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Genre: Electronica / Experimental / Industrial
Location Leipzig, Sachsen , DE
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Website wave-gotik-treffen.com
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.... ...... ..Wave-Gotik-Treffen (ger. das Treffen means "the meeting") is an annual festival for music and arts in Leipzig, Germany. 150+ bands and artists from various backgrounds (Gothic rock, EBM, Darkwave, Neofolk, Neoclassical, Noise, Medieval Music, Experimental and Deathrock being examples) play at several venues throughout the city over 4 days on Whitsuntide. The festival also features several fairs with medieval, gothic and cultural merchandise. With its regular 25,000 attendants (unofficially up to 30,000), the WGT is the largest event of the Goth subculture worldwide, closely followed by the annual M'era Luna festival in Hildesheim, Germany with 20,000-25,000 attendants. ...... ...... .. .. ...... .. A first attempt at a Treffen was made in 1987 in Potsdam. However, as the laws of the German Democratic Republic made this kind of event illegal, only a few hundred visitors attended. In 1992, after the re-unification of Germany, the first official Wave-Gotik-Treffen was held in the Eiskeller club in Leipzig. Since then, the number of visitors has increased greatly and most well-known bands of the genres favored by visitors have played at the Treffen at least once. The largest installment of the WGT was the one of the year 2000 with over 300 acts and an estimated 27,000 visitors. However, that year's festival suffered financial collapse on the third day and had to be aborted. After all festival security guards, most bands and much of the technical staff had left, volunteer helpers and several bands who played for free staged a final concert with an estimated 5,000 people in the audience. Contrary to police expectations, no rioting of any sort occurred and the final day of the festival was celebrated by the remaining visitors in a way that has been compared to the Burning Man. Since then, the festival has had 18,000 to 21,000 guests per year, most of them returning after previous visits. As the most well-known Goth festival, it draws visitors from all over the world. Many of the guests from Germany choose to camp in massive campgrounds, while guests from overseas are more likely to stay in hotels. ...... ...... .. ...... The major attraction of the Wave-Gotik Treffen is the band performances. Generally, the number of musical acts is close to 200, spanning the breadth of "dark music" from acoustic folk to Medieval-influence to deathrock to elektro/EBM/industrial. The dozen-or-more venues are equally varied, from the stately Schauspielhaus to the somber Krypta of the Völkerschlachtdenkmal to the Parkbühne under the trees to the massive 10,000-person capacity AGRA fairground halls. In addition, there are Renaissance fairs, Viking and Pagan markets, CD/DVD and film premieres, literary readings, artist signing events, brunches celebrating Absinthe, and many late-night danceclubs with top-name DJs. The main market in the AGRA that runs the entire duration of the festival is perhaps the largest for the goth community anywhere in the world. Festival participants typically stay either in designated camping areas outside the Agra venue or in the hotels and hostels in and around Leipzig. In order to stay at camping areas, participants must pay extra for an Obsorgekarte, which gives them access to the camping areas. Camping spaces and hotel rooms fill up quickly. The date of the WGT varies from year to year. It is held on the German holiday weekend of Pfingsten, known in English as Pentecost or Whitsun, which is 7 weeks after Easter. List of Pentecost dates, 2002-2020. Unofficial events start in Leipzig on the Thursday night preceding the date of Pfingsten, while the official festival starts on Friday and runs until early-morning on Tuesday, as Monday is an official holiday in Germany ...... ...... .. ..www.wave-gotik-treffen.com.. ...... .. ...... ...... ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .................. ................ .. .. .. .. .... .. .. ..
