Following a sold out 2023, the annual goth festival, Tomorrow’s Ghosts, will return to its spiritual home of Whitby, Friday 01st – Sunday 03rd of November. The organisers have now announced the first names who will be making up the bill; Creeper, Peter Hook & The Light, Ist Ist, Skeletal Family, Black Doldrums, and The Gospel, with more to be announced. Head into the article below for more details.
On Friday 1st, Goth Rock’s greatest innovators of the moment Creeper will be unfurling a fright-fest to remember following the runaway success of latest album Sanguivore. Expect a freakish, future-facing performance of high drama and jet-black darkness as Southampton’s visionary hell-raisers take the stage.
The following night, headliners Peter Hook & The Light will be taking the genre back to the blackened roots that began it all as they present a Joy Division : A Celebration. Long-argued as being the founding fathers of the Gothic genre, Hooky and co. will be making their case by illuminating the macabre marvels of classic albums Unknown Pleasures and Closer in their completion. A festival exclusive, only at Tomorrow’s Ghosts Festival 2024.
Each night the headliners will be ably supported by some very special guests. On Friday night, the foreboding tones of industrial Manchester will set the mood for the evening as Ist Ist, one of the city’s most celebrated post-punk outfits of recent times, return to Tomorrow’s Ghosts as guests of honour. After their incendiary set at the festival’s Spring Gathering in April 2023, expect to hear elements of 2023 masterwork Protagonists alongside deep cuts from their cultish canon. Stay tuned for Saturday’s ‘very special guests’ to be confirmed soon.
Across the weekend, Tomorrow’s Ghosts // Halloween Gathering’s specially curated line-up will see bearers of the Gothic flag new-and-old representing at Whitby. Yorkshire goth-rock originals Skeletal Family will be reminding audiences of their essential early works with choice picks from the likes of Burning Oil and Futile Combat, while also showcasing work from 2023’s class comeback album Light From The Dark.
Elsewhere, Black Doldrums will be blitzing senses with their “dark psych” creations. Viewing their work as a contemporary form of gothic post-punk, they conjured sonic voodoo on their acclaimed debut Dead Awake (as-produced by Suicide’s producer Jared Artaud). A set guaranteed to leave you feeling anywhere but the doldrums.
Plus, opening the festival on Friday, future stars and Louder Than War favourites The Gospel will deliver an enrapturing performance. A supergroup of sorts comprising Jimmy Sweet (Hot Hot Heat), Danni McCormack (Mel from hit 90’s TV series My Parents Are Aliens), Charis Anderson (Curse Of Lono), Heather Bell (Nova Hawks), and Hazel Cotogno (Poussez Posse), this unlikely combo make otherworldly synthesiser-addled gothic-gospel with more than a whiff of Nick Cave about them.
As per previous years, alt/rock DJ royalty Carpe Noctum will be burning the midnight oil and bringing the tunes as they reprise their notorious death disco into the early hours. Around the site, attendees can also expect to see the return of the Gothic and Alternative markets, as well as other special events – to be confirmed in due course.
Hosted annually at the Whitby Pavilion, the town that saw Bram Stoker gift the world with the original Gothic masterpiece Dracula, since 2018 Tomorrow’s Ghosts Halloween Gathering has earned its place as the UK’s ultimate gothic destination festival. Delivering expertly curated line-ups, markets, talks, club-nights and so much more, fans of the gothic subculture flock to Whitby every Halloween in what is becoming something of an annual pilgrimage for its devout following. Following the sell-out successes of 2022 and 2023, the 2024 edition of Tomorrow’s Ghosts will be celebrating the very finest the dark arts have to offer with one of its most spectacular editions yet.
Tickets / Info:
Tomorrow’s Ghosts Festival // Halloween Gathering 2024
Whitby Pavilion, Whitby
Friday 1st – Saturday 2nd November 2024
Friday Tickets are priced at £42.50 + BF
Saturday Tickets are priced at £42.50 + BF
Weekend Tickets are priced at £85.00 + BF
General Sale tickets will be available on: Friday 2nd February @ 10AM
Pre-Sale tickets will be available on Thursday 1st February @ 10AM
Additional Information:
Ages 8+
Under 14s to be accompanied by an adult over the age of 18 at all times.
Over 18s only for after show club night events.
Doors 6.00pm / Curfew 2.00am
Partners:
As with the previous editions, the Tomorrow’s Ghosts // Halloween Gathering 2024 festival will be partnering with the Sophie Lancaster Foundation. A charity committed to stamping out prejudice, hatred and intolerance everywhere, the ideals of the Sophie Lancaster Foundation and Tomorrow’s Ghosts couldn’t be any closer aligned. 17 years on from Sophie’s tragic passing in a vile hate-related crime, the festival will be supporting the exceptional work of the Sophie Lancaster Foundation throughout the weekend. The festival will also be teaming up with certified goth aficionados, Vive Le Rock Magazine, who will be the festival’s official media partner for 2024.
Full line up:
Friday:
Creeper
Very Special Guests:
Ist Ist
Skeletal Family
The Gospel
+ Club night hosts: Carpe Noctum
Saturday:
Peter Hook & The Light
Very Special Guests:
TBA
Black Doldrums
+ Club night hosts: Carpe Noctum
Further information
https://www.tomorrowsghostsfestival.co.uk