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Related links: Alt.Gothic Convergence Links, Dark Communities, Gothic Regional Resources
Dark Side of the Net: Dark Celebrations, Conventions
and Events
- Bat's Day in the Fun Park - This
event where tons of goths gather at Disneyland, takes place May 2-3, 2009.
- Bats Day in the Fun Park
Group, on Facebook
- Bats Day in the
Fun Park, at LiveJournal
- Bats Day in
the Fun Park Updates, at LiveJournal
- Bats Day in the Fun Park, at
MySpace
- Bats Day in the Fun Park, on Twitter
- Bats Day in the Fun Park, at Wikipedia
- B-Fest - B-movie festival
near Chicago in January.
- Blackfield
Festival - Gelsenkirchen, Germany. June 20-21, 2009. Bands include
VNV Nation, Diary of Dreams, Apoptygma Berzerk, and Project Pitchfork.
- Blackfield Festival, on
Facebook
- Blackfield
Festival, at MySpace
- Black Sun Festival
- Yearly in New Haven, Connecticut, usually in March.
- Black
Sun Festival, at LiveJournal
- Black Sun
Festival, at MySpace
- Blacksun Festival, at Wikipedia
- The Clockwork
Ball - Friday June 26, 2009 in Chapel Hill, NC. A steampunk event with
bands, vendors, and DJs.
- Castle Party - A gothic
festival in Bolkow, Poland, July 24-26 2009.
- Castle Party Group, on
Facebook
- Castle Party, at MySpace
- Chiller Theatre Expo -
Horror toys, models, and films. October 30-Nov 1, 2009 in Parsippany, NJ.
- Cinema
Wasteland - Horror memorabilia convention, October 2-4 2009 in Ohio.
- Cinema
Wasteland, on Facebook
- Cinema Wasteland, at MySpace
- CocteauFest 2009 - Fans
of The Cocteau Twins gather 2 hours north of Toronto to hear Cocteau Twins cover bands,
dance and meet each other. September 19-20, 2009.
- CocteauFest 2009 on Facebook
- Cocteaufest on MySpace
- Convergence - The annual
gothic convention, held in a different city every year. This page hosts
the annual voting. See the Alt.Gothic.Convergence links page.
- Cure Tribute "Hanging
Gardens" Picnic - July 12, 2009 in the UK. No, The Cure don't attend, but
Cure fans gather to picnic in the place where "The Hanging Gardens" video
was filmed.
- Dances of Vice Festival - A festival happening in NYC February 8-9, 2008. Rasputina will play,
there's a Neovictorian costume ball, vendors, DJs, and art vendors.
- Dances of Vice, on
Facebook
- Dances of Vice at Livejournal
- Dances of Vice, on MySpace
- Dark Arts Festival -
June 12-14, 2009, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Dark Arts Festival on MySpace
- Dark Shadows Festival - For fans of the TV series. August 14-16, 2009 in Elizabeth, NJ.
- Dead by Dawn - A horror
film festival held April 30-May 3, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Dracula's Ball - Famous ball held in
Philadelphia. May 23, 2009 and September 5, 2009.
-
Dracula's Ball, at LiveJournal
- Dracula's Ball, on MySpace
- Eccentrik Festival
- A goth music festival in Raleigh, North Carolina. October 29-31, 2009.
- Eccentrik
Festival on Facebook
- Eccentrik Festival, on LiveJournal
- Eccentrik Festival, on MySpace
- Eccentrik Festival, at Wikipedia
- The Edwardian Ball Weekend - January 23-25, 2009 in San Francisco and January 31, 2009 in Los
Angeles.
- Fantasm 2003 - A sci
fi/horror con in Atlanta April 17-20.
- Festival of the
Dead - A Halloween ball in Salem.
- Frightvision 2001 -
Held in Ohio in April.
- Gerardmer Festival
of Fantastic Arts - A horror fest in France in January.
- The Goth Cruise
- GothicFest 2005 - A gothic
festival in Villa Park, Illinois, on September 17. Bands include Grigori3,
Hanzel und Gretyl, and Slick Idiot.
- Goth Cruise, at LiveJournal
-
Goth Prom DC - The 11th
annual DC Goth Prom takes place Thursday, May 22. DJs include Scary Lady
Sarah, Kelowna, Shade and DJ Spider. Performers include tribal belly
dancers Romka and tribal industrial dancers Cerastes.
- Gothic Festival 2008 -
Waregem, Belgium, July 25-27 2008. Bands include Fields of the Nephilim,
Combichrist, Cruxshadows, Clan of Xymox, VNV Nation, and Trisomie 21.
- Great Lakes Fright Fest - June 4-6, 2010.
