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{{Short description|Music festival in North Yorkshire, England}}
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{{use British English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox music festival
| music_festival_name = Whitby Goth Weekend
| image               = [[File:Whitbygothic.jpg|250px]]
| caption             = Whitby Goth Weekend logo and image of [[Whitby Abbey]]
| location            = [[Whitby]], [[North Yorkshire]], England, United Kingdom 
| venue(s)            = [[Whitby Spa]] 1997-2018, [[Metropole Hotel]] (overspill venue) 1999-2006, [[Abbey Wharf]] 2019-Current
| years_active        = 1994–present
| founders            = Jo Hampshire
| dates               = October/November (1994–present),<br> April (1997–present)
| genre               = [[Gothic rock]], [[dark wave]], [[synth-pop]], [[future pop]], [[gothic metal]]
| website             = {{url|http://whitbygothweekend.co.uk}}
}}

'''Whitby Goth Weekend''', abbreviated to '''WGW''' or nicknamed '''Whitby''', is a twice-yearly music festival for the [[goth subculture]], in [[Whitby]], [[North Yorkshire]], England, organised by Jo Hampshire. The event is an alternative music festival, consisting of two nights of live bands, and three days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) of alternative trade stalls at the Whitby Leisure Centre, and Whitby Brunswick Centre.

The term "Whitby Goth Weekend" is sometimes used as a [[generic trademark|generic]] term to describe events during the week in Whitby as a whole, although the name of the event and its associated logo are [[registered trademark]]s of Jo Hampshire of Top Mum Promotions.<ref>{{cite news
  |url=https://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK00002598441 
  |title=Case details for trade mark UK00002598441: Whitby Goth Weekend
  |date=3 February 2012
  |website=[[Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)|IPO]]
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
  |url=https://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK00002608916 
  |title=Case details for trade mark UK00002608916: WGW
  |date=18 May 2012
  |website=IPO
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
  |url=https://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK00002608920 
  |title=Case details for trade mark UK00002608920: logotype
  |date=1 June 2012
  |website=IPO 
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
  |url=https://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK00003016493 
  |title=Case details for trade mark UK00003016493: Whitby Gothic Weekend
  |date=8 November 2013
  |website=IPO 
}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Screaming Banshee Aircrew WGW April 2005.jpg|thumb|right|Screaming Banshee Aircrew on stage at Whitby Goth Weekend, April 2005]]
[[File:Uninvited Guest WGW October 2006.jpg|thumb|right|Uninvited Guest on stage at Whitby Goth Weekend, October 2006]]
The origins of WGW are in a meeting of around forty of Hampshire's pen-pals in 1994.<ref name=":DS:">{{cite news|title=Goths descend on town to celebrate weekend|work=Darlington & Stockton Times|issue=2017–17|date=28 April 2017|page=22|editor-last=Richardson|editor-first=Andy|issn=2040-3933}}</ref> The first meeting was held in the Elsinore public house in Whitby along with the Little Angel, which continues to be a meeting point during the weekend.<ref name="wgwhistory">{{cite web|url=http://www.whitbygothweekend.co.uk/FAQ.php|title=Whitbygothweekend.co.uk|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref> Hampshire said Whitby was chosen for its [[Dracula]] connections, although probably more so because the connection had already fostered a sense of acceptance on the part of locals and businesses rather than any inherent romanticism regarding the location.<ref name="wgwhistory"/> Until 1997, the festival was held yearly, after which it became twice-yearly in April and October. It has since grown into one of the world's most popular [[goth subculture|goth]] music events with thousands of attendees from across the UK and beyond.

