WGW: Whitby Goth Weekend April 2015

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Whitby Goth Weekend. Anyone who has had a good poke around on this blog probably knows that I absolutely LOVE Whitby Goth Weekend. Having missed a couple of events over the past year or so I was all set to head off to the home of Goth for the Halloween WGW last year when disaster…

Lenora

April 26, 2015

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Whitby Goth Weekend.

Anyone who has had a good poke around on this blog probably knows that I absolutely LOVE Whitby Goth Weekend. Having missed a couple of events over the past year or so I was all set to head off to the home of Goth for the Halloween WGW last year when disaster struck. Boggle Hole YHA inexplicably decided to cancel all of their bookings over that weekend at the last minute. Of course by that time there was no accommodation left within a 20 mile radius of Whitby ….Grrrr didn’t they know I needed my Whitby fix?

Anyway, patience was finally rewarded, and this weekend I got to stay in Abbey House (my favorite YHA – right next to the Abbey ruins and St Mary’s graveyard) and wander about a variety of historic settings in Whitby dressed in full Victorian Goth regalia and enjoying some fantastic bands in the evenings.

This years events are special because Whitby Goth Weekend is celebrating its 21st anniversary. Jo Hampshire probably never imagined how her alternative music festival would mushroom over the years. These days the Music festival element can seem a little swamped by all of the weekend Goths, Victorian enthusiasts and the ever-growing steam punk invasion, but for those who still remember the original raison d’être for the weekend there were some fantastic bands on at the Spa Pavillion including Abney Park, Jordan Reyne, Manuskript, The Chameleons, Doctor and the Medics and The Damned (to name but a few).

Anyway, here are some of my photos of this weekends event…

St Marys Churchyard and the 199 Steps

Heading down into the Whitby from St Mary's — Heading down into the Whitby from St Mary’s

Down in Whitby town

The proud owner of possibly the coolest wheelchair ever.

A group of intrepid steam punks outside the penny arcade.

Whitby Goth Weekend Saturday Night at the Pavillion

Saturday night at the Spa Pavillion - Jordan Reyne — Saturday night at the Spa Pavillion – Jordan Reyne

A Night Walk

The path through the churchyard that leads to the Abbey

Photographs

All photographs by Lenora

6 responses to “WGW: Whitby Goth Weekend April 2015”

billyblack139

April 28, 2015 at 12:24 pm

Amazing pictures. All the places i will surely visit. I love to visit haunted places.

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Jo Hampshire

September 30, 2015 at 3:00 am

Thanks for such a kind review. I’d just like to mention that I don’t have a partner! It’s all in the Girl Power 🙂

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1. Lenora
  
  September 30, 2015 at 5:03 pm
  
  Hi Jo! Thank you so much for visiting my site – I have updated the post (go Girl Power!) I absolutely adore WGW – thank you so much for all of your hard work and imagination over the years pulling together such a fantastic event! Gutted to say I won’t be able to make it for the Halloween weekend this year – guess I will just have to keep the corset under wraps until next year!
  
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charliecountryboy

February 24, 2018 at 10:23 am

Hi Lenora and Miss Jessel great post and photos I’m writing a little post on Whitby today and was looking for a link to the Goth weekend, if it’s Ok I’d like to link to yours 🙂

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1. Lenora
  
  February 27, 2018 at 3:27 pm
  
  Hi there, Thanks for checking out my post, feel free to link! Lenora.
  
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