23.5.2026: World Goth Day, Leeds Museum
Leeds Festival of Gothica are hosting a GOTHIC takeover on Saturday 23rd of May between 11am to 5pm at Leeds City Museum.
The event will be opened by novelist, poet and March Violet the iconic Rosie Garland. She will also be performing & has a stall with March Violets merch & her novels & poetry.
Stroll around the FREE ALT MARKET which will web its way around the musuem from Brodrick Hall, in Denny Room, in the upper circle and some vendors will be in the exhibition spaces. Zeitgeist Zero will be on the decks with guest DJs sets in Brodrick Hall. In the herbarium cafe immerse yourself in gothic recitals. We have two FREE TALKS in the Denny Room on ‘Who is the real Dracula?’ & ‘Evil amongst us: scapegoats, suspicion, and the folk devils of the Satanic Panic.’
and more! Poster art by @midnightvipers