In the mid-2000s the October weekend on or near [[Halloween]] began to attract large numbers of non-goths in Halloween, horror, historical, fantasy and sci-fi costume, which led to an increase in photographers and visitors. The weekend now attracts other alternative [[subcultures]], including Victorian vampires, [[rocker (subculture)|rocker]]s, [[punk subculture|punks]] and [[steampunk]]s. Some regulars consider it no longer a purely "goth" weekend, and it was acknowledged by Hampshire in the 2014 Whitby Goth Weekend Guide that in order to survive the event would have to diversify into other areas that have influenced goth. In recent years the costumed attendees now outnumber the goth attendees. Whitby Goth Weekend is now not as relevant on the Goth scene as it was 10-15 years ago.

The October 2007 festival was dedicated to the memory of the murdered Goth [[Murder of Sophie Lancaster|Sophie Lancaster]] (who had attended three Whitby Goth Weekends) and a collection of more than £3,000 was raised from various events to fund a [[memorial bench]] to her in the town.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/stories-of-the-week/Memorial-planned-for-murdered-goth.3318289.jp |title=Memorial planned for murdered goth girl |work= Whitby Gazette|date= 9 October 2007|access-date=5 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/local-news/Goths-unite-in-tribute-bid.3231041.jp |title=Goths unite in tribute bid for tragic Sophie  |work=Halifax Evening Courier |date= 26 September 2007|access-date=5 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/Sophie39s-memory-to-live-on.3436311.jp |title=Sophie's memory to live on  |work= Whitby Gazette|date= 2 November 2007|access-date=5 November 2011}}</ref>

Newbies who have not attended the event before are referred to as "Whitby Virgins". To help introduce them to the event, there was a WGW Virgins Meet Up on the Friday morning at the Spa until about 2014.

In 2016, concerns were raised by locals about disrespect being shown to the graves in St. Mary's Churchyard by photographers using them for photographic purposes which has resulted in a petition to have the area closed during the event. The proposal was supported by Whitby Goth Weekend, saying that "behaviour displayed in the churchyard is disrespectful and offensive".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/whitbygothweekend/posts/1015075705251684 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/273203669438895/1015075705251684 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Whitby Goth Weekend|work=Facebook|access-date=2 March 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2016 The Bram Stoker Film Festival, which also took place in the town, rehashed a proposal to build a film set graveyard which photographers would be charged to use.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Burgess|first1=Kaya|title=Whitby to make a scene for the goths|work=The Times|issue=71912|date=17 May 2016|page=21}}</ref>

In June 2018 there was a breakdown in the relationship between WGW and SIV Live, who operate the Spa. WGW was therefore unable to book the Spa for bands for October 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theblogginggoth.com/2018/06/15/pavilion-parts-ways-with-whitby-goth-weekend-promoter/|title=Pavilion parts ways with Whitby Goth Weekend promoter|work=The Blogging Goth|date=15 June 2018|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref> In July a new promoter was found to put bands on at the Spa in October. Subsequently, WGW announced a different set of 2019 dates to those announced by the Spa and the new promoter,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theblogginggoth.com/2018/07/06/fields-of-the-nephilim-paradise-lost-to-headline-new-whitby-event/|title=Fields of the Nephilim, Paradise Lost to headline new Whitby event|work=The Blogging Goth|date=6 July 2018|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref> with bands at Abbey Wharf, a large pub in Whitby.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitbygothweekend.co.uk/wgw-whats-on/|title=WHAT'S ON AT WGW}}</ref>

==Economy==
[[File:Whitby Goth Weekend (30147715104).jpg|thumb|Visitors to Whitby in November 2016]]
The event results in business for the town in general, with attendees spending around 10,000 bed-nights in Whitby and the weekend contributing £1.1&nbsp;million per annum to the local economy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-20188996 |title=Whitby's goth visitors' £1m seaside bounty  |publisher=BBC News Online|date= 2 November 2012|access-date=9 November 2012}}</ref>

==Location and events==
The "weekend" starts during the day on Friday and fringe events are held on Thursday, Sunday and Monday including club nights, markets, and a charity football match between visiting goth team Real Gothic, and local team Stokoemotiv Whitby. During the October/November event there is an independent custom car show, 'Whitby Kustom' in the grounds of West Cliff School. There are also several "meet ups" aimed at goths with a particular interest, e.g. [[Lolita fashion|Gothic Lolita]].