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(Click on the 'band' to see the official page) 2008: ...... ...... ..Absolute Body Control,.... Alvarez Perez, ..Amodali vs. Mother Destruction,.. ..Andrew King,.. Anenzephalia, ..Artifact,.. ..Ashbury Heights,.. ..Asrai,.. ..Atomic Neon,.. ..Autumn,.. Axel Thielmann & Tilo Augsten & Claudia Gräf, ..Ayin Aleph,.. ..Übermutter,.. ..Bacio Di Tosca,.. ..Bahntier,.. ..Barditus,.. ..Battlelore,.. ..Beati Mortui,.. ..Bettina Köster (Ex-Malaria),.. ..Bloodsucking Zombies From Outer Space,.. ..Blutengel,.. ..Capella Fidicinia,.. ..Cauda Pavonis,.. ..CD 1334,.. ..Chamber.. ..Christian Death,.. ..Christian von Aster,.. ..Clemens-Peter Wachenschwanz,.. ..Collection d'Arnell Andrea,.. ..Corvus Corax,.. ..Covenant,.. ..Cyborg Attack,.. ..Dandelion Wine,.. ..Das Ich,.. ..Days of Fate,.. ..Dead Guitars,.. ..Deathcamp Project,.. ..Der Fluch,.. ..Des Teufels Lockvögel,.. ..Deviant UK,.. ..Diablo Swing Orchestre,.. ..Die Krupps,.. ..Din(a)tod,.. ..Dirty Weather Project,.. ..Dismal,.. ..Drachenflug,.. ..Dragons,.. ..Dudelzwerge-Blendwerk,.. ..Dunkelschön,.. ..Elis,.. ..Emilie Autumn,.. ..End Of Green,.. ..Escape with Romeo,.. ..Esplendor Geometrico,.. ..F.O.D,.. ..Faun,.. ..Fields of the Nephilim,.. ..Filia Irata,.. ..Fliehende Stürme,.. ..Folkstone,.. ..Götterdämmerung,.. ..Gerechtigkeits Liga,.. ..Goja Moon Rockah,.. ..Gothic Logic,.. ..Gothika,.. ..Gothminister,.. ..Greyhound,.. ..Hocico,.. ..In Mitra Medusa Inri,.. ..In the Nursery,.. ..Inade,.. ..Inertia,.. ..Ingrimm,.. ..Irfan,.. ..Jacquy Bitch,.. ..Jäger 90,.. ..Jesus on Extasy,.. ..Job Karma,.. ..Joy of Life,.. ..Kivimetsän Druidi,.. ..Kloq,.. ..Knifeladder,.. ..Lake of Tears,.. ..LavaNtgarde,.. ..London After Midnight,.. ..Love's Labour's Lost,.. ..Marsheaux,.. ..Menticide,.. ..Mesh,.. ..Metallspürhunde,.. ..Militant Cheerleaders On The Move,.. ..Miss Construction,.. ..Morian,.. ..Murkeley,.. ..Nachtmahr,.. ..Nachtwindheim,.. ..Naevus,.. ..Nebelung,.. ..Necessary Response,.. ..Neuroticfish,.. ..New Days Delay,.. ..Noblesse Oblige,.. ..Noisuf-X,.. ..Northborne,.. ..Nullvektor,.. ..Ohrenpeyn,.. ..Onetwo,.. ..Onyx Eyes,.. Operation Cleansweep, ..Oswald Henke & Markus Förster,.. ..Other Day,.. ..Paradise Lost,.. ..Persephone,.. ..Portion Control,.. ..Postscriptum,.. ..Predella Avant,.. ..Prospective,.. ..Psychic TV,.. ..Quellenthal,.. ..Ragnarök,.. ..Reaper,.. ..Red Emprez,.. ..Reptyle,.. ..Rezurex,.. ..S.P.O.C.K,.. ..Saltatio Mortis,.. ..Samsas Traum,.. ..Santa hates you,.. ..Schallfaktor,.. ..Secrets of the Moon,.. ..Sieben,.. ..Signal Aout 42,.. ..Sigue Sigue Sputnik,.. ..Skeletal Family,.. ..Solar Fake,.. ..Spectra*Paris,.. ..Spetsnaz,.. ..Star Industry,.. ..Stellar Corpses,.. ..Stoneman,.. ..Straftanz,.. ..Suatesh & Leuchtfeuer,.. ..Suicidal Romance,.. ..Tactical Sekt,.. ..Tarja,.. Tear, ..The Arch,.. ..The Beautiful Disease,.. ..The Beauty Of Gemina,.. ..The Moon And The Nightspirit,.. ..The Old Dead Tree,.. ..The Other,.. ..The Spook,.. ..The Superheroines,.. ..The Veil,.. ..TheaterPACK,.. ..Tiamat,.. ..Tragic Black,.. ..Trail of Tears,.. ..Transit Poetry,.. ..Tristania,.. ..Trobar De Morte,.. ..Unheilig,.. ..Voxus Imp,.. ..Welle:Erdball,.. ..Weltenbrand,.. ..While Angels Watch,.. Wieland Lemke & Ayako Tanaka, ..Wolfenmond,.. ..Xotox...
