Whitby Goth Weekend Spring April 2024

Another weekend and another set of people descend on Whitby. It's that time of year again, for the Spring Whitby Goth Weekend.

[@greeneyedcat717]

Loved the effort people put into channeling their inner Goth. Stunning! The super relaxed black cat knew it was his/her day to shine!

[@veronica6824]

Thank you that was my daughter and I in the car @144

[@emmsue1053]

Thank you for this, I have been unable to attend due to family illness at the moment.. Really enjoyed your footage. I also enjoy being British. What fantastic people we are!! Thank to everyone who took time and trouble too.

[@xXTUCXx1]

I'm not goth just ended up there by chance with my wife and kids. We loved it. Loved the atmosphere and loved the outfits and effort people had put in. So much so we'll go back next year. Brilliant

[@rainydaze3525]

I’d love to go! The costumes and makeup look amazing, I hope a brilliant time was had by all.

[@Sanniz]

Thanks for the video. Wished I could been there, but I am in wrong country! Loved all different looks and ages... And I know Whitby is a beautiful place to be. Specially around the graveyard and the Abbey. 🦇🖤🖤🖤🖤🦇

[@milesbrown8016]

Glad you liked it 🦇

[@andrewholloway231]

For me.... it is the ladies wearing their long gowns at these Goth Weekends... so beautiful.

[@pilgrim.5630]

Fantastic. 07:00 Brought a tear to my eye, lovely.

[@Gill-Leeds]

Whitby looking wonderful, great looking costumes ❤❤

[@AnneMellor-be4be]

Brilliant video what a great weekend that must have been.

[@joline2730]

Oh great - thanks for doing this and being out and about showing us the sights and people 👍👍💯💯

[@paulnelson9901]

Great video pal. Excellent costumes.

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

Thank you kindly

[@nicolascott6514]

The black cat was the most beautiful goth. Great video, as always.

[@mrbluesky2050]

some very, very beautiful ladies there, so love a goth girl...

[@dieselbushcraft1299]

Some amazing costumes that people have clearly spent a lot of time and effort into. A pity the weather did it’s thing on Sunday. I know what you mean about those reflectors, I love the effect the gold reflectors make.

[@user-rt7df1nl6h]

Wonderful vid, no silly music just how it happens, well done you ;)))

[@Babylon6]

My mother is from Whitby and it's a beautiful place that I used to spend my summer holidays at in the old family home. The Goth scene is in the perfect place with Whitbys rich history and links to Bram Stoker. 🧛‍♂️

[@immaterialimmaterial5195]

Just BRILLIANT! (I mean shady, dark, scary and mysterious!!!) wHo SeZ gOtH's DeD?!

[@thecatsonholiday5932]

Best dr who episode ever

[@hazelmanship7516]

Thanks for sharing this,loved watching the different dress and what a lovely day for it ,😊

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

Thankyou Hazel

[@ElwoodRidesAgain]

I would have loved to have been there. I’m not a goth but I am fascinated by that culture and absolutely love their dress style. I must go next year. Thanks for uploading this. I wouldn’t have known about it otherwise.

[@IanTed]

Found this weekend by accident a few years back while on holiday, think it’s brilliant, the perfect location of Whitby, shame about the rain.😬

[@user-jm9yc2gc1c]

Its really great to see people enjoying themselves in these sad times. Breath of fresh air rock on!

[@lizzierankin-fe9kj]

Love everything about Goth weekend

[@junehall7649]

Fabulous! Thanks for videoing this. I couldn't make this w/end but hopefully the next one later in the year as I did last year & the year before. Again. Thanks! 🖤

[@pincermovement72]

So nice to see Whitby again , visited to see the goths last year , great weekend and bought my wife some jet jewellery, lovely atmosphere.

[@johnsinclair1386]

Fabulously wonderful angels all of them. Stunning.

[@magickittenz]

Looks so good. I have previously attended Goth weekends, everyone is well behaved and warm like this.

[@1960dave1960]

I like the ‘Goth Cat’ best….great costume….🐈‍⬛

[@handyandy6050]

Incredible outfits / costumes!

[@sparsh415]

They looked great and must spend hours getting ready. Some of those Ladies were really Glamorous and I could see why everybody wanted their photos. I`d love to know what the locals make of it all and I bet it`s very lucrative for Whitby as well.