The main event was held in the town's largest venue, the [[Whitby Pavilion]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/fears-its-the-beginning-end-14792054|title=Fears it's 'the beginning of the end' for Whitby Goth Weekend|first=Laura|last=Love|date=16 June 2018|work=Gazette Live|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref> (known as the Spa) and the Bizarre Bazaar 'Goth Market' is also held there and at Whitby Leisure Centre and the Brunswick Centre.<ref name=":DS:" /> Access to the Spa in the evening required a ticket and live bands played on both Friday and Saturday from 08:00 until about midnight. The Metropole was often used as an overspill venue for the Spa, with bands due to play the next evening/or playing from the previous evening. In recent years it has been used as a venue for the markets as well as the clubs, Manic Monday and Sexy Sunday. Crafty Cove (formerly RAW Nightclub) holding Shadow Factory and Monster Mash (Dead Skool Disco) and Abbey Wharf are used for official fringe events; other venues including The Resolution, The Rifle Club,The Metropole and the Whitby Rowing Club housing an official SOPHIE Lancaster Fundraising Event, Dark Souls and INVASION on the Sunday are used for unofficial events.

For many years there was a 1980's music night held at Laughtons. The night would traditionally end with the song [[New Model Army (band)|Vagabonds]]. In 2010 this venue became a Wetherspoons Hotel, but the lineal descendant of the 80's night continues to take place on the Sunday night.

===Lineups===
(*) indicates headline act for each night/event
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Event # !! class="unsortable" |Title !! class="unsortable" |Date 
! class="unsortable" colspan=4 |Bands (split into nights where applicable)
|-
|1|| Whitby&nbsp;1 || {{nowrap|2–4 September 1994}} 
|Friday:<br />Manuskript*
|Saturday:<br /> [[Inkubus Sukkubus]]*, 13 Candles, Nightmoves, [[All Living Fear]]
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/WhitbyGothWeekend/permalink/10155364046870381/|title=Matthew North|work=Facebook|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref>
<ref>[http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/about/the-bands/ Wgw.topmum.co.uk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223233654/http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/about/the-bands/ |date=23 February 2009 }}</ref>
|-
|2|| Whitby&nbsp;2 || {{nowrap|1–3 September 1995}} 
|
|Saturday:<br />  [[Children On Stun]]*, Shadowmaker, [[Suspiria (band)|Suspiria]], The Horatii, Manuskript
|-
|3|| Whitby&nbsp;3 || {{nowrap|27–29 September 1996}}
| The Marionettes*, [[Die Laughing (band)|Die Laughing]], Midnight Configuration
| [[London After Midnight (band)|London After Midnight]]*, [[Corpus Delicti (band)|Corpus Delicti]]
|-
|4|| Whitby&nbsp;4 || {{nowrap|25–26 April 1997}}
| Friday:<br />[[James Ray's Gangwar]]*, [[Dream Disciples]], Libitina  
| Saturday:<br />[[Children on Stun|Stun]]*, [[The Merry Thoughts]], Judith
| Sunday:<br />Emma Conquest, Robed In Desire, The Tortured, Violet Times
|-
|5|| Whitby 4.5 || 31 October – {{nowrap|1 November 1997}}
| [[Inkubus Sukkubus]]*, Manuskript, Psycho TV
| [[Rosetta Stone (band)|Rosetta Stone]]*, The Horatii, [[Sunshine Blind]]
|-
