"Dark Tranquility" Whitby Goths Festival (England)
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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 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.
Goth festival in Whitby, northern England. The Goth culture emerged for the Punk scene in the 1980s, developing its own music and fashion styles. The festival in Whitby is now in it's 19th year and attracts around ten thousand people over the weekend.
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