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.. .. ...... Gothic rock, EBM, Noise, Darkwave, Neofolk, Neoclassical, Symphonic metal, Medieval Music, Experimental, Gothic metal, Deathrock...

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..Wave-Gotik-Treffen (ger. das Treffen means "the meeting") is an annual festival for music and arts in Leipzig, Germany. 150+ bands and artists from various backgrounds (Gothic rock, EBM, Darkwave, Neofolk, Neoclassical, Noise, Medieval Music, Experimental and Deathrock being examples) play at several venues throughout the city over 4 days on Whitsuntide. The festival also features several fairs with medieval, gothic and cultural merchandise. With its regular 25,000 attendants (unofficially up to 30,000), the WGT is the largest event of the Goth subculture worldwide, closely followed by the annual M'era Luna festival in Hildesheim, Germany with 20,000-25,000 attendants. ..
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.. A first attempt at a Treffen was made in 1987 in Potsdam. However, as the laws of the German Democratic Republic made this kind of event illegal, only a few hundred visitors attended. In 1992, after the re-unification of Germany, the first official Wave-Gotik-Treffen was held in the Eiskeller club in Leipzig. Since then, the number of visitors has increased greatly and most well-known bands of the genres favored by visitors have played at the Treffen at least once. The largest installment of the WGT was the one of the year 2000 with over 300 acts and an estimated 27,000 visitors. However, that year's festival suffered financial collapse on the third day and had to be aborted. After all festival security guards, most bands and much of the technical staff had left, volunteer helpers and several bands who played for free staged a final concert with an estimated 5,000 people in the audience. Contrary to police expectations, no rioting of any sort occurred and the final day of the festival was celebrated by the remaining visitors in a way that has been compared to the Burning Man. Since then, the festival has had 18,000 to 21,000 guests per year, most of them returning after previous visits. As the most well-known Goth festival, it draws visitors from all over the world. Many of the guests from Germany choose to camp in massive campgrounds, while guests from overseas are more likely to stay in hotels. ..
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The major attraction of the Wave-Gotik Treffen is the band performances. Generally, the number of musical acts is close to 200, spanning the breadth of "dark music" from acoustic folk to Medieval-influence to deathrock to elektro/EBM/industrial. The dozen-or-more venues are equally varied, from the stately Schauspielhaus to the somber Krypta of the Völkerschlachtdenkmal to the Parkbühne under the trees to the massive 10,000-person capacity AGRA fairground halls. In addition, there are Renaissance fairs, Viking and Pagan markets, CD/DVD and film premieres, literary readings, artist signing events, brunches celebrating Absinthe, and many late-night danceclubs with top-name DJs. The main market in the AGRA that runs the entire duration of the festival is perhaps the largest for the goth community anywhere in the world. Festival participants typically stay either in designated camping areas outside the Agra venue or in the hotels and hostels in and around Leipzig. In order to stay at camping areas, participants must pay extra for an Obsorgekarte, which gives them access to the camping areas. Camping spaces and hotel rooms fill up quickly. The date of the WGT varies from year to year. It is held on the German holiday weekend of Pfingsten, known in English as Pentecost or Whitsun, which is 7 weeks after Easter. List of Pentecost dates, 2002-2020. Unofficial events start in Leipzig on the Thursday night preceding the date of Pfingsten, while the official festival starts on Friday and runs until early-morning on Tuesday, as Monday is an official holiday in Germany ..
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www.wave-gotik-treffen.com ..