We are pleased to
announce that Goth City Festival will return to Leeds, UK in October
2017.
Goth City Festival is a city-wide musical and cultural festival that celebrates the gothic and post-punk heritage of the city and of Yorkshire generally. Events include, gigs, clubs, discussions, spoken word, acoustic and social events at more than six venues and features more than 20 different bands and performers.
Goth City Festival is a city-wide musical and cultural festival that celebrates the gothic and post-punk heritage of the city and of Yorkshire generally. Events include, gigs, clubs, discussions, spoken word, acoustic and social events at more than six venues and features more than 20 different bands and performers.
In keeping with the D.I.Y
and underground spirit of the event, the festival will be held at the
best alternative venues across the city, including the co-cooperatively
owned Wharf Chambers and renowned underground Leeds' venues such as
the Fenton, Packhorse, Fox & Newt, Cafe LS6 and The Hyde Park
Book Club. It also feature other events during the fortnight such as
Carpe Noctum, West Yorkshire's longest running goth club night and
the largest event of it's kind in the north, which celebrates it's
18th anniversary on 7th October.
All proceeds from Goth
City Promotions events during the festival are donated to PAFRAS
(Positive Action For Refugees and Asylum Seekers), a local charity
for destitute refugees and asylum seekers. The inaugural Goth City
Festival took place between Friday 11th and Saturday 26th November
2016, and raised £3,500 for the charity.
This year's festival
takes place between 5th and 22nd October. Headliners include
legendary Bradford post-punks 1919 who continue to celebrate their
musical legacy following the tragic death of founder member Mark
Tighe this year, as well as legendary '90s goth survivors Manuskript
and world-reknowned dark industrial pioneers Attrition. Also
appearing will be David Wolfenden (former Mission, Red Lorry Yellow
Lorry and Expelaires guitarist), recently reformed Sheffield darkwave
greats Libitina and some of the very best acts in the UK goth scene
today such as Terminal Gods, Luxury Stranger and In Isolation.
For more information
contact:
Joel @ Goth City
Promotions
Full Schedule:
Thursday 5th October -
launch Party:
The Webb + Anxiety +
the infamous Goth City raffle
The Packhorse,
Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. Doors 8pm, entry £5.
Friday 6th October - Goth City Festival: Opening Ceremony
Friday 6th October - Goth City Festival: Opening Ceremony
Attrition + Alice
Moving Under Skies + Death Party (UK) + DJs
Wharf Chambers, Wharf
St, Leeds. Tickets £10. Doors 8pm-late
Saturday 7th October -
Goth City Festival community outreach of action
Monday 9th October:
Shadows of Goth –
open mic ghost story night
Hyde Park Book Club,
Headingley, Leeds. 8pm, free admission
Friday 13th October - Hot Goth Injection!: New band showcase
Friday 13th October - Hot Goth Injection!: New band showcase
They Called Him Zone +
Every Black Day + Byronic Sex & Exile + more TBA
Bad Apples Rock Bar, Call Lane, Leeds. Doors 8pm, free admission
Bad Apples Rock Bar, Call Lane, Leeds. Doors 8pm, free admission
Saturday 14th October:
Occupy LS6! - The Goth
City Otley Run.
Social event. Various
venues, Otley Road/Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. 2pm-8pm.
Saturday 14th October:
Saturday 14th October:
Gothzilla + Juratory +
Circle of the Absurd
The Fenton, Woodhouse
Lane, Leeds. 8pm-11pm. £5 entry.
Sunday 15th October:
Sunday 15th October:
Black Gold! - an
alcohol-free social event featuring food & stalls.
Wharf Chambers, Wharf
Street, Leeds. 3pm-7pm. Free admission.
Monday 16th October:
A night with David
Wolfenden
Live interview by Tim
Synyrstr (The Blogging Goth) and Q&A.
LS6 Cafe, Woodhouse
Lane, 8pm-10pm. £5 entry.
Wednesday 18th October - Goth City Festival: A Night of the Dark Arts 2
Wednesday 18th October - Goth City Festival: A Night of the Dark Arts 2
Grassby & Walker,
Ian FTG, A Short Dark Stranger, LMA Bauman-Milner.
Compere: AMereKat
The Fox & Newt,
Burley Street, Leeds. Doors 7.45pm, entry £5.
Friday 20th & Saturday 21st October - Goth City Festival: Total Gothic K,O! Featuring 1919, Manuskript, Terminal Gods, Libitina, Luxury Stranger, In Isolation, The Creeping Terrors, The Glass House Museum, John Merrick's Remains + DJs to be announced
Friday 20th & Saturday 21st October - Goth City Festival: Total Gothic K,O! Featuring 1919, Manuskript, Terminal Gods, Libitina, Luxury Stranger, In Isolation, The Creeping Terrors, The Glass House Museum, John Merrick's Remains + DJs to be announced
Wharf Chambers, Wharf
St, Leeds. Weekend tickets £20, day tickets £10/£15.
Sunday 22nd October
Goth City FC vs
Opponents TBA
1pm-4pm, 2pm kick-off,
venue and other details TBA
Sunday 22nd October -
Goth City Festival: Aftermath. Featuring DJs and surprises.
LS6 Cafe, Woodhouse
Lane, 8pm-11pm, pay as you feel.
Full festival tickets:
£35
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