Resurrecting for another Halloween extravaganza – TOMORROW’S GHOSTS FESTIVAL – will return this Autumn and with a devilishly good-looking line up to boot.
Following the runaway success of the SOLD OUT Halloween 2022 edition, the UK’s ultimate gothic destination festival will be taking over the birthplace of Dracula once more for a weekend celebrating the very finest the dark arts have to offer
Hosted at the Whitby Pavilion between the 27th to 29th October, today the festival is unveiling those first names who will be appearing at the Tomorrow’s Ghosts Halloween Gathering…
A headline set to die for, ‘Goth ‘n’ Roll’ supremos THE 69 EYES will be topping the bill on Saturday night. Conceived in darkest Finland in 1989, the band have been peerlessly shaping the genre for over three decades and counting. With several platinum selling albums under their belts including Blessed Be and Paris Kills, the quintet have become paragons of the goth subculture, securing #1 records in their home country and widespread acclaim across the globe.
Keep your eyes peeled for news on the Friday night headliners TBA very soon…
On Friday and Saturday, the headliners will be flanked by supporting slots from some Very Special Guests each night. Stepping out of the shadows and into the limelight, 80s’ scene originals THEATRE OF HATE will be returning to Yorkshire to perform some of their pitch-black post/punk creations. Expect indie chart hit singles like Do You Believe In The West-world? and deep cuts from their untouchable early 80s period.
Following in their footsteps, Saturday’s very special guests will be Yorkshire-born alt/rock mavericks THE MARCH VIOLETS. Extending their first live tour since 2015 with a show at Tomorrow’s Ghosts, the boundary-shredding Leeds band will be serving up one of the weekend’s most sought-after sets. Intending their 2023 shows to be a celebration of The March Violets’ legacy, while also honouring the irreplaceable contribution of friend and founding member Simon Denbigh, expect a set strewn with classics and surprises, and so much more.
Elsewhere on the bill, Leeds based superheroes SALVATION will be delivering a specially curated performance, hand-picked for the 2023 edition of Tomorrow’s Ghosts. An exclusive set for Whitby entitled Singles & EPs 1983-86, expect the psychedelic goth trailblazers to revisit classics from their pivotal extended play releases.
Drilling down into their own gothic-shaded archives, Blackpool’s leading industrial rock outfit AUGER are also confirmed for a Saturday appearance. Releasing their acclaimed album Nighthawks last year, the band fronted by Kyle Blaqk will be cherry picking highlights from across their four albums to date and delivering a set of their magnetic stagecraft and definitively dark electronica.
And, cutting the ribbon for the 2023 gathering will be local legends of the Whitby scene WESTENRA. Sailing through the goth-rock ranks in recent years, the trio have been winning over audiences with their dark and emotional, yet uplifting and danceable songs that fall somewhere between the realms of Siouxsie & The Banshees, Fields of The Nephilim, Within Temptation and Evanescence. Having performed at Whitby Abbey as part of the official celebrations for the 125th anniversary of the novel Dracula, Westenra are well versed in what it takes to get a gothic crowd going and will be kicking off proceedings for the Tomorrow’s Ghosts Halloween Gathering 2023 with a set of their addictively melodic gothic rock.
Offering a celebration of the gothic subculture on all levels; look out for markets, literature, performances, club nights and more, across Whitby throughout the weekend.
Hosting choice club nights each night at the Whitby Pavilion, alt/rock DJ royalty Carpe Noctum will be taking the reins for a death disco into the early hours.
The Gothic and Alternative markets at the festival are FREE entry and are open between 10AM – 5PM on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.