If you've seen this movie several times we can probably be friends.
World Goth Day
@worldgothday.bsky.social
This is the OFFICIAL World Goth Day account and a safe space for the worldwide goth community. World Goth Day is the 22nd of May every year. Official website: www.worldgothday.com
As Pride Month draws to an end, a small reminder that the scene was always queer from the start.
Big 69th birthday shout out to Susan Ballion from Southwark, UK. I bet she got up to all sorts of trouble back in the day, bless her.
Still recovering from a very long #WorldGothDay friends - thanks for all your comments and letting me know what you were up to! Remember, #goth is for life, not just #Halloween. Uh I mean WGD.
@terminatryx.bsky.social released a new cover for World Goth Day - their 6th successive WGD cover, this time with a new lineup. They've really done this song justice in my opinion. youtu.be/Hyz9VkEPWh8?...
TERMINATRYX - Cities In Dust (Siouxsie & The Banshees cover - music only - full video coming soon)
YouTube video by TERMINATRYX
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A little piece of history; an in-depth interview with our co-founder from 2013 that answers all the questions you might have had, not least why WGD is on the 22nd of May.
BatBoy Slim@batboyslim.bsky.social · 2mo agoOf all the World Goth Day questions I get asked, the most asked is "why May 22nd?" Thankfully I had a dig around & found this interview with The Blogging Goth from 2013 which explains all. (Yes, I went under a different DJ name back then, which is another story.) theblogginggoth.com/2013/05/22/w...
Please do check this out. It's an important collection of words, more so than ever.
BatBoy Slim@batboyslim.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis is an edited version of a piece about how the goth scene should reinforce its reputation as a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community & all women, that I originally wrote for the Leeds Gothica event. But I feel it bears further reach. Please feel free to share widely. worldgothday.com/gsoqs.html
Not everybody remembers that All About Eve once had a drum machine phase, but it was equally as awesome a time as when they first broke the charts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n93q...
All About Eve - The Timebox @ The Bull and Gate 1986 full gig
YouTube video by Tony Walters
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I was contacted last night by Bruce Haley, the man behind the iconic imagery used for 'Goth Box', a compilation album that much of the goth scene will be familiar with. I'll be posting his words later, once I've had a cuppa and taken care of a phone call 😉
It’s @worldgothday.bsky.social To celebrate my books with a Goth in are free on Kindle! Eviscerated Panda A Metal Tale www.amazon.co.uk/Eviscerated-... The Very Metal Diary Of Cleo Howard www.amazon.co.uk/Very-Metal-D... #WorldGothDay #Goth
...guess what. HAPPY WORLD GOTH DAY, MY LOVELIES!
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How the literal HELL is it only 2 days to World Goth Day? If you're out there organising a WGD event year after year like an unstoppable final boss, we love you. You're inspiring others to get up and do the same. Just look at us all. Getting up and doing goth community stuff. Damn.
Finally. I've been meaning to get this done on the World Goth Day website homepage for a couple of days. Please help out our martin if you can. If you can't, then share the link below and hopefully someone who can will see it. Cheers. www.gofundme.com/f/help-marti...
This is possibly the most goth thing I've seen on the internet all week.
Just did a quick count. We currently have a grand total of 123 confirmed World Goth Day events. That number will go up as we get closer to the day itself. Thank you to all of the promoters & event organisers who take up the baton for this year after year. The Goth community is a bit amazing, right?
The man, myth & absolute legend that is World Goth Day co-founder Martin Oldgoth has started up a GoFundMe page, please consider helping him out. gofund.me/7a9406d1a
Donate to Help Martin Prevent a Liver Transpant, organized by Martin Oldgoth
In February I was diagnosed with a rare liver disease, PSC (Primary Sclerosing Ch… Martin Oldgoth needs your support for Help Martin Prevent a Liver Transpant
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It appears Facebook adjusts the event date to show the date relative to us in the UK. That means we might see an event on the 23rd May, even though it's actually on the 24th in that country. If you're an event organiser and see a wrong date for your event on our website, let us know!
I've added probably another 10 or 15 WGD events to the website since last night - we've gone way past the 100+ count. So if all that talk about us goths being 'harbingers of doom' is anything to go by, then 2026 looks pretty f#cked for us all. But at least the music will be really good again.
@worldgothday.bsky.social be great if you could share!
We're pleased to announce that the World Goth Day website has now been updated with an unprecented number of announced events already. Well over 90 in-person and online events are now listed, and this is likely to increase as the days go by. Thank you to all the organisers in this worldwide scene!
Please give our co-founder's new track a consideration for Bandcamp Friday, he's ever so proud of it, bless him. 😉
BatBoy Slim@batboyslim.bsky.social · 3mo agoyoutu.be/gH4hZbCVIOk?... As a complete novice, I'm especially happy with how the video turned out for my new track. 'L0R3L31' is a postpunk/synthwave number which is the second in a trilogy of 'songs named after my kids because it's more interesting than naming songs based on their content'.
If you're in the UK and a bit of real culture is your thing, this looks like a really good way to spend World Goth Day. www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/goth-day/
World Goth Day - Strawberry Hill House & Garden
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Heads up. #WorldGothDay is approaching! We'll start to update worldgothday.com from the 1st May onwards so if you have a WGD event you want us to know about, contact us with a URL or Facebook event link & tell us where in the world it's taking place.
World Goth Day Dot Com - get your goth on around the world for a day!
The official World Goth Day website
worldgothday.com
Here's something I'd quite like to bring your attention to; it would be great to see this film become a reality, not least because you might just see a bit of me in it. I'm not telling you which bit. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mag...
It's Not Easy Being Strange: Goth Music & Culture
A feature-length gothumentary film on a subculture built by outsiders, sustained by community, and shaped outside the mainstream.
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Have you checked out the snazzy little 'visualizer' video I smooshed together for the new track 'LUC45'? You know how socials work - give it a Like 😉 youtu.be/_IyMc0mQT-0?...
CODENAME:LOLA - LUC45
YouTube video by CODENAME:LOLA
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