Tag: Goth

World Goth Day 2025 at Real Art Tacoma

Once again, Real Art Tacoma & Layla from Gothic Curios & Licorice Chamber have brought goth bands, DJs, & vendors to help celebrate World Goth Day in Tacoma.

Saturday evening May 18th

Five bands and three DJs performed and played music Saturday evening, celebrating the diversity that is the broader Goth/Post-Punk/Darkwave scene.

Autumn is a Darkwave/Goth rock band from Minneapolis, MN. Their new single Venice is available now.

Licorice Chamber is a local Goth band with vocals reminiscent of Siouxsie, and guitar work that recalls the the Cure.

Tethys is a Death/Progressive Metal band from Denver, CO who used elements of Industrial in the form of amplified metal, similar to that of SPK or Einsturzende Neubauten.

Seaside Tryst a Seattle Synth/Indie band was a later replacement, in the wake of the tragic passing of Ralph from Seattle Post-Punk band the Glow.

Neurogeist is a local Industrial/Dark Synth group out of Tacoma.

Three DJs spun tunes before and in between the music sets: DJ Owen traveled up here from Oakland, CA, and DJ Kritical Virgo, and DJ Wrain Havoc hail from the greater Seattle area.

Sunday May 18th

The following day Real Art held a day-time Goth market of local witchy and spooky crafts. DJ Lucian Black Death provided dark tunes.

Gothic Curios features the art and other dark merchandise of Layla from Licorice Chamber. T-shirts, artwork, stickers, jewelry, and a variety of other gothy decor.

The Mystic Moon offers spells, candles, teas, oils, crystal bags, and an assortment of gothy jewelry. She also runs a local catering business, MsTreatology.

She helped recommend to me an enchanted tea blend for fortune and good luck.

RoxyFae Oddities makes beautiful jewelry out of bones and preserves amazing insects in little diorama bottles.

Kreep It Real makes beautiful little golden framed gothy art works that can be hung on the wall or fridge, jewelry and other art pieces made from natural things like bones or spooky plants.

Medically Macabre makes gothy designs, from stickers to jewelry, with the disabled community in mind. I was very impressed that they make jewelry that’s easier to fasten. I wish that accessibility was the standard.

Beth the Witch was selling a variety of witchy goodness including a variety of spell candles. I was having such a great talk with her I forgot to get a photo! She sells her products at Crescent Moon Gifts where she also does Tarot readings and teaches some classes.

Art by Puppy Knuckles is a queer, trans artist from Bellingham upcycles locally thrifted clothing with linocut prints, bleach painting, and patches. Puppy Knuckles also creates digital prints and punk patches.

Shop for gothy gifts at Full Moon Flea Market

Edit: Their brick and mortar location unfortunately closed June 2023 – but you can still support their vendors listed through their website – Full Moon Flea Market.

Nestled in Antique row is shopping for the goth-inclined: Full Moon Flea Market – a self-proclaimed purveyor of “Grim Gifts and Goods: Dark Arts and Antiques from the Pacific Northwest.”

After a few years of being housed within the Sanford and Son building they moved to a storefront last year. They feature over the work of over 65 local artists – of spooky, macabre, horror, punk, LGBT, and witchy works. You can also everything from jewelry to pins and buttons, stickers, patches, books and zines, cards, art prints, and so much more.

Due to some health issues the physical storefront will be taking a hiatus for some months but they will be returning soon after. Their last in-store day will be May 28th, after which they will be doing all their business through their website – Please visit! Follow them on Instagram and Facebook. They will be doing a product refresh with new works from a variety of their awesome artists! Fullmoonfleamarket.com

Gothic Pride Seattle – 2023 Dark Delights Spring Bazaar & Bakesale

Today we travelled up to Seattle from Tacoma for the second annual Dark Delights Spring Bazaar & Bake Sale by Gothic Pride Seattle.

“Gothic Pride Seattle is an all-inclusive nonprofit 501(c)3 organization working to help strengthen and empower our diverse community through advocacy, education, social, and fundraising events. We strive to help make safe and lasting connections and alliances within and throughout the Seattle Gothic community, as well as in the greater Seattle area.

Through hosting and participating in local gothic events, we help strengthen and unify our community and promote connections. We create visibility through our float in Seattle’s yearly Pride Parade, and invite all community members to join us and celebrate your gothic pride!

All the profits from the sales of the t-shirts, hoodies and other merchandise goes to the Community Crypt fund which is distributed to local goth businesses in need.”
https://gothicprideseattle.org/mission-statement/

The history of Gothic Pride Seattle can be found here – The GPS website offers many ways for community goths to become involved, whether that be through volunteering, donating, or supporting sponsoring businesses.

These were some of the partipating vendors:

Iikka Keränen – Dark and Gothy artist
Dropping Needles Embroidery – Spooky and Geeky embroidery
Handbasket Co  – Home of the Satanizer to ‘clean your hands, not your soul’
Gothic Pride Seattle Shop – Coffee mugs, t-shirts, hoodies
MX Morgan Illustrations – Dark Fantasy Artist
Shady Lamp Lady – Gothy lamps
Charmed Curio – Jewelry
Robert Tritthardt  – Dark Pen and Ink Illustration
Ground by the Sound – Crystals

I enjoyed browsing and seeing everyone’s talents. I will definitely visit their online stores to acquire more wares. I found a couple beautiful prints by Mx Morgan Illustrations – the one I was able to purchase today was this lovely dark moon against a blood red sky. They had a collection of really dark and adorable stickers as well. I’ll be returning to their shop to try to purchase the other print I was eyeing.

Blood Moon – by Mx Morgan

I was happy to meet Tara of the aspiring Little Goth Cafe on the Hill – Please help support her efforts to develop a late night gothy cafe in Seattle that will feature art, vegan and lacto-ovo-vegetarian options, and community/meeting spaces.