Gothic Manchester Festival 2017

Name: Gothic Manchester Festival 2017
Start: 2017-10-25T00:00:00
End: 2017-10-29T23:59:00
Location: Number 70 Oxford Street

Tom Grieve, Cinema Editor Last Updated 26 October 2017

Gothic Manchester Festival 2017 at Number 70 Oxford Street, Manchester 25 — 29 October 2017 Tickets from £10.00 — Book now

The Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies presents the annual Gothic Manchester Festival. The festival hosts a range of events & activities – each designed to showcase Manchester’s Gothic dimensions during the week before Hallowe’en.

This year the festival turns its attention to the topic of Gothic Style(s). With the Gothic seemingly as popular as ever at the start of the 21st Century, the festival will explore the ways in which the mode has infected the mainstream. As usual, the festival centres around a one day conference – which will set you back a very reasonable £10 – with a series of free events surrounding it.

With everything from a Gothic street-style catwalk to film screenings, literary events and even a club night on offer, there’s no excuse not to indulge your inner dark side this October.

Gothic Manchester Festival 2017 at Number 70 Oxford Street, Manchester 25 — 29 October 2017 Tickets from £10.00 Book now

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