32^nd Wave-Gotik-Treffen

 

– Date:

June 6 to 9, 2025

– Location:

Leipzig, eastern Germany, at about 40 venues spread all over the city; camping site and main venue at the edge of town at the agra-Messepark, Markkleeberg; for information on the city you may check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig or the official city website https://english.leipzig.de/ .

 

– Websites:

www.wave-gotik-treffen.de/english
www.facebook.com/WaveGotikTreffen
https://www.instagram.com/wgt_leipzig

If you are travelling to the WGT for the first time, you can find lots of useful information for planning your trip at:  www.sadgoth.com

– Music styles:
All sub-genres of dark music: Gothic; EBM; Industrial; Dark Ambient; Neofolk; Synth Pop, Goth Metal, Post Punk etc.

– Tickets:

4-day-tickets for all events within the 32^nd Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Whitsun 2025 are available for 170,- € each in advance

ticket sale. The Treffen-Event-Ticket includes the free usage of all public transport within Zone 110 of the MDV(Mitteldeutscher Verkehrverbund), this includes all trams, buses and S-Bahn lines except special lines e.g. sightseeingtours).

– Camping:

For camping you need a special ticket called Obsorgekarte (available for 50,- €) that allows you to stay at the Treffen-

Campground (agra-fairground) from June 5 to 10.

– Parking:

For car parking at the Treffen-area (agra) you have to purchase a parking vignette for 20,- € (including advance sale charges). Parking at the Treffen-area (agra-Messepark) is definitely not possible without a parking vignette.

All tickets can be ordered via http://www.wave-gotik-treffen.de/english/

– Expected number of visitors:

approximately 20,000

– Contact:

Phone: 0049-341-2120862 / Email: [email protected]

 

– WGT photos of the past:

https://www.facebook.com/WaveGotikTreffen/photos_albums

 

 

 

 

 

32^nd Wave-Gotik-Treffen: dark-romantic celebrations every year at Whitsun in Leipzig – Germany

 

In 1992, two very young Goth boys from Leipzig had an unusual idea: They didn’t want to create yet another dark music festival but rather a supra-regional gathering of like-minded fellows for relaxed meeting, chatting and celebrating. When the 1^st Wave-Gotik-Treffen took place at the edge of Leipzig with about 2,000 visitors and just a handful of bands, it is unlikely that anyone imagined that within a few years the WGT would become the largest meeting of Gothic people in the world, taking possession of a whole city every year at Whitsun.

Now, the WGT exists more than 30 years…from June 6 to 9, again more than 20,000 Gothics from all over the world are expected to come together again in Leipzig to celebrate Wave-Gotik-Treffen as THE international gathering of the dark family.
All over the city, there will be more than 150 bands performing, projects and single artists covering the whole wide range of Gothic music: from Electro-Pop to Goth-Metal, from EBM to Neofolk, from medieval music to Post Punk. Apart from famous bands of the scene, you are invited for new discoveries with several less-known real underground bands or artists from the edge of the Gothic music universe. The concerts and events take place at more than 40 venues spread throughout Leipzig, for instance in the historical vaults of the Moritzbastei, in the splendid cupola hall of the Volkspalast and in the historical public bath Stadtbad, as well as in large concert halls. The WGT program will also include beautiful classical music again, such as operas, chamber music, choral and organ concerts.

From its beginning the Wave-Gotik-Treffen has been much more than a music festival: its guests may step back to the romantic atmosphere of ancient times at the medieval market place at the Pagan Village (Heidnisches Dorf). We will present authors reading and unusual theatre, cinematic performances will take place. People in historic clothing will gather for a Victorian Picnic in a park. For four days a large hall at the agra-Messepark will be transformed into the biggest Gothic-wares marketplace in the world. In numerous clubs DJs from all over the world will invite you to dance until dawn. There will also be a large fetish party where entrance is only possible by following a strict voluptuous dress code. A stroll through the winding passages of city centre of Leipzig with its historical buildings of the Renaissance, Baroque and Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) eras is especially worthwhile for art and culture lovers: the entrance to several of Leipzig’s museums is free for WGT-guests.

 

Cheap and entertaining accommodation is available at the huge Treffen camping ground. To enter, you need a special ticket (called Obsorgekarte). Public transport in the city is free for all WGT-guests from Friday morning until noontime Tuesday.

 

The inhabitants of Leipzig have become familiar with the Treffen over the last three decades – there are no longer any prejudices and the Gothic guests are very welcome here. The most fascinating aspect of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen is surely its unique magic atmosphere that covers the whole city. Gothics from all over the world celebrate their gathering in a peacefully relaxed manner, turning Leipzig into a diverse wave of black. Once a year about twenty thousand Gothics come home: to the Wave-Gotik-Treffen.