|6|| Whitby 5  || {{nowrap|24–25 April 1998}}
| [[Die Laughing (band)|Die Laughing*]], Nekromantik
| [[All Living Fear]]*, These Crimson Dreams, Isobels Shrine
|-
|7|| Whitby 5.5  || {{nowrap|30–31 October 1998}}
| [[Sunshine Blind]]*, Funhouse, Nervosa, [[Dream Disciples]] (at overspill venue), Passion Play (at overspill venue)
| [[Rosetta Stone (band)|Rosetta Stone]]*, Emma Conquest, Faithful Dawn, [[Sunshine Blind]] (at overspill venue), The Sisters Of Murphy (tribute act at overspill venue)
|-
|8|| Whitby&nbsp;6 || {{nowrap|23–24 April 1999}}
| [[Switchblade Symphony]]*, [[The Last Dance (band)|The Last Dance]], Denyze & Ed Alleyne-Johnson 
| Manuskript*, [[This Burning Effigy]], Star 80
|-
|9|| Whitby 6.5  || {{nowrap|5–6 November 1999}}
| Dream Disciples*, Manuskript, Passion Play, [[The Breath Of Life (band)]] (at overspill venue), [[Sneaky Bat Machine]] (at overspill venue) 
| [[The Breath Of Life (band)|The Breath Of Life]]*, The Narcissus Pool, The Chaos Engine, [[Sneaky Bat Machine]], Manuskript (at overspill venue), Dream Disciples (at overspill venue), The Chaos Engine (at overspill venue)
|-
|10|| Whitby&nbsp;7 || {{nowrap|28–29 April 2000}}
| [[Mesh (band)|Mesh]]*, Saints of Eden, The Chaos Engine 
| [[Sigue Sigue Sputnik]]*, [[VNV Nation]], Putra-Chic
|-
|11|| Whitby 7.5 || {{nowrap|3–4 November 2000}} || [[Clan of Xymox]]*, [[Screaming Dead]], Mist Of Avalon 
| [[Inkubus Sukkubus]]*, Emma Conquest
|-
|12|| Whitby 8 || {{nowrap|27–28 April 2001}} || [[Dream Disciples]]*, [[Attrition (band)|Attrition]], Adfinem 
| Je$us Loves Amerika, The Last Days, [[Seize (band)|Seize]], The Faces Of Sarah
|-
|13 || Whitby 8.5 || {{nowrap|2–3 November 2001}} || [[Andi Sex Gang]]*, [[Sorrow (band)|Sorrow]] 
|  D.U.S.T., Finger Puppets, [[Swarf (band)|Swarf]], [[Rome Burns]], [[Cauda Pavonis]] 
|-
|14|| WGW&nbsp;9  || {{nowrap|26–27 April 2002}} 
| [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]]*, Manuskript, Passion Play, Je$us Loves Amerika 
|  Action Directe, Arkam Asylum, Little Match Girl, Synthetic
|-
|15|| WGW&nbsp;9.5 || {{nowrap|1–2 November 2002}}
| [[Last Rites (band)|Last Rites]]*, The Narcissus Pool, [[Swarf (band)|Swarf]] 
| Beautiful Deadly Children, Ordinary Psycho, Season's End, Spermwhale
|-
|16|| WGW 10 || {{nowrap|11–12 April 2003}} 
| Belisha, deadfilmstar, Scary Bitches, The Ghost Of Lemora, Torsohorse
| [[Red Lorry Yellow Lorry]]*, Spares, Synthetic, Psychophile
|-
|17|| WGW X || 30 October – {{nowrap|1 November 2003}}
| Thursday:<br />[[Inkubus Sukkubus]]*, [[Faith and the Muse]], [[DeathBoy]] 
| Friday:<br />[[Wayne Hussey]]*, The Chaos Engine, [[All Living Fear]] 
| Saturday:<br />[[Icon of Coil]]*, [[Sheep on Drugs]], [[Goteki]] 
| Sunday:<br />[[All About Eve (band)|All About Eve]]*, Manuskript, [[Rose McDowall]] 
|-
|18|| WGW 11 || {{nowrap|23–24 April 2004}}
| [[The Damned (band)|The Damned]]*, Earth Loop Recall, [[Zombina and the Skeletones]] 
| [[The Mission (band)|The Mission]]*, [[Dream Disciples]], Libitina ||  
|-
|19|| WGW 11.5 || {{nowrap|29–31 October 2004}}
| Manuskript*, [[The Last Dance (band)|The Last Dance]], Corrosion, Faetal 
| [[Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction]]*, [[Claytown Troupe]], Beautiful Deadly Children, Torsohorse 
