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, spread out between several different venues.

History

The festival started in 2005. The festival billed itself as more than just a weekend long concert, but also as a social event designed to pull people together from different parts of the world who share an interest in goth and industrial music. In addition to live performances, the festival included a gothic fashion show,

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s, a trivia contest, dance afterparties featuring various international goth and industrial DJs, and various music and fashion vendors. Since many larger goth and industrial festivals are held in Europe, the Blacksun Festival provided a closer opportunity for North American bands to get a chance to perform in a festival setting alongside better established European bands. The final Blacksun was in August 2007.

Band lineups by year

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was originally slated to perform, but had to pull out due to

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complications. Das Ich took their spot in the lineup. :DJs: AddamBombb (Northampton, MA); Annabel Evil (NYC); Atterlothe (Providence, RI); Death In Jim (New Haven, CT); DV8 (Cleveland, OH); Kangal (Washington, D.C.), Mange (Hartford, CT); Mighty Mike Saga (Philadelphia, PA); Morgana (Toronto, Canada); Mothra (Boston, MA); Mouse (Raleigh, NC); Nitez (New Haven, CT); Phil Phaid (New Haven, CT); Ratboy (New Haven, CT); Reverend Brian (New Haven, CT); Th'Elf (Toronto, Canada); Vladvamp (Bandung, Indonesia) ;2005 (August 5–7) :

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References

External links

Blacksun Festival Webpage

2005 Blacksun Festival Archived Webpage
{{Electronic music festival Music festivals established in 2005 Goth festivals Electronic music festivals in the United States Industrial music festivals Culture of New Haven, Connecticut

History

Band lineups by year

See also

References

External links