The following 142 artists have already confirmed their performances at the 32^nd WGT (as of March 18):

A Cloud Of Ravens (USA) – Absurd Minds (D) – Alphaville (D) – Alvader (NL) – And Also The Trees (UK) – André Alabaster & The Curved Beaks (D) – Antibody (D) – Anything Box (USA) – Arthuan Rebis (I) – Aux Animaux (S) – Balduvian Bears (USA) European premiere – Basszilla (D) – Beborn Beton (D) – Black Nail Cabaret (H) – Bleib Modern (D) – Blood Handsome (USA) – Calva Y Nada (D) Exclusively in Germany 2025 – Camouflage (D) – Centhron (D) – Chainreactor (D) – Christ Vs Warhol (USA) – Chrom (D) – Combichrist (USA/N) – Container 90 (S) – Coppelius (D) – Corlyx (UK) – Crimson Veil (UK) – Crooked Mouth (LT) – Cryo (S) – Cut Hands (UK) – Dark Ride (USA) – Darkways (E) – Deceits (USA) Germany premiere – Delva (D) – Deus Ex Lumina (ARG/D) – Diavol Strain (RCH) European premiere – Drab Majesty (USA) – Eisenfunk (D) – Eva O. (USA) – Faetooth (USA) – Fangs On Fur (USA) – Finntroll (FIN) – French Police (USA) – Funker Vogt (D) – Future Nobodies (USA) European premiere – Gernotshagen (D) – Grendel (NL) – Haggefugg (D) – Hallowed Hearts (USA) – Henric De La Cour (S) – Icon Of Coil (N) – In Mitra Medusa Inri (D) – Incirrina (GR) – Ingrimm (D) – Intent:Outtake (D) – Jakuzi (TR) – Janus (D) – Kalandra (N/S) – Kalt (F) – Kite (S) – Klangstabil (D) – Kupfergold (D) – Labyrinth Ear (UK) – Lakeside-X (CZ) – Letzte Instanz (D) – Liebknecht (D) – Linea Aspera (AUS/UK) – Linear Movement (B) – London After Midnight (USA) – Lovataraxx (F) – Lucas Lanthier`s Cinema Strange (USA) – Lucifer Star Machine (D) – L`Ame Immortelle (A) – Mad Sin (D) – Mars (D) – Midas Fall (UK) – Mila Mar (D) – Mode In Gliany (F) – Morphose (D) – Mourning Noise (USA) – My Manifesto (USA) – Mythemia (D) – New Model Army (UK) – Night In Athens (UK) – Nim Vind (CDN) – Noisex (D) – Noisuf-X (D) – Nouvelle Vague (F) – Nytt Land (RUS) – Orange Sector (D) – Osi & The Jupiter (USA) – Ost+Front (D) – Patriarchy (USA) – Plastique Noir (BR) European premiere – Pouppee Fabrikk (S) Live Reunion – Protokoll 19 (USA) European premiere – Public Image Limited (UK) – QEK Junior (D) – Rabengott (D) – Resplandor (PE/NL) – Rhys Fulber (CDN) – Rue Oberkampf (D) – Ruined Conflict (USA) – S.I.T.D. (D) – Sad Madona (F) – Schneewittchen Im November (D) – Selofan (GR) – Shrouds (USA) – Silent Runners (NL) – Silke Bischoff (D) exclusive WGT concert – Sixth June (D/SRB) – Skelesys (D) – Skemer (B) – Skynd (AUS) – Spetsnaz (S) – Stahlmann (D) – Sturle Dagsland (N) – Sturm Cafe (S) – Sweet Ermengarde (D) – The 69 Eyes (FIN) – The Exploding Boy (S) – The Invincible Spirit (D) exclusive 40th anniversary show with guests – The Masqs (USA) – The Membranes (UK) – The Nosferatu (UK) – The Sweet Kill (USA) European premiere – Then Comes Silence (S) – This Cold Night (USA) European premiere – Torul (SLO) – Totentanz Strumpfsockig (D) – Totus Gaudeo (D) – Turquoise Days (UK) – Urban Heat (USA) – Vermaledeyt (D) – Void Vision (USA) – Vomito Negro (B) – Vroudenspil (D) – VVV [TrippinYou] (E) – Whispers In The Shadow (A) – Xandria (D) – Xotox (D) – Zeraphine (D) –

For more information about the artists performing at the WGT, you may take a look at their official webpages here:
https://www.wave-gotik-treffen.de/forumwgt3/viewtopic.php?t=26134