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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
An asterisk (*) before the date indicates the event location is outside North Carolina.
- 17 to 19 July 2026 - VOD-fest 2026
- 29 August 2026 - Charlottte, 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
- 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
- 8 to 11 October 2026 - San Francisco, CA - Other Minds Festival 30
- 16 to 18 October 2026 - NYC, NY - Psychedelic Film and Music Festival
- 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
- * 19-20 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 - Carrboro - DEX FEST
26 to 27 June 2026 - Roanoke, VA - AfterMAF - Art Rat Studios
Most recent update 5 July 2026.
Updates or changes? Let me know at steve@ncgoth.com.
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