING 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 rock influences\, their willingness to experiment with modern production and crossover elements has helped them appeal to both longtime goth fans and newer audiences. Today\, they continue to evolve while staying true to their moody\, evocative core.https://groovingingreen.com/ \n\n\n\nCHAOS BLEAK are a contemporary Goth Rock band from Nottingham. A hybrid concoction of Black Sabbath & Hawkwind mixed with heavy Killing Joke & Play Dead riffs atop solid 90s electro-goth backbeats that have been sonically ripping holes in the fabric of space-time since 2019.https://chaosbleak.bandcamp.com/ST LUCIFER are a Manchester-based Industrial/Anti-Pop/Noise act that has spawned 4 albums & 17 Singles. Described asThe world’s first/greatest blackmetalgaydisco band\, they have a unique sound that is tailor-made for the dancefloor.https://stluciferlive.bandcamp.com/ \n\n\n\nCatch this unmissable line-up at The Castle Hotel\, Manchester\, on Saturday\, 8thof August! Tickets £12. An unmissable night for fans of dark alternative music…
URL:https://thegothcalendar.co.uk/event/grooving-in-green-chaos-bleak-st-lucifer/
LOCATION:The Castle Hotel\, Manchester\, 66 Oldham Street\, Manchester\, M4 1LE
CATEGORIES:Live Bands,North West
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SUMMARY:Fitzfest: Deviant + Witch Of The Vale + Spire Circle
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate a night of music in memory of our friend and talented musician Fitz. \n\n\n\nA year after he left us\, we wanted to create an event he would be proud of\, remembering Fitz and his music project SkinjoB. \n\n\n\nBands on the night:Spire Circle – Featuring Susana Duende\, SkinjoB live keyboard player \n\n\n\nWitch of the Vale – Featuring Erin Hawthorne\, the beautiful art face cover of SkinjoB’s album Displeasure \n\n\n\nDeviant UK – Featuring Jay Smith\, Fitz performed live with Jay as guest keyboard player for Deviant UK \n\n\n\nKeep an eye out for other special announcements! \n\n\n\nDoors open 18:30 \n\n\n\n£12 advance through ticketlabhttps://ticketlab.app/event/37868#/ \n\n\n\nEvent in aid of MNDA and Cats protection
URL:https://thegothcalendar.co.uk/event/fitzfest-deviant-witch-of-the-vale-spire-circle/
LOCATION:Eagle Inn\, Manchester\, 19 Collier Street Salford\, Manchester\, M3 7DW
CATEGORIES:Live Bands,North West
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SUMMARY:Twisted Firestarter #6: Clan Of Xymox + Massive Ego + Dead Lights + Moth Slut
DESCRIPTION:Stigmata Promotions: Gigs\, Clubs\, Tours Present Twisted Firestarter 6. The Official Infest Festival Warm Up! \n\n\n\n\nCLAN OF XYMOX – (Exclusive UK Show!)\n\n\n\nMASSIVE EGO \n\n\n\nDEAD LIGHTS\n\n\n\nMOTH SLUT\n\n\n\nSTRANGE FUTURES\n\n\n\nIAMIMPERFECT\n\n\n\n\nTwisted 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. \n\n\n\nMASSIVE EGO are finally back and this show is a long awaited return to the UK scene! DEAD LIGHTS are fast becoming serious contenders for the electro-glam-ebm crown\, miss at your peril\, MOTH SLUT bring their androgynous Virgin Prunes meets early Christian Death meets Bauhaus vibe to the event and always impress with their energetic performances\, indeed ones to watch! Bristol’s finest STRANGE FUTURES are another act with an ever so impressive vocalist\, hard to imagine such a strong voice coming from such a small frame! And the ever modestly named IAMIMPERFECT are in fact the perfect opener to set things off to a great start\, it won’t be long before they are rising up the bills to headline status! \n\n\n\nAlso includes the legendary Afterparty with Club Stigmata \n\n\n\nWith DJs Frank Drake & Mark Walker! \n\n\n\nPlaying the best in EBM/industrial/Synthpop/post punk/goth/80s \n\n\n\nTickets for the club only are also available for only £10! \n\n\n\nStigmata Presents The Official Infest Warm Up Party on Thursday 20th August 2026
URL:https://thegothcalendar.co.uk/event/twisted-firestarter-6-clan-of-xymox-massive-ego-dead-lights-moth-slut/
LOCATION:Rebellion\, Manchester\, 2B Whitworth Street West\, Manchester\, M1 5WZ
CATEGORIES:Clubs,Festivals,Live Bands,North West
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SUMMARY:The Cure + Slowdive + The Slow Readers Club
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URL:https://thegothcalendar.co.uk/event/the-cure-slowdive-the-slow-readers-club/
LOCATION:Wythenshawe Park\, Manchester\, Wythenshawe Park Tickets Northenden\, Manchester\, M25 0AB
CATEGORIES:Live Bands,North West
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SUMMARY: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
DESCRIPTION:Our 2026 Edition\, returning to Manchester für the second year. More details to follow. Visit our website and join our email newsletter.
URL:https://thegothcalendar.co.uk/event/infest-2026-tbc/
LOCATION:Manchester Academy\, Oxford Road\, Manchester\, M13 9PR
CATEGORIES:Clubs,Festivals,Live Bands,North West
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260822T030000
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SUMMARY:The Cure Afterparty
DESCRIPTION:Join us at The Star & Garter\, Manchester on Friday 21st August 2026 for our massive Cure Afterparty!  \n\n\n\nWe will be spinning all the hits\, fan favourites & more plus a nice mix of your favourite alternative\, goth\, indie & new wave classics til late. \n\n\n\nExpect 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 Cult\, Gary Numan & loads more!