[@paulmcdonough1093]

i have never benn to whitby i am from nw england to i should go these are traditions that we must keep in our country it looks a unique place

[@glassplanet]

Great video! We played the pavillion in 2004 _ GLASS - after a little support tour with All About Eve. It was a brilliant weekend, met so many cool peeps. Great to see its still going strong.

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

Brilliant news, although Im not sure how much longer it will be going on. The last two event Organisers have now been booted from the Metropole and Spa Pavilion, for bad behaviour.

[@tinseltits9855]

Brill video. Thank you! 🖤👍🏼

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

Thankyou for watching

[@dazpaden1927]

5:27 Most British thing I've ever heard. 'I've been wet and cold for a month now' 😂

[@martinwall212]

Fantastic well done everybody

[@michaelbailey8729]

Fair play to whoever makes the clothes.

[@stevetodd7030]

Never there for the Goth weekender, but am there for the Steampunk one. We never tire of spending our holidays in Whitby and hope to do so for many years to come.

[@nicleggitt4421]

Fab 🙂.. been a Brilliant weekend so far.. today it's pretty hairy up on Whitby holiday park with the wind against the tourer...we are rocking 😅X

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

It's not been the best of days. but its forecast a nice end to the day, fingers crossed.

[@1960dave1960]

I like the ‘Goth Cat’ best, great costume….😂

[@kinblanking]

Goth girls are rad !

[@LouciferFlump]

I had a Gothic wedding in Whitby…a very long time ago. Many a wedding photo taken under the whale bones….🐋

[@houseofbaboshka6456]

Everyone looked cool, nice one.

[@magsu]

Thanks Glenn...great vibe as always and some truly spectacular costumes! Glad I can watch from home 😉I especially loved the sea shanty guys, the couple with the bat necklace (awww) and the Green Man, but overall really impressive costumes this time. Bloody rain, as usual!

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

Glad you enjoyed it Margaret.

[@Test-Tube-Baby-xo8xx]

I couldn't disagree more. Rain's great. It's atmospheric which really suits the goth vibe. Blazing sunshine would be too sterile and boring. Leave that to the tattoo and burger brigade in Benidorm, the goth weekend and Whitby should be brooding, dark and tense.

[@carolmoorhouse]

Great video ❤

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

Thank you!! Carol.

[@midnightmosesuk]

I am not a goth but I've met quite a few. Without exception they were thoroughly nice and decent people. I'm sure everyone had a lovely, trouble -free time.

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

I heard there was some very unpleasant happenings at The Metropole event, so much so the organisers have been told they can't go back.

[@midnightmosesuk]

@@thewhitbyphotographer Really? I am surprised. What happened?

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

@@midnightmosesuk Dont know. Just read it on Facebook, The lady who organises the event said she had been thrown out and banned from returning. So not as loving and peaceful as some would believe.

[@midnightmosesuk]

@@thewhitbyphotographer That's such a shame. Still, it is the exception rather than the rule.

[@djresource717]

Been there with my parents I really enjoyed there.

[@lynnballington8467]

Hello glen how are you love your vidio of the Whitby gloth weekend best wishes take care stay safe ❤😅😅

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

Thanks 👍

[@leecollison8795]

Bless all

[@mramsey123]

Lovely bunch of people would of been great to have been there

[@arealmandingo]

Even Goths enjoy fish and chips at the seaside!

[@griswald7156]

The styles are getting more polished every year…..

[@Test-Tube-Baby-xo8xx]

They're straying away from the original intention of the meet in my opinion. I'd rather it stay a goth weekend than people turn up in over-the-top Halloween and steampunk costumes.

[@ginnied7346]

I think the Mona Lisa costume was awesomely freaky looking

[@AnthonyDoherty-mi1sj]

The only thing missing is the Adams Family, Enjoyable day 👍

[@andrewthornton1945]

Aarrrrrrrrr The Dolphin 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Good job m8☔😂

[@steev75]

I really want to go. One of the things I regretted when I moved from up north was not going to Whitby.

[@fatherchristmas2998]

You know a citys a living entity.and needs colour inside it .and create a magic moment in history

[@malinoisamericanakita2022]

Brilliant that

[@vannjunkin8041]

This looks fun

[@MrWhitby]

Me with the reflector at 3:11 oh god Iook so fat 😂 100% agree - don’t like bare flash in the face!

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

Cheers dude, those reflectors are great.