- Halloween 25 - A
convention October 31 in Pasadena for fans of the movies, to celebrate the
25th anniversary of the first film.
- Halloween Film Fest
- Stuttgart, Germany.
-
Haunted Mansion Holiday - Another page about the Disneyland Nightmare
Before Christmas event.
- Industrial
Festival - Yearly in France.
- KillerCon - A brand new horror writer/editor/fan convention, September 17-20 in Las Vegas. Actress
Heather Graham is the guest of honor, and Joe R. Lansdale will also make an appearance.
- Labyrinth of Jareth -
A fantasy masquerade ball that lasts a whole weekend. July 10-11, 2009 in
Hollywood, CA.
- Labyrinth of
Jareth - The Livejournal for the festival.
- HP Lovecraft Film
Festival - This takes place in October in Portland, Oregon.
- M'era Luna
Festival - Hildesheim, Germany, August 9-10, 2008. Bands include Front
242, VNV Nation, Apocalyptica, Apoptygma Berzerk, Moonspell, Combichrist,
Cinema Strange, and Elegant Machinery.
- M'era
Luna Festival, at LiveJournal
-
M'era Luna Festival, at Wikipedia
- Midwest Haunters Convention - Professional haunt industry, June 5-7 2009 in Columbus,
OH.
- Monster Bash
- A monster/horror convention held in June in Pittsburgh.
- NetGoth.Org.Uk -
Fantastic United Kingdom events calendar.
- Night Side - A
music festival in Prague, September 2008.
- 999
Happy Haunts Ball - More info on the Disney NMBC event.
- Ravenwood
Festival 2008 - Arsenic and Gears. Saturday, July 12, 2008 in
Fayetteville, Arkansas. Bands include Abney Park, Voltaire, and Vernian
Process. DJs include DJ EternalDarkness, and DJ Genesis.
- Salon Convention - A Victorian convention September
22, 2007 in Somerset, NJ. Voltaire will perform, along with Holly Black and others. There's a
http://community.livejournal.com/salonconvention/"> Salon Convention LiveJournal community too.
- Silver Scream -
A horror stage show coming to London in 2002.
- Scream Fest
LA - October in Los Angeles.
- Shriekfest - Horror film
festival held in Los Angeles in October.
- Stoker Awards Weekend - June 12-14, 2009 in Burbank. Horror authors.
- Stoker Awards Weekend on Facebook
- Summer
Darkness
- An ambient/industrial/noise/neofolk festival August 6-10 in Utrecht,
Netherlands. Bands include Echo and the Bunnymen, Clan of Xymox,
Gotterdammerung, Irfan, Combichrist, Apoptygma Berzerk, and many more.
- Terra Gotha - A goth
music festival in southwest Holland in April 2003.
- Texas Frightmare
Weekend 2007 - June 22-24, 2007 in Dallas. Special guest George
Romero; Doug Bradley from Hellraiser.
- Texas Frightmare Weekend - A horror convention in Dallas, May 1-3, 2009. Guests
include Tobe Hooper and Alice Cooper (Hey, that rhymes!)
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Tokyo Gothic & Lolita Tour - April 11-18, 2008 in Tokyo. A guided tour
for American Lolitas to the birthplace of the Lolita style.
- Twilight Tales -
Weekly horror readings at a pub in Chicago, IL.
- Vampires Masquerade Ball -
March 24, 2007, in Portland, Oregon.
- Vampires Masquerade Ball at MySpace
- Wave-Gotik
Treffen - June 2007 in Leipzig, Germany.
-
Wave-Gotik-Treffen at LiveJournal
- Wave-Gotik
Treffen: Americans in Leipzig
- Wave-Gotik-Treffen: Sadgoth's Guide to
WGT - A guide to getting to Leipzig, the WGT festival,
maps, links, planning tips, and a message board. Very helpful resource!
- Whitby Gothic Weekend -
Held in April and October, in the UK.
- Whitby - The LiveJournal community for Whitby Gothic
Weekend.
- Wicked Faire - An
adults-only event held February 20-22 in Whippany, New Jersey. It starts
as a Renaissance Faire, but actually features a wide variety of
entertainment, including Voltaire, Ego Likeness, an erotic hypnotist, and
several steampunk events.
- World Horror Convention 2003
- April 17-20 in Kansas City, Missouri.
- World Horror Convention
2004
- April 8-11, in Phoenix, AZ.
- World Horror Convention 2007
- Toronto, Canada
- World Horror Convention 2008
- March 27-30, 2008 in Utah
- Zombies
in Condoland - A film shoot and performance art event as part of
Toronto's "Nuit Blanche," October 4, 2008.
updated June 6, 2009
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