Wave Gotik Treffen - world's biggest Goth festival

Here's an entertaining article from BBC Online talking about the goth festival, world cup, and Nazism in Leipzig:

Vibrant Leipzig defies dour image

blimey. goth seems bigger now than it was originally. really must find my turntable and spin a few of the old bits of vinyl to see what it sounds like now. maybe i can sell some of those ltd editions for lots of moolah, although i swore i'd never sell my record collection.

Leipzig is also home to the very awesome and UBER gothtastic...

Völkerschlachtdenkmal

It's huge and a bugger to climb up.

Grazzenger - the WGT has been going for 15 years now.

That is 1 cool monument, it almost inspires me to go there!

Wave-Gotik-Treffen website

People mean of spirit might think that living in Leipzig would automatically lead to a liking for death. This wouldn't be true - you can have a top night out there. Wearing black might help though.

Katrina

Went to these a few years ago, before the organisors went broke the first time and I ended up attending half a festival. Great atmosphere. Partys all over the town, concerts in great atmospheric outdoor venues. Funny walking round a town the size of Leipzig that has been invaded by 20,000 people in black.

I'm going this year (woo!). The dates are 25th-28th May (Pfingstwochenende).The programme and ticket sales aren't online yet. http://www.wave-gotik-treffen.de

Some bands have now confirmed:

FRONT 242 ( , HEIMATAERDE (D) - first gig , SHADOW REICHENSTEIN (USA) , WOLFENMOND (D) , DORNENREICH (A) - acoustical gig , FELSENREICH (D) , ELEGANT MACHINERY (S) , ARCHITECT (D)
THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX (UK) , ZERAPHINE (D) , NVMPH (S) , QNTAL (D) – special performance with Estampie and guests , SYRIA (I) , KRYPTERIA (D)
MOONSPELL (P) , REMEMBER TWILIGHT (D) , CRUACHAN (IRL) , MERLONS LICHTER (D) , LYCOSIA (F) , ORANGE SECTOR (D) , CONETIK (N) , SOMAN (D)
THE RETROSIC (D) – World premiere , ZOMBINA & THE SKELETONS (UK) , POTENTIA ANIMI (D) , PRIMORDIAL (IRL) , EISBRECHER (D) , BIG BOY (S) , DER FLUCH (D) , AMATRIS (D) , THE ILLUSION FADES (GR) , UNTERART (D) , THE LOVECRAVE (I) , HEIMSTATT YIPOTASH (D) , TAMTRUM (F) , DOLOR (D) , REFLEXION (FIN) , KOSMIC HORRÖR (D) , ANGELS & AGONY (NL)

Are you sure they're not the comedy acts?

Hi there,
I am an Australian ladee who is coming over for WGT this year! Woo hoo!
Anyone else going?
Anna

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Aye!

Oh yeah! I was there last year by plain dumb luck. My very first visit in Leipzig!! I was greeted by a black-dressed vampire bride and a coffin limousine. It was a shock. Of course then after some 30 minutes of heavy gothic exposure, I realized there must be some kind of a fest going on. :-) Quiet an experience.

Btw, my friends and I were dressed in cheerful blue yellow and red. Stuck out like three stupid clowns. Was fun though!