Whitby Goth Weekend 2012

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Whitby Goth Weekend – 2012 Dates

We can now announce the dates for Whitby Gothic Weekend for 2012.

  • The autumn event will run from Thursday 1st to Monday 5th November.

The Whitby Gothic Weekend (WGW) is an established and popular gothic festival located in Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK.

The WGW’s official line is to provide musical entertainment with bands and DJs, although the culture of the WGW has far outgrown that simple agenda.

Whitby Gothic Weekend, often abbreviated to WGW or simply referred to by attendees as Whitby, is a twice-yearly festival for goths in the beautiful seaside town of Whitby North Yorkshire. The event is organised by Jo Hampshire who runs Top Mum Promotions.

The roots of the Whitby Goth Weekend rest with a group of around forty pen-pals who had met through New Musical Express Magazine 

The group of friends first came to Whitby in 1994. Whitby was the choice venue because of  its Dracula connections.

In the following years the locals came to accept the event and the goths were welcomed back on a yearly basis, before the event became a twice a year weekend in more recent times.

2012 Whitby Goth Weekend Itinerary – Full details on the Whitby Goth Weekend Website.

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12 Responses to Whitby Goth Weekend 2012

  1. plentyohorne Reply

    November 12, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    For your Information, Jo Hampshire is not the Official Organiser of Whitby Goth Weekend. She was the brains behind it, 17 yrs ago after she sent an advert to NME looking for a pen pal. She arranged to meet in the Elsinore Pub, and over 200 ppl turned up.

    But that was 17 yrs ago, Jo Hampshire still runs the Official Whitby goth weekend production company (Topmum) which hosts events at the SPA Pavilion. There are now plenty of smaller production companies such as Kev and Michelle's Pitch Black events at the resolution. – http://www.facebook.com/?sk=ff&ap=1#!/group.p…

    and Hazel Wainwrights team that host the Sexy Sunday and Manic Monday nights at the Met Hotel see exceprt from Whitby Gazette http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/lifestyle/entertai…

    These are just two of the other excellent production companies working hard on behalf of the gothic community for events at whitby during the generically named whitby goth weekend. This doesnt take into account events that were held at the lord granby, the Shambles, the angel etc throughout the entire town.

    Please take at look at this group on facebook for a veiw of just what happens around the town during that weekend, and not just the events at the Spa such as your article seems to imply

    http://www.facebook.com/?sk=ff&ap=1#!/home.ph…

    Yrs -

    Plenty o Horne

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  2. admin Reply

    January 3, 2011 at 11:36 pm

    New forum topic about the Goth Weekend :

    http://www.real-whitby.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=16.0

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  3. Frank L. Chalmers Reply

    March 27, 2011 at 9:33 am

    Cracking set of pictures!

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  4. Trizia Norris Reply

    October 6, 2011 at 5:25 pm

    And Alt.Whitby is happening over the Hallowe’en weekend this year. I think that it is only fair to publicish both.

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  5. Trizia Norris Reply

    October 6, 2011 at 5:26 pm

    Argh! ‘publicise’

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  6. admin Reply

    October 6, 2011 at 5:43 pm

    Hi Trizia, please you found our site. We would happily publish the other event but we never get sent any information. A detailed press release from the organisers would be useful. The Topmum organisation promote themselves very well and their web presence is more significant to the breakaway group. Just out of interest, what are your thoughts on the slitting of the event ? Also I dont know if you do facebook ? but if you could tell all your friends and family about our site we would be really grateful to you.

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  7. Trizia Norris Reply

    October 6, 2011 at 6:39 pm

    I think the splitting of the event is a bad thing as most of us can’t get the time off/can’t afford to do all of the weekends now happening. And, considering the nastiness of the spilt I can’t see how it can be fixed.
    And here is the Alt.Whitby fb page http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=143213465748305

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  8. tasha Reply

    October 8, 2011 at 6:48 pm

    I have no problem with the split as I support the original (and best) event Topmum’s Spa Events…. Means less crowds, less tourists, fewer photographers.
    Just like the old days

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  10. John Field Reply

    December 27, 2011 at 8:57 pm

    Meanwhile, some canny lass has managed to get the Gazette to publish a letter from a Miss Lavinia Haversham of Rochester. She even writes that she has ‘great expectations’ of the town. Champion!

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  11. Trevor34 Reply

    April 19, 2012 at 10:21 am

    I am a regular goth weekend goer and photographer and love it all… the place, the people, the outfits and the usual feel good atmosphere…..
    take a look at my site which includes many goth images from whitby!

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  12. Stuart Goodwin The Guardian Reply

    April 22, 2012 at 12:54 am

    whitby goth weekend 2012

    Goths and the seaside might sound like strange bedfellows, but since 1994 those immersed in gothic culture have moped to this coastal North Yorkshire town in their thousands. And with Whitby a key part of Bram Stoker’s Dracula you can see why. This spring there’s a gothic dog walk, a “Goth Express” steam train ride, plus a gothic pool tournament (first prize: Jaffa Cakes), not to mention a return for the goths v local paper hacks football match. Bands include the Spiritual Bat, Ugly Buggs, plus Gene Loves Jezebel featuring original member Jay “no, not the Bucks Fizz one” Aston. Don’t get excited by the picture, however: St Mary’s Church cemetery is off limits due to persistent lounging on graves.

    Various venues, Thu to 30 Apr

    Stuart Goodwin – http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/apr/21/this-weeks-new-events

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