[@barryclayton8447]

Fantastic place too many people all year round

[@garrydavies6337]

Thank you!! 🙌🙏🖤🦇🧛‍♂️🩸💀🖤

[@gmpgmp0]

12:40 is stunning 😍 Mary Poppins 😍 practically perfect 🥰 💞 in every possible way ♥ marriage 💑 material ❤

[@funksoulbrother3620]

Where di this fashion come from? It's a sort of glamourised Victorian funereal and steam punk

[@user-ub1dz8js7s]

There's one running 01 - 03 NOV 2024 in Whitby also if you missed it. Got a question though, are there any major differences between the two events ? e.g. numbers or types of people attending ? is the April event more Steam Punk than Goth ? etc

[@donnawaldron3261]

Saw one of my fb friends on here possibly two.

[@sirbrendangoth]

Looks quieter than normal and wet. I believe no bands where playing at the Whitby Pavilion either. Too many photo leaches. Whitby still looks good though.

[@catherinefromchristchurchn6508]

Shame it rained so heavily. Tough on some of the costumes and makeup. I hope you're beginning to feel better.

[@BradleyForrest-uq4kh]

POV you are watching this on the 19th may

[@kevinfossey9267]

I take it a lot of them girls don’t get on with their dads 😂

[@kylesanders3502]

10:20 Heel to toe. Even I can manage that 😌😌😌😌

[@jadeyork4919]

What happened to the blue skies ? Wonderful exposition of English eccentricity inspired by the brilliant book Dracula by Bram Stoker

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

Blue sky not been seen since :)

[@Andy-sh3bj]

Are there goths here all year round, or just this weekend?

[@andrewentwistle9694]

My Mum took my 12yr old Daughter on the Sunday. Her red and black outfit looked amazing, she'd done her own makeup beautifully, she was so excited to go and my poor girl ended up absolutely crestfallen.. It did nothing but rain all the time she was there and she was soaked through to the skin. It wasn't all bad. She bought some lovely things, she got some nice comments on her makeup from some of the shop owners and a photographer asked if he could take her picture, but she was pretty much broken at that point so she politely declined. Whitby.. We are not done with you.. 🖤

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

Sorry to read this. Hopefully she comes back in Autumn and has a great time then.

[@andrewentwistle9694]

@@thewhitbyphotographer We've told her we're going to come and book into a B&B some time in the summer and we'll make a weekend of it. She cheered up once she got home was warm and dry again and getting cuddles from her Dad. 😊

[@northeastangler8385]

Mentally disturbed

[@rileygrayson1597]

Bare goffs n'that innit tho 😉

[@tonybarnett9868]

Totally agree with the Mister Touchy comment, why couldn't that GWC just explain to her how he wanted her to pose, WTF, it's not even a good concept "mobile phone in hand".

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

Bad look to start touching anyone you dont know, and worse still a female.

[@Eddy_Del_Lobo]

How many of these people are one of us and how many wear costumes I wonder 🤔

[@donnyrover1]

Bela lugosi , quite definitely , isnt dead

[@griswald7156]

Reminds me of Chucky sometimes…

[@thra5herxb12s]

Looks more like fancy dress than Goth.

[@_Melian_Dialogue_]

This festival looks absolutely nothing like it looked back in the 90s and early 00s, it's quite sad.

[@amaffmaheidschannel-rc6re]

There’s no goths there, only weekend fancy dress muppets.

[@ADHDmagnet]

That one was not the goth weekend that was the steam punk festival in whitby the goth weekend is in November seampunk and goth are 2 completely different subcultures the goth weekend is this November ill be there

[@blackie1742]

An amazing weekend that has been taken over by wannabes and professional models!

[@FireSageKalouvos]

OH, UK... xD Not North America hahaha

[@co.agmusic]

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[@enfield7123]

A brilliant place lovely people great gothic weekend that's until some religious group decides it's racist

[@Uniquettt]

How I miss going. Will he be taken that piano up the steps that police man could make a booby or too charging for photos yes to many small people impersonating children and I think Lisa was framed brilliant collection of People broken free from conformity every day should be a goth day

[@MartinWheelhouse]

It's never been the same since Jo Hampshire was ousted out!

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

I agree. Jo has always been pleasant and supportive of what I do. I get nothing but extreme bad vibes from the people who run the events at the spa now. Would appear they dont like many people at all.

[@hunterkl6]

@@thewhitbyphotographer Feeling I got as well, went to the tommorrows ghost festival when they had took over for October 2018. Had definately lost its spark and where people were mingling beforehand, it was like everyone had seperated into their own little groups in the spa.