URL:https://thegothcalendar.co.uk/event/the-cure-afterparty/
LOCATION:The Star and Garter\, Manchester\, 18-20 Fairfield St\, Manchester\, M1 2QF
CATEGORIES:Clubs,North West
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SUMMARY:Reliquia + Hurtsfall + Mrs Frighthouse
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\n“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\, the band has shared stages with artists across the darker and more experimental ends of the alternative spectrum\, including Darkest Era\, Hexvessel\, Godthrymm\, Scandelion\, Night Hexe\, and industrial pioneers Attrition. Their sets have quickly gained a reputation for being aggressive\, intense\, theatrical and emotional.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Mrs Frighthouse is Carys and Luna Frighthouse\, a wife and wife industrial noise metal duo from Glasgow. Their unique blend of harsh sonic dissonance and chaos combined with beautiful heart-wrenching vocals has seen them play headline shows and festivals across the UK. \n\n\n\nThey confront issues of misogyny\, homophobia and transphobia in performances that feel in equal parts disturbing and cathartic.”\n\n\n\n“Hurtsfall have a unique approach: with no guitars\, keyboards and Bass VI build a rich soundscape as a foundation for Sam Harrison Emm’s distinctive theatrical delivery. Hurtsfall blend gothic rock\, post-punk\, and synth/pop\, recalling the essence of your favourites with a fresh genre-spanning twist. Based in Nottingham\, the ancestral home of Lord Byron\, they share his penchant for romantic verses.”
URL:https://thegothcalendar.co.uk/event/reliquia-hurtsfall-mrs-frighthouse/
LOCATION:Aatma\, Manchester\, 1st Floor\, 14-16 Faraday St\, Manchester\, M1 1BE
CATEGORIES:Live Bands,North West
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SUMMARY:She Past Away + Actors
DESCRIPTION:Night Terrors will be hosting a double-bill of She Past Away + ACTORS at Dalston’s EartH Hall this September. \n\n\n\nSHE 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. \n\n\n\nACTORS is a Canadian post-punk/darkwave band from Vancouver\, formed in 2012 by Jason Corbett (vocals\, guitar)\, known for their cinematic\, synth-driven sound that blends classic 80s new wave with modern flair\, alongside Shannon Hemmett (keyboards\, vocals)\, Kendall Wooding (bass\, vocals)\, and Adam Fink (drums). They gained prominence with albums like It Will Come To You (2018) and Acts of Worship (2021)\, blending moody atmospheres\, driving rhythms\, and anthemic hooks\, establishing themselves as key figures in the contemporary darkwave scene.
URL:https://thegothcalendar.co.uk/event/she-past-away-actors-3/
LOCATION:Gorilla\, Manchester\, Whitworth Street West\, Manchester\, M15WW
CATEGORIES:Live Bands,North West
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SUMMARY:Cabaret Voltaire + Gazelle Twin
DESCRIPTION:Stephen ‘Mal’ Mallinder and Chris Watson have announced details of their Final UK Tour\, starting on 10 October 2026 at Birmingham Town Hall and finishing at the Sheffield Octagon on 25 October\, with Gazelle Twin confirmed as special guest across all the dates. \n\n\n\nThese dates follow news of this year’s highly anticipated sold-out tour\, which marks 50 years since the live launch of one of Britain’s most influential electronic bands\, Cabaret Voltaire\, at the Sheffield Students Union Refectory on 13 May 1975. \n\n\n\nTalking about the newly announced dates\, Stephen Mallinder\, says: “What a wonderful opportunity to go round the block one more time and share that with one of the most unique and spectacular artists we know. The connective tissue between ourselves\, our history\, and the world Gazelle Twin now conjures up\, will be out there and shared with people. It seems like a special\, magical moment. ”Composer\, producer\, and performance artist Elizabeth Bernholz\, aka Gazelle Twin\, will be special guest across the tour: “Pinch me. Go on. I’m feeling excessively lucky at the prospect of touring with Cabaret Voltaire in 2026. They are electronic music pioneers\, but also the loveliest\, kindest folk in music that I could ever hope to share the stage with. \n\n\n\nIn the current climate of social turmoil and political manipulation\, the prescient work of Cabaret Voltaire continues to be necessary. The sounds\, words\, images and films of the band still resonate loudly\, continuing to challenge the status quo. The events in 2025 and 2026 will curate this essential work and to acknowledge the timeless energy and to mark the continuing significance and power of what Cabaret Voltaire achieved. Original members Chris Watson and Stephen Mallinder are committed to stay true to the enduring vision of Cabaret Voltaire. The performance will cover the arc of their formidable output – from early experiments\, and the first Rough Trade / Factory releases\, through the band’s Doublevision video label and into the work with renowned producers such as Adrian Sherwood and Marshall Jefferson. Stephen Mallinder explains\, “The live set is built from scratch but faithful to the original tracks. Everything has been painstakingly reconstructed with the original technology and processes to build the tracks. But as with all Cabs live shows there is an element of unpredictable\, the new. Chance meets causality.”
URL:https://thegothcalendar.co.uk/event/cabaret-voltaire-gazelle-twin-8/
LOCATION:The Albert Hall\, Manchester\, 27 Peter St\, Manchester\, M2 5QR
CATEGORIES:Live Bands,North West
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