The following is an incomplete list of gothic festivals, which encapsulates
music festivals
A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or hol ...
focused on
gothic music. Goth festivals may feature genres such as
gothic rock and
gothic metal, as well as
industrial music. The festivals also tend to feature aspects of the
Goth subculture, such as fans and bands in
goth fashion
Gothic fashion is a clothing style marked by dark, mysterious, antiquated, homogenous, and often genderless features. It is worn by members of the Goth subculture. Dress, typical gothic fashion includes dyed black hair, exotic hairstyles, dark ...
. Goth is a musical subgenre of
post-punk
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad music genre, genre of Punk Music, punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde s ...
and
alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...
that formed during the late-1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English
punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes.
The genre itself was defined as a separate movement from
post-punk
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad music genre, genre of Punk Music, punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde s ...
due to its darker music accompanied by introspective and
romantic lyrics. Gothic rock then gave rise to a broader
subculture that included clubs,
fashion
Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fashion i ...
and publications in the 1980s.
Festivals
Gallery
MarcUndReginaWGT2004.jpg, Fans at Wave-Gotik-Treffen in 2004
File:Castle Party p 277.jpg,
File:Closterkeller Castle Party 2012 0 31.jpg
File:Apocalyptica1.jpg, Apocalyptica
File:Castle Party 2007 p 774.jpg, Castle Party 2007
Castle Party 2007 TLPD p.jpg, Castle Party 2007
File:Castle Party p 430.jpg,
File:Castle Party p 432.jpg,
File:Species Ireland.jpg, Location Species Festival, Leitrim, Ireland
File:Speciesireland.jpg, Control Freak at Species 2016, Ireland
File:SpeciesIreland2.jpg, Kraven Brainz live at Species 2016, Leitrim, Ireland
File:Felin playing at Subkultfestivalen 2019.jpg, Felin, performing at Subkultfestivalen 2019
See also
Related lists
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List of music festivals
A list of music festivals around the world. A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, ...
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List of industrial music festivals
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List of punk rock festivals
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List of heavy metal festivals
This is an incomplete list of heavy metal festivals. The genre heavy metal (or simply metal) is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United States and the United Kingdom. With roots in blue ...
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List of electronic dance music festivals
Related categories
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Goth festivals
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Rock festivals
A rock festival is an open-air rock concert featuring many different performers, typically spread over two or three days and having a campsite and other amenities and forms of entertainment provided at the venue. Some festivals are singular even ...
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Punk rock festivals
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Electronic music festivals
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Heavy metal festivals
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