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.
