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This page lists upcoming events in North Carolina, and selected events outside of North Carolina.

For the history of every show published on this site, see What Has Gone Before: Shows History (May 2025 to the present) and Shows History 2001 - 2021 (April 2001 to November 2021).

Is something missing that should be here? See How to Get Your Show, Club, or Goth Night Listed Here.

The COVID pandemic is not over. Use your best judgment and please be careful. GET VACCINATED, plan outside gatherings, and wear masks, wash hands, keep distance, and stay as safe as possible. If you operate a venue for indoor events, look at what you can do to improve the airflow and the filtering of indoor air. Maybe something as simple as make some Corsi-Rosenthal boxes from filters, a cheap box fan, some cardboard, and a lot of duct tape.

Format of Entries

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.

January 2026

2 January - Durham - Club Hawkins night (Stranger Things 80s theme) - Motorco Music Hall
2 to 4 January - Durham - Guilty Pleasure: a new play (vampire) - Shadowbox Studios
3 January - Asheville - SANCTUM dark dance night New Years bash with Baronovva and Nullcore - Static Age Loft
6 January - Wilmington - Echo and the Bunnymen: More Songs To Learn and Sing (Band tour site) - Greenfield Lake Ampitheater
10 January - Charlotte - Requiem night - Tommy's Pub
15 January - Durham - Goth Coffee Night 7 to 9pm - The Can Opener
16 January - Raleigh - Rocky Horror Picture Show with the Low Down Cheap Little Punks - The Rialto
16 January - Asheville - Idol Talk, Cold Choir, Neckroft/DJ - Static Age Record Store
16 January - Asheville - Re-Animated goth night - Static Age Loft
17 January - Raleigh - Necromancy Gothic Industrial Night - Chapel of Bones
17 January - Fayetteville - Fayetteville Goth Night with DJ Akephalos and DJ Dave Industries - Seven Horsemen Billiards
17 January - Charlotte - Digital Noir night - Milestone
17 January - Winston-Salem - An Evening of Bicultural Goth and Post-Punk Delights featuring Latin Artists BOCANEGRA, BLAT & NÄTIVA - Gas Hill Drinking Room at The Ramkat
22 January - Durham - Goffee 7pm-9pm - The Can Opener
22 January - Raleigh - Solemn Shapes, Brighter Than A Thousand Suns, Mostly Mesh - Chapel of Bones
23 January - Durham - Labyrinth goth night - Club ERA
24 January [POSTPONED UNTIL 28 February] - Raleigh - Wasteland: Shelter in Dark Club Night - Chapel of Bones
25 January [CANCELED] - Charlotte - GHOST - Spectrum Center
25 January [POSTPONED until 15 February] - Asheville - Bloodletting goth night - Fleetwoods
29 January - Raleigh - PRODUKT! dance night - Slim's Downtown
30 January - Raleigh - Rocky Horror Picture Show with the Low Down Cheap Little Punks - The Rialto
30 January - Asheville - Ordinary Boys (Tribute to The Smiths & Morrissey) + New Dawn Fades (Tribute to Joy Division & New Order) - Eulogy at Burial Beer
30 January - Charlotte - Shadow Play night - Crown Station
30 January - Asheville - Dark Omen: '90's Cool' Goth Night - The Odd
30 January - Raleigh - ShadowPlay night - Neptune's
31 January - Raleigh - Foreplay night - The Voodoo Room
31 January - Wilmington - Zombie Room - The Eagle's Dare

February 2026

6 February - Hillsborough - Disintegration dance party hosted by DJ 20th Century Boy - Yonder: Southern Cocktails & Brew
6 February - Raleigh - Necromancy Gothic Industrial Night - Chapel of Bones
6 February - Asheville - Industrial Takeover: Beta Virus | DJ Raut - 27 Club
6 February - Charlotte - Echo and the Bunnymen: More Songs To Learn and Sing (Band tour site) - The Fillmore
7 February - Charlotte - Our Bridge for Kids fundraiser with My Blue Hope, Iioioioii, Little Heart Machine, and Secret Idol - Milestone
7 February - Raleigh - Batcave goth night - The Voodoo Room
10 February - Charlotte - Nine Inch Nails - Spectrum Center
13 February - Raleigh - Crime Wave night - The Pour House
13 February - Durham - Goth Prom night - ARCANA
13 February - Wilmington - Wilmington Goth Night - The Barzarre
13 February - Jamestown - Whispers in the Dark: A Masquerade Ball - Castle McCulloch
13 February - Greensboro - Black Cat goth night with Mostly Mesh, Corpse Dust, Circuit Preacher, and Brighter Than a Thousand Suns - etc.gso
* 13-15 February - Greenville SC - Rocky Horror Valentine Picture Show - Poe Mill Music
14 February - Charlotte - Requiem night - Tommy's Pub
14 February - Raleigh - Carolina Chainsaw Massacre Party - Chapel of Bones
14 February - Wilmington - My Bloody Valentine Goth Prom - The Eagle's Dare
14-15 February - Charlotte Oddities and Curiosities Expo 2026 - Charlotte Convention Center
15 February - Raleigh - The Southern Vampire Ball of North Carolina - ?
20 February - Raleigh - How Soon Is 1984 New Wave night - Cannonball Music Hall at Ironworks
21 February - Charlotte - Digital Noir night - Milestone
23 February - Carrboro - Nuovo Testamento and Dark Chisme - Cat's Cradle Back Room
25 February - Durham - The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Carolina Theatre
27 February - Charlotte - Shadow Play night - Crown Station
27 Feb - Winston-Salem - Devil Disco Darlings dark dance night - a href="https://www.monstercade.com/">Monstercade
27 February to 1 March - Nevermore Film Festival - Carolina Theatre
28 February - Raleigh - Wasteland: Shelter in Dark Club Night (reschedule from 24 January)- Chapel of Bones

