The globally-recognised event celebrates goth music, culture and fashion. Established in 1994, it pays tribute to Whitby's ...

Visitors show off their costumes at Whitby Goth Weekend 2026 (Image: Garry Hornby) The event was first hosted by Jo Hampshire, when she invited 40 of her pen pals to The Elsinore ...

It is one of the most-loved, best attending and certainly most colourful events on the coastal calendar.

HUNDREDS of people descended on a North Yorkshire town to share their love of all things gothic. Whitby Goth Weekend was ...

Colourful costumes and characters were out in full force for the Whitby Goth Weekend on the Yorkshire coast.

Thousands of people in a vast array of costumes have descended on North Yorkshire again for the twice-yearly Whitby Goth Weekend. The event is world-renowned celebrating goth music, culture, and ...

The bi-annual event attracts up to 8,000 people to Whitby each year A panoply of people have paraded through a historic seaside town dressed in velvet, lace and leather for its bi-annual celebration ...

Whitby Goth Weekend asks elaborately costumed attendees not to bring prop guns or swords for fear of ‘catastrophe’ ...

A panoply of people have paraded through a historic seaside town dressed in velvet, lace and leather for its bi-annual celebration of all things goth. First held in 1994, the Whitby Goth Weekend has ...