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Black Midsommar T-shirts
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Interviews with Byronic Sex & Exile and The Glass House Museum
Both are playing the Black Midsommar festival..
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Night Shift Halloween 2026.. The Witching Tale / Greystone Sisters / Jan Doyle Band
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We’re delighted to present a somewhat mysterious spooky and etherial Halloween show with The Witching Tale who are comprised of Katherine Blake known from Miranda Sex Garden and The Mediaeval Baebes and Michael J York from Current 93 and The Utopia Strong. This fantastic,mostly electronics driven, project merges incredible ethereal vocals with atmospheric isoundscapes. Drawing inspiration from folklore, nature, and the arcane, the duo weaves a hauntingly beautiful musical path that blend ancient themes with modern textures, creating a mesmerizing journey through mystical storytelling and bewitching melodies.
http://linktr.ee/thewitchingtale
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Night Shift: In the Black Mid[Sommar!] festival Doncaster 20th June 20-21st 2026
For the first time ever we’re trying a goth (with a bit of punk and electro thrown in for good measure!) summer festival! In Doncaster at a fabulous venue which has roots going back to 1740!! Two days of fantastic music. Plus it’s our 10th birthday party!
We’re trying something new as opposed to doing tickets we’re asking for you to give money. At least 50% of donated money will go to the mermaids charity. which in support of Trans people. We felt we wanted to give to this charity as trans people have been so much turned into public enemy no.1 in recent times so this is our fight back if you like..
The event will happen no matter what even if it’s at our expense. But please donate here
Night Shift London (Matinee Show!) 29th March 2026
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We’re back for more sunday worship.. We’re listing the bands in alphabetical order and not telling you what time each is on. Come see everyone!
Bein-E
Or Beinaheleidenschaftsgegenstand to give them their full name
Experimental from industrial noise soundscape and to powerful dramatic vocal performances, Bein E have made quite the name for themselves over the years for a unique and uncompromising sound.
Or Beinaheleidenschaftsgegenstand to give them their full name
Experimental from industrial noise soundscape and to powerful dramatic vocal performances, Bein E have made quite the name for themselves over the years for a unique and uncompromising sound.
Cryogenica
Gothic rock with plenty of electronic rock underpinnings. Strong performances with excellent vocals combine with sublime guitar work to create a truly fantastic show.
Gothic rock with plenty of electronic rock underpinnings. Strong performances with excellent vocals combine with sublime guitar work to create a truly fantastic show.
Take a look at the interview we did with them here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jab9WBPjFdY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jab9WBPjFdY
Jan Doyle Band
http://linktr.ee/jandoyleband
Also should be no strangers to anyone around here. Known to be somewhat genre ambivalent but currently very much pursuing the dark gothic agenda. Will be performing much of the material that made their Ravenspurgh Gothic Phantasmagoria video that was done for the Goth City virtual festival this year.
http://linktr.ee/jandoyleband
Also should be no strangers to anyone around here. Known to be somewhat genre ambivalent but currently very much pursuing the dark gothic agenda. Will be performing much of the material that made their Ravenspurgh Gothic Phantasmagoria video that was done for the Goth City virtual festival this year.
Velocette
Who made their debut at our festival in Sheffield last year. Their explosive live show totally rocked the place and everyone instantly fell in love with them. For Hari on vocals the whole venue is her stage as she frequently leaves it and wades into the crowd while stuart fills the air with his sublime guitar power.
Who made their debut at our festival in Sheffield last year. Their explosive live show totally rocked the place and everyone instantly fell in love with them. For Hari on vocals the whole venue is her stage as she frequently leaves it and wades into the crowd while stuart fills the air with his sublime guitar power.
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Night Shift Solstice 2025 – Attrition, Jan Doyle Band, Dead Blood Cells, Siren’s Spell
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We like to celebrate the dark around here and to do so we’ve gathered some acts to give us the darkest atmosphere possible..
Attrition
https://attrition.co.uk/
https://attrition.co.uk/
Who should be no stranger to anyone having been pervayors of the dark since the early 80s. Industrial/Goth with very bleak atmospheres which all combine with a performance that really means it. Brooding, intense and powerful just as you might expect from someone who is such an experienced performer.
Jan Doyle Band
http://linktr.ee/jandoyleband
Also should be no strangers to anyone around here. Known to be somewhat genre ambivalent but currently very much pursuing the dark gothic agenda. Will be performing much of the material that made their Ravenspurgh Gothic Phantasmagoria video that was done for the Goth City virtual festival this year.
http://linktr.ee/jandoyleband
Also should be no strangers to anyone around here. Known to be somewhat genre ambivalent but currently very much pursuing the dark gothic agenda. Will be performing much of the material that made their Ravenspurgh Gothic Phantasmagoria video that was done for the Goth City virtual festival this year.
Dead Blood Cells
https://deadbloodcells.com/
https://deadbloodcells.com/
Occupying a very dark bleak space they have been presenting their wonderful cacophony at many of our events for the years and elsewhere muchly around the London and Medway area. Decribed by one reviewer as follows “They had a song that told you they are Industrial, but there was more than this mixed up in this cacophony stage presence. There was punk, experimental and something that vaguely reminded me of some of Fad Gadgets sound.”
Ariel known for presenting the Siren’s Cave goth events in London and for her band Machine Rox will be presenting her solo performance for us once again much as she did at our festival last year. A uniquely glamorous mermaid sea witch figure on stage with a siren voice more powerful than Battersea power station.. Here aiming to provide us with the darkest of her material.
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In the Black Midwinter Returns..
SOLD OUT!
This year excitingly we’re putting the festival on at the fantastic Samuel Worth Chapel in Sheffield General Cemetery.
We have an incredible line up of new talent and some more established acts. Plus a fair few familiar names from past events. As ever the idea will be to not rely on ‘vintage’ talent, we want this to be as fresh as possible. Within reason at least.
Acts playing this year
Friday – Byronic Sex & Exile (Headline), Cadence Noir (acoustic set), Dierotica, Amerekat
Saturday – Wattingers (Headline), Holy Braille, Tomb Ravers, The Indoor Show, Strange Futures, Still Forever, Erinthia, Snuggle Ninja
Sunday – Verdant Rupture, Lilac Underworld, Cloud Studies, St Lucifer, Iamimperfect, Chaos Bleak
Night Shift Leeds – A Winter Solstice Darkness
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