March 2026

6 March - Raleigh - Caligula Blushed: A Tribute to the Smiths and Morrissey - The Pour House
6 March - Charlotte - Machine Girl - Psychowarrior Tour - The Underground
12 March - Asheville - Gary Numan (Facebook event) - The Orange Peel
13 March - Raleigh - Necromancy Gothic Industrial Night - Chapel of Bones
13 March - Charlotte - Gary Numan - The Underground
13 March - Asheville - Dark market Asheville: Cryptids of the Appalachia - Hi-Wire Brewing RAD Beer Garden
14 March - Charlotte - Requiem night - Tommy's Pub
21 March - Charlotte - Digital Noir night - Milestone
28 March - Greensboro - Die Krupps: 45th Anniversary Tour - Hangar 1819
27 March - Charlotte - Shadow Play night - Crown Station
28 March - Charlotte - Feyleux, Jaguardini, Mostly Mesh, Tenderlash - Milestone

April 2026

* 6 April - Norfolk VA - Echo and the Bunnymen: More Songs To Learn and Sing (Band tour site) - The Norva
11 April - Charlotte - Requiem night: Pterodactyl night! - Tommy's Pub
15 April - Durham - An Evening With VNV Nation (Facebook event) - Motorco Music Hall
18 April - Raleigh - Necromancy Gothic Industrial Night - Chapel of Bones
18 April - Charlotte - Digital Noir night - Milestone
19 April - Charlotte - The Midnight: Time Machines - The Fillmore
21 April - Durham - The Chameleons, with The Veldt - Motorco Music Hall
24 April - Charlotte - Shadow Play night - Crown Station
24-26 April - Durham - RetroGothic Film Festival - Carolina Theatre
25 Apr - Winston-Salem - Devil Disco Darlings dark dance night - a href="https://www.monstercade.com/">Monstercade

May 2026

* 1-3 May - Parsippany, New Jersey - Dark Force Fest
1 May - Raleigh - Uada | Mortiis | Rome | Wraith Knight - Chapel of Bones
8 May - Raleigh - Necromancy Gothic Industrial Night - Chapel of Bones
9 May - Charlotte - Requiem night - Tommy's Pub
16 May - Charlotte - Digital Noir night - Milestone
29 May - Charlotte - Shadow Play night - Crown Station
31 May - Charlotte - NITE - Milestone

June 2026

1 June - Wilmington - Echo and the Bunnymen: More Songs To Learn and Sing (Band tour site) - Greenfield Lake Ampitheater
12 - 14 June - Raleigh - Raleigh Tattoo Arts Festial - Raleigh Convention Center
13 June - Raleigh - Necromancy Gothic Industrial Night - Chapel of Bones
13 June - Charlotte - Requiem night - Tommy's Pub
20 June - Charlotte - The Human League, with Soft Cell and Alison Moyet - The Amp Ballantyne
20 June - Charlotte - Digital Noir night - Milestone
21 June - Saxapahaw - The Church - THE SINGLES: 1980-2025 - Haw River Ballroom
26 June - Charlotte - Shadow Play night - Crown Station
27 Jun - Winston-Salem - Devil Disco Darlings dark dance night - a href="https://www.monstercade.com/">Monstercade

July 2026

11 July - Charlotte - Requiem night - Tommy's Pub
18 July - Charlotte - Digital Noir night - Milestone
20 July - Durham - Tori Amos - Durham Performing Arts Center
24 July - Raleigh - Carolina CryptidCon - NC State Fairgrounds: Jim Graham Building
31 July - Charlotte - Shadow Play night - Crown Station

August 2026

8 August - Charlotte - Requiem night - Tommy's Pub
15 August - Charlotte - Digital Noir night - Milestone
24 August - Charlotte - Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson with The Hu and Orgy - Truliant Ampitheater
28 August - Charlotte - Shadow Play night - Crown Station
29 Aug - Winston-Salem - Devil Disco Darlings dark dance night - a href="https://www.monstercade.com/">Monstercade

September 2026

12 September - Charlotte - Requiem night - Tommy's Pub
19 September - Charlotte - Digital Noir night - Milestone
25 September - Charlotte - Shadow Play night - Crown Station

October 2026

10 October - Charlotte - Requiem night - Tommy's Pub
17 October - Charlotte - Digital Noir night - Milestone
30 October - Charlotte - Shadow Play night - Crown Station
31 Oct - Winston-Salem - Devil Disco Darlings dark dance night - a href="https://www.monstercade.com/">Monstercade

November 2026

1 to 8 November - Raleigh - The Vampire Ball of North Carolina
14 November - Charlotte - Requiem night - Tommy's Pub
27 November - Charlotte - Digital Noir night - Milestone
28 November - Charlotte - Shadow Play night - Crown Station

December 2026

12 December - Charlotte - Requiem night - Tommy's Pub
19 December - Charlotte - Digital Noir night - Milestone
26 Dec - Winston-Salem - Devil Disco Darlings dark dance night - a href="https://www.monstercade.com/">Monstercade

Most recent update 23 January 2026.

Updates or changes? Let me know at steve@ncgoth.com.

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