| [[Alien Sex Fiend]]*, Glass, [[Ovni (band)|Ovni]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wgw.livejournal.com/5630.html|title=Oct 2004 WGW Line Up {{as written|Ad|dtion [sic]}}|first1=Axwrote in|last1=wgw|date=18 August 2004 |website=wgw.livejournal.com|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref> 
|-
|20|| WGW 12 || {{nowrap|22–23 April 2005}}
| [[Gene Loves Jezebel]]*, [[Voltaire (musician)|Voltaire]], Psychophile, [[Screaming Banshee Aircrew]] 
| [[In the Nursery]]*, [[QueenAdreena]], [[Devilish Presley]], Greenhaus<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wgw.livejournal.com/8974.html|title=WGW Band Line Up|first1=Axwrote in|last1=wgw|date=11 February 2005|website=wgw.livejournal.com|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref>
|-
|21|| WGW 12.5 || {{nowrap|28–29 October 2005}}
| [[Doctor and the Medics]]*, NFD, [[DeathBoy]], Katscan 
|  [[Rico (artist)|Rico]]*, [[Mechanical Cabaret]], [[The Modern (band)|The Modern]], Neon Zoo<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wgw.livejournal.com/15178.html|title=band lineup|date=28 September 2005|website=wgw.livejournal.com|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref>
|-
|22|| WGW 13 || {{nowrap|21–22 April 2006}}
| Manuskript*, [[Swarf (band)|Swarf]], Misty Woods & GDM, [[History Of Guns]] 
| [[The Breath Of Life (band)|The Breath Of Life]]*, Frankenstein, [[Zombina and the Skeletones]], Spares<ref>[http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/2006/03/21/wgw-april-2006-final-line-up/ Wgw.topmum.co.uk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726173914/http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/2006/03/21/wgw-april-2006-final-line-up/ |date=26 July 2008 }}</ref>
|-
|23|| WGW 13.5 || {{nowrap|27–28 October 2006}} 
| [[The Damned (band)|The Damned]]*, [[Vampire Beach Babes]], Trauma Pet, Xykogen 
| [[XPQ-21]]*, [[Katzenjammer Kabarett]], Inertia, Uninvited Guest<ref>[http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/2006/08/01/oct-2006-band-line-up/ Wgw.topmum.co.uk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028041343/http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/2006/08/01/oct-2006-band-line-up/ |date=28 October 2008 }}</ref>
|-
|24|| WGW 14 || {{nowrap|27–28 April 2007}} 
| [[The Last Dance (band)|The Last Dance]]*, [[Sohodolls]], D.U.S.T., RazorBladeKisses 
| [[The Crüxshadows]]*, [[Bella Morte]], Machine Gun Symphony, [[Rome Burns]]<ref>[http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/2007/01/26/wgw-april-2007-line-up/ Wgw.topmum.co.uk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006231054/http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/2007/01/26/wgw-april-2007-line-up/ |date=6 October 2009 }}</ref>
|-
|25|| WGW 14.5  || {{nowrap|26–27 October 2007}}
| [[The Cassandra Complex (band)|The Cassandra Complex]]*, Crud, Ghost of Lemora, Voices of Masada 
|  [[The Birthday Massacre]]*, [[Sins of the Flesh]],<ref>[http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/2007/05/09/addition-to-the-band-line-up/ Wgw.topmum.co.uk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226124305/http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/2007/05/09/addition-to-the-band-line-up/ |date=26 December 2008 }}</ref> [[All Living Fear]], [[Pro-jekt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/whitbygothweekend/blog/264032725|title=Myspace|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref>
