The Eccentrik Festival was an annual 3-day Goth and industrial music

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held in the

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area and had in some years been spread out between several different venues. The festival started in October 2004. Musical styles typically featured at Eccentrik included

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, psychobilly, gothic rock,

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, dark cabaret, steampunk, synthpop and other related genres. The festival was also notable for its party-like atmosphere, the pre-festival meet n' greet, art show, and a dancefloor featuring goth, deathrock, industrial, steampunk and post-punk djs from around the US. In 2008, the Eccentrik Festival went steampunk by asking some of the most well-known musicians in that genre to perform, as well as having the Davenport sisters of the weekly radio program, The Clockwork Cabaret, act as hosts for the event.

Band lineups by year

;2004 : Clockwerk (the band) , Ego Likeness , More Machine Than Man , Oddstar ,

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, RJE , Red All Over , Threshold 6 ;2005 :

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, The Brides , In Tenebris , The Last Dance ,

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;2006 : Americlone , Anders Manga ,

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, Ego Likeness , High Blue Star ;2007 :

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, The Last Dance ,

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, The Hellblinki Sextet , Terrorcouple ;2008 :The Brides , The Ghosts Project , The Hellblinki Sextet , Nicki Jaine , Nathaniel Johnstone ,

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;2009 : The Clockwork Dolls , The Extraordinary Contraptions , Lemming Malloy , The Two Man Gentlemen Band , Unwoman , Veronique Diabolique ,

References

External links

Eccentrik Festival Yahoo Group

Eccentrik Festival Livejournal Community
{{Electronic music festival Music festivals established in 2004 Goth festivals Industrial music festivals Goth subculture Steampunk conventions Electronic music festivals in the United States

Band lineups by year

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