[@preality8201]

sexy cute pie

[@griswald7156]

Women knew how to dress in the Victorian era…

[@dongreenwood8833]

Please note NO children were injured in the making of this video 😂

[@Delabane]

I am probably going to get called a gate keeper (usually by people not on the Goth scene) but I don't care, if there was more gatekeeping this would still be an actual music festival not some unorganised costumed gathering. This is no longer a 'Goth' weekend or more accurately a Goth Music Festival, especially when people refer to those as wearing a 'costume'. This is joe public in Halloween cosplay, which normally I wouldn't have nothing against if it hadn't warped the original Goth weekend. It's overpriced and too busy now. I used to go for 5 nights of clubs, bands, markets not to get my photo taken and told by people with no idea about the scene that they 'like my costume'. I went to Whitby to get away from you. If all your going for is to dress up, why can't you go to York, or Bath or any other nice city? People don't have the guts and knew they wouldn't stand out in Whitby. And that is the difference between wearing a costume and been part of a subculture. Goths don't dress any different at home then they did at Whitby. Would these people wear this in thier own city, town or village, tomorrow?

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

Im always interested in Gatekeeping. Can you explain how you tell people they can't go to Whitby and walk around the streets at times of thier choosing. Serious question, how are you stopping them, and from a residents point of view, what right do you think you have to stop people coming here.

[@Delabane]

@@thewhitbyphotographer Its funny, when Goths first started attending Whitby, some B&B proprietors put signs saying 'No Goths'. Probably the same backwards mindset who would put 'No Blacks' or 'No Gays' once upon a time. Then they realised just how much money Goths brought to the town, so reluctantly embraced/tolerated them. Although I and others suspected that many would happily see the backs of us if we were replaced by more 'normal' clientele, eg a Halloween/Parade Disco, which seems to becoming true. Most Goths, at least those who still go, generally avoid old town over the weekend, as they don't wish to associate with these people and was the exact reason why they originally came to Whitby - to get away from them. It was cheap and quiet and they did not go for thier photos to be taken by strangers. Saying Whitby is not a Goth Weekend and just some mass unorganised Halloween Parade is enough to be called a Gate Keeper. Usually by people not on the scene or have never been to a Goth club thier whole life. Goth is a subculture not a bad 'costume' you put on once a year.

[@Delabane]

@@thewhitbyphotographer I can't be bothered to reply again, my comments vanish because someone is scared that someone will get offended. This is not a Goth weekend anymore. Half the people on the WGW Facebook group look completely normal.

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

@@Delabane Did you manage to work out how you are going to stop people entering Whitby because they dont fit your idea of the perfect goth ? Thats the bit Im really interested in. Will you be turning them around at 4 lanes end on a Friday tea time ?

[@Delabane]

@@thewhitbyphotographer I'm not going to respond to a stupid question like that. I always found it strange that just because photographers take a few pictures of the 'Goth Weekend' they are experts in the Goth scene, leering at the girls, hoping to try your luck? This is a fancy dress, a comic con. A real shame it was good 15 years before all you normals turned up.

[@jroberts2024]

Please remove the footage shot in the private yard invaded by togs at 10 minutes in, with the couple in the window. You, along with everyone else who swarmed in, violated our privacy. This was not street photography. We do not give you permission to use our image. The yard invasion caused distress. Stay on the street with the people who want to be filmed.

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

Incorrect. I never went in. Mines from the street, which is public, I dont go on Private property, I merely recorded what was happening.

[@jroberts2024]

You are close to the girl in white who is literally by the car port at the back of the yard. I have trauma induced PTSD and what you see in that window is me having a panic attack at everyone swarming in. I would really appreciate you editing us out as seeing it is very uncomfortable.

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

@@jroberts2024 Hi, I think I can edit you out from within the you tube user interface. If it's possible I will for sure. Im sorry they made you feel uncomfortable. However I can say with 100% certainty, I stayed on the public highway.

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

@@jroberts2024 Hi, I think I have edited you out. Should take a couple of hours. I'll check it later. Might be a good idea for you not to watch it again if its causing you distress.

[@jroberts2024]

Thank you. It's appreciated. And it was also a lesson to learn to shut the gate.

[@giptonwhite3011]

Freak weekend

[@MRmUIREND1]

I'm learning something here, probably that I have no soul, but I just don't get it. Is it telling me there are people who enjoy putting looks together and dressing up? Is it really about fashion? What do they get from doing it. But I can see the event is where you can encounter the unusual. Great for photographers.We humans really are complex.