|-
|26|| WGW 15 || {{nowrap|26–27 April 2008}} 
| Star Industry*, [[Skeletal Family]], [[Cauda Pavonis]], Dyonisis 
| [[Clan of Xymox]]*, Mercurine, [[Screaming Banshee Aircrew]], Snuff Radio<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/whitbygothweekend/blog/370413961|title=Myspace|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref>
|-
|27|| WGW 15.5 || 31 October – {{nowrap|1 November 2008}} || [[Specimen (band)|Specimen]]*, [[Christian Death]], Rezurex 
| [[Wayne Hussey]]*, [[Voltaire (musician)|Voltaire]], [[The Beauty of Gemina]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/whitbygothweekend/blog/432893710|title=Myspace|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref>
|-
|28|| WGW 16 || {{nowrap|24–26 April 2009}} || [[Abney Park (band)|Abney Park]]*, [[The Last Dance (band)|The Last Dance]], Zeitgeist Zero<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/whitbygothweekend/blog/480910766|title=Myspace|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref> || [[Diary of Dreams]]*, The House of Usher, RazorBladeKisses<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/whitbygothweekend/blog/450300948|title=Myspace|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref>
|-
|29|| WGW 16.5 || 30 October – {{nowrap|1 November 2009}} || [[The Eden House]]*, [[Zombina and the Skeletones]], [[Grooving In Green]]  
| [[Faith and The Muse]]*, [[Adoration (band)|Adoration]], [[Rhombus (UK band)|Rhombus]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whitby.livejournal.com/629437.html|title=Full Line Up - the latest from WGW|date=18 May 2009|website=whitby.livejournal.com|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref> 
|-
|30|| WGW 17 || {{nowrap|22–25 April 2010}} 
| [[Justin Sullivan]]*, [[Deviant UK]], In Isolation  
| [[Anne-Marie Hurst]]*, Pretentious Moi?, Vendemmian<ref>[http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/2010/04/15/spa-line-up/ Wgw.topmum.co.uk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605122720/http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/2010/04/15/spa-line-up/ |date=5 June 2010 }}</ref><ref>[http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/2010/04/20/april-2010-line-up-change/ Wgw.topmum.co.uk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701072712/http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/2010/04/20/april-2010-line-up-change/ |date=1 July 2010 }}</ref> 
|-
|31|| WGW 17.5 || {{nowrap|29–31 October 2010}}
| [[Wayne Hussey]] (with special guests [[Simon Hinkler]], [[Miles Hunt]] and Erica Nockalls)*, Autumn Cannibals, The Last Cry<ref>[http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/2010/08/03/band-line-up-for-october-2010/ Wgw.topmum.co.uk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821140227/http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/2010/08/03/band-line-up-for-october-2010/ |date=21 August 2010 }}</ref>  
| Manuskript*, The Stripper Project, [[Pro-jekt]]<ref>[http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/2010/05/06/confirmed-bands-for-october-2010/ Wgw.topmum.co.uk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605122740/http://wgw.topmum.co.uk/2010/05/06/confirmed-bands-for-october-2010/ |date=5 June 2010 }}</ref> 
