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 ...

A panoply of people have paraded through a historic seaside town dressed in velvet, lace and leather for its bi-annual ...

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 ...

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

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 ...