Wave Gothic Treffen
posted on 6th of august, 2009
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On summer of 2008 I was following an italian old skull goth band called Bohemien to their trip to play in Leipzig, at that wonderful, colorful, fascinating, multi-sided music (but not only) event called Wave Gothic Treffen.
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With its regular 25,000 attendants (unofficially up to 30,000), the WGT is the largest event of the Goth, cybergoth, and rivethead subcultures worldwide, closely followed by the annual M'era Luna festival in Hildesheim, Germany with 20,000-25,000 attendants.>>
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 dark electro, EBM and 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, Gothic Romance events, 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.>>
(taken from wikipedia)
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Comments (4)
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Posted by Meryll on August 07, 2009
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Wow! Awesome portrait shot!
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Posted by Wildmac on August 06, 2009
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Umm, I'm jealous!)))) Great fest! Great Photos! Great music!) love schwarze scene
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Photo credits: Fabio Meschini. |
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