|-
|32|| WGW 18 || {{nowrap|25–27 March 2011}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/whitbygothweekend/blog/540257768/|title=Myspace|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref>
| [[Red Lorry Yellow Lorry]]*, [[We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It|Fuzzbox]], Dr Arthur Krause, Black Moth, Dutch Order 
| [[The Damned (band)|The Damned]]*, Frankenstein, [[The Beauty Of Gemina]], Luxury Stranger, Pink Hearse 
|-
|33|| WGW&nbsp;18.5 || {{nowrap|4–6 November 2011}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishfantasysociety.co.uk/ai1ec_event/whitby-goth-weekend/|title=Britishfantasysociety.co.uk|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref> 
| [[Abney Park (band)|Abney Park]]*, The Mist of Avalon, [[Devilish Presley]], Cryogenica, Berlin Black 
| [[Chameleons UK|Chameleons vox]]*, [[Voltaire (musician)|Voltaire]], [[Rhombus (UK band)|Rhombus]], The Dark Shadows, The Death Notes 
|-
|34|| WGW&nbsp;19 || {{nowrap|27–29 April 2012}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whitbygothweekend.co.uk/news.php?item=27 |title=NEWS |publisher=Whitby Goth Weekend |access-date=5 November 2011}}</ref> 
| [[In The Nursery]]*, Ugly Buggs, The Spiritual Bat, Last July 
|  [[Gene Loves Jezebel]]*, [[Die Laughing (band)|Die Laughing]], [[The Bellwether Syndicate]], Red Sun Revival, Dead Eyes Opened
|-
|35|| WGW&nbsp;19.5 || {{nowrap|2–4 November 2012}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whitbygothweekend.co.uk/news.php?item=35 |title=NEWS |publisher=Whitby Goth Weekend }}</ref> 
| [[Mesh (band)|Mesh]]*, Fangs On Fur, Inertia, Dutch Order, Last July 
|  [[Alien Sex Fiend]]*, Blitzkid, [[All Living Fear]], The Last Cry, Bad Pollyanna
|-
|36|| WGW&nbsp;20 || {{nowrap|26–28 April 2013}}
| [[Voltaire (musician)|Voltaire]]*, [[Doctor and the Medics]], [[Zombina and the Skeletones]], [[Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons]]
|  [[Clan Of Xymox]]*, [[Skeletal Family]], [[The Danse Society]], Deviant UK, [[William Control]]
|-
|37|| WGW&nbsp;20.5 || {{nowrap|1–3 November 2013}}
| [[William Control]]*, [[Fearless Vampire Killers (band)|Fearless Vampire Killers]], [[Ashestoangels]], Bad Pollyanna
|  [[Diary Of Dreams]]*, [[Bella Morte]], [[Rabia Sorda]], [[Method Cell]]
|-
|38|| WGW&nbsp;21 || {{nowrap|25–27 April 2014}}
| [[Toyah Willcox|Toyah]]*, Vince Ray & The Boneshakers, Cold In Berlin, Alexa De Strange
|  [[New Model Army (band)|New Model Army]]*, The Last Cry, [[UK Decay]], [[Jordan Reyne]]
|-
|39|| WGW&nbsp;21.5 || 31 October – {{nowrap|2 November 2014}}
| [[Heaven 17]]*, [[Visage (band)|Visage]], Deviant UK, Black Volition
|  [[Voltaire (musician)|Voltaire]]*, [[Hugh Cornwell]], [[Rhombus (UK band)|Rhombus]], Bad Pollyanna, Lesbian Bed Death
|-
|40|| WGW&nbsp;22 || {{nowrap|23–26 April 2015}}
| Thursday:<br />[[The Birthday Massacre]]*, [[Abney Park (band)|Abney Park]]*, [[The Red Paintings]], Ashestoangels 
| Friday:<br />[[The Crüxshadows]]*, [[Bella Morte]]*, [[Sigue Sigue Sputnik|Sigue Sigue Sputnik Electronic]], [[The Last Dance (band)|The Last Dance]] 
| Saturday:<br />[[Sex Gang Children]]*, [[Andi Sex Gang]]*, [[Chameleons UK|The Chameleons Vox]]*, Manuskript, [[Jordan Reyne]] 
