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Other music festivals in and out of North Carolina that are not goth, industrial, darkwave, and related music, so I don't put them in the regular calendar on the Shows page.
North Carolina
Outside North Carolina
- MUTEK Montreal - August 2025
- Berlin Atonal - Berlin, Germany - 27-31 August 2025
- Big Ears - - Knoxville, TN - 26-29 March 2026
- High Zero - experimental improvised music - Baltimore, Maryland - 18-21 Sep 2025
- International Noise Conference (article) - improvised, noise - Miami, Florida - late January
- Knobcon - gearfest for synths and such - Chicago, Illinois - 5-7 September 2025
- Long Play Festival - classical, neoclassical, minimalist - Brooklyn, NY - Friday, May 2 to Sunday, May 4, 2025
- Maryland Deathfest - metal - Baltimore, Maryland - 22-25 May 2025
- Memphis Concrete - experimental electronic - Memphis, Tennessee - 7-8 June 2025
- Pittsburgh Noise Fest - noise - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - June 27th and 28th, 2025
- Somergloom V - Somerville Massachusetts - 7 to 9 August - underground and heavy
- Prophecy Fest - dark ritual ambient - Balver Hohle, Germany - 11-13 September 2025
- Ragas Live - music inspired by the Indian Classical tradition, ambient music, minimalism, jazz - Brooklyn, New York - Oct 19-20, 2024
Upcoming Events
Format: date - city (and state or country if outside North Carolina) - event or band name - venue or club night - optional comments
- 23 to 24 October 2026 - Durham Slingshot - electronic
- 8 to 11 April 2027 - The Hague, The Netherlands - Rewire Festival 16 - Diamanda Galas
Past Events
- 19-20 October 2024 - Brooklyn, New York - Ragas Live - music inspired by the Indian Classical tradition, ambient music, minimalism, jazz
- late January 2025 - Miami, Florida - International Noise Conference (article) - improvised, noise
- 14 and 15 March 2025 - Chapel Hill NC - Manifest festival
- 5-6 April 2025 - Raleigh NC - Dreamville - hip-hop and R&B
- 18-19 April 2025 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Fringe Festival
- 2-4 May 2025 - Brooklyn, NY - Long Play Festival - classical, neoclassical, minimalist
- 22-25 May 2025 - Baltimore, Maryland - Maryland Deathfest - metal
- 23-24 May 2025 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Fringe Festival
- 7-8 June 2025- Memphis, Tennessee - Memphis Concrete - experimental electronic
- 20-21 June 2025 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Fringe Festival
- 27-28 June 2025 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Noise Fest - noise
- 11-12 July - Morrisville, NC - The All Night Concert for NC, a Hindustani classical music 12 hour concert as a fundraiser for recovery from Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Chantal - Taurya
- 11-12 July - Berlin Germany - The 5th Loop Festival Berlin
- 12 July - Asheville, NC - 1st Annual Asheville Doomed and Stoned Fest - Sly Grog Lounge
- 18-19 July 2025 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Fringe Festival
- * 7-9 August - Somerville, Massachusetts - Somergloom V - underground and heavy
- 8-9 August 2025 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Fringe Festival
- 19-24 August 2025 - Montreal, Quebec - MUTEK
- * 27-31 August 2025 - Berlin, Germany - Berlin Atonal
- High Point NC - The John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival
- 30 August - Charlotte - Seismic Summer III - doom metal
- 30-31 August 2025 - outside Carrboro, NC - Progday - progressive rock
- 4-6 September 2025- Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch
- * 5-7 September 2025 - Chicago, Illinois - Knobcon - gearfest for synths and such
- * 11-13 September 2025 - Balver Hohle, Germany - Prophecy Fest - dark ritual ambient
- * 18-21 Sep 2025 - Baltimore, MD - High Zero - experimental improvised music
- * 18-19 September 2025 - Chattanooga, Tennessee - Women of Noise
- 10-11 October 2025 - Durham, NC - Slingshot - electronic
- 10-12 October 2025 - Greenville, NC - American Babylon - DIY Fest - noise and other - Google form application to play
- * 16-19 October 2025- San Francisco - Other Minds Festival
- * 18-19 October 2025 - Brooklyn, New York - Ragas Live - music inspired by the Indian Classical tradition, ambient music, minimalism, jazz
- 14-16 November 2025 - Durham - Indigipop X
- * 15 November 2025 - Piedmont, South Carolina - Stoned Riff Revival 2025 - Tribble's Bar
- * 28 November 2025 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Blood Moon Ritual - An Antifascist Black Metal Festival
- 21-22 February 2026 - Mumbai, India - Slingshot Electronic Music Festival
- 26 to 29 March 2026 - Knoxville, TN - Big Ears
- 16 to 19 April 2026 - Tilburg, The Netherlands - Roadburn Festival
- 30 April to 3 May 2026 - Brooklyn NYC NY - Long Play Festival 2026
- 1 to 3 May 2026 - Stroud, UK - Neoancients Festival
- 3 May 2026 - Brooklyn, NY - Frankie Fest - House of Yes
15 to 16 May 2026 - Durham NC - Bull CityMetal Fest
30-31 May 2026 - Memphis, TN - Memphis Concrete Experimental Electronic Music Festival (Facebook event)
20 to 21 June 2026 - Frederick MD - The Knights of Doom Fest
25 to 28 June 2026 - Carrboro - DEX FEST
26 to 27 June 2026 - Roanoke, VA - AfterMAF - Art Rat Studios
17 to 19 July 2026 - VOD-fest 2026
29 August 2026 - Charlotte, NC, US - Seismic Summer IV -
29 August 2026 - Irvine, CA - Daisy Chain Fields Festival
4 to 6 September 2026 - Bloomsbury, London, UK - London Interzone: Burroughs and Beats Rewired
5 to 6 September - Carrboro NC - ProgDay 31
10 to 13 September 2026 - Austin, Texas - Levitation 2026
11 to 12 September 2026 - Limburg, Netherlands - Rituals over Limburg IV ritual industrial, esotericism, and occult ambient festival
li>18 to 20 September 2026 - Homer, NY - North East Electro-Music Festival
3 October 2026 - Richmond VA - Tour de Dreamgaze
8 to 11 October 2026 - San Francisco, CA - Other Minds Festival 30
16 to 18 October 2026 - NYC, NY - Psychedelic Film and Music Festival
* 17 to 18 October 2026 - Brooklyn, New York - Ragas Live - music inspired by the Indian Classical tradition, ambient music, minimalism, jazz. 24 consecutive hours 7pm Sat to 7pm Sunday, streams on FM radio and on Youtube through the venue's channel PioneerWorks
Most recent update 19 October 2026.
Updates or changes? Let me know at steve@ncgoth.com.
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