| Sunday:<br />[[The Damned (band)|The Damned]]*, [[William Control]]*, [[Doctor And The Medics]], Pussycat And The Dirty Johnsons
|-
|41|| WGW&nbsp;22.5 || 30 October – {{nowrap|1 November 2015}}
| [[Altered Images]]*, [[Fearless Vampire Killers (band)|Fearless Vampire Killers]], Bad Pollyanna, Chasing Dragons
|  [[Spear of Destiny (band)|Spear of Destiny]]*, The Last Cry, Vince Ripper and the Rodent Show, In Isolation
|-
|42|| WGW&nbsp;23 || {{nowrap|22–24 April 2016}}
| [[Therapy?]]*, [[The Red Paintings]], [[Lene Lovich]], Hands Off Gretel
|  [[Wayne Hussey]]*, [[We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It|Fuzzbox]], [[Rhombus (UK band)|Rhombus]], [[She Made Me Do It]]
|-
|43|| WGW&nbsp;23.5 || {{nowrap|4–6 November 2016}}
| [[Heaven 17]]*, [[Sigue Sigue Sputnik|Sigue Sigue Sputnik Electronic]], Manuskript, Kitty in a Casket
|  [[The Mission (band)|The Mission]]*, [[Skeletal Family]], [[Children On Stun]], Chasing Dragons
|-
|44|| WGW&nbsp;24 || {{nowrap|21–23 April 2017}}
| [[Toyah Willcox|Toyah]]*, Bad Pollyanna, Deviant UK, Healthy Junkies<ref name=":DS:" />
| [[Voltaire (musician)|Voltaire]]*, [[Abney Park (band)|Abney Park]]*, [[The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing]], [[Magic Eight Ball (band)|Magic Eight Ball]]<ref name=":DS:" />
|-
|45|| WGW&nbsp;24.5 || {{nowrap|27–28 October 2017}}
| [[Theatre of Hate]]*, The Membranes, Hands Off Gretel, Pussycat and the Johnsons<ref name=":DS:" />
| The Birthday Massacre*, Fuzzbox (cancelled), Vince Ripper and the Rodent Show, Massive Ego<ref name=":DS:" />
|-
|46|| WGW&nbsp;25 || {{nowrap|27–29 April 2018}}
| Dr Haze's Circus of Horrors, [[Desmond O'Connor (cabaret performer)|Desmond O'Connor]], Rayguns Look Real Enough<ref name="blogging2018">{{cite web|url=https://theblogginggoth.com/2018/05/07/reviews-from-whitby-goth-weekend-april-2018/|title=Reviews from Whitby Goth Weekend April 2018|work=The Blogging Goth|date=7 May 2018|access-date=2 March 2019}}</ref>
| [[Aurelio Voltaire]], The Last Cry, [[Sigue Sigue Sputnik]] Electronica, 1919<ref name="blogging2018" />
|-
|47|| WGW&nbsp;25.5 || {{nowrap|25–28 October 2018}}
| Thursday @ Abbey Wharf:<br />As Sirens Fall
| Saturday @ Abbey Wharf:<br />Soraya Vivian, Dead Ringers
|-
|48|| WGW&nbsp;26 || {{nowrap|11–14 April 2019}}
| Thursday @ Abbey Wharf:<br />Chasing Dragons
| Saturday @ Abbey Wharf:<br />David Live (David Bowie tribute)
|}

==See also==
*[[List of gothic festivals]]
*[[List of industrial music festivals]]
*[[List of electronic music festivals]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=Waters |first=Colin |title=Gothic Whitby|year=2009|publisher=History Press|isbn=978-0-7524-5291-3}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Whitby Gothic Weekend}}
*[http://www.whitbygothweekend.co.uk/ Whitby Goth Weekend – Main Site]
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.gothic/browse_thread/thread/e55e991a33372744/f78db9fe23595ce2?lnk=gst Invite to the 1995 festival] posted to the [[alt.gothic]] [[Usenet]] [[newsgroup]].
*[http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/10/bloody_good_reasons_to_visit_w.html Article] in [[The Guardian]] by Sam Jordison
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