We have been attending Wave-Gotik-Treffen, in Leipzig, since 2019 – minus the pandemic years – and 2026 is no exception.
As usual, Wave-Gotik-Treffen will be captured through the lens of Gustavo Hochman this year supported by image editor Milena Katzman.
Wave-Gotik-Treffen is the world’s largest gothic festival. It also includes Punk, Rivethead, Romanticism, Steampunk, Victoriana and other alternative and subcultures.
Our previous years’ full photologs.
This is our fourth and final photolog of Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2025 held in Leipzig. We will be back to Wave-Gotik-Treffen next. You will find links to this year’s previous photologs, and to other editions next year. It was a pleasure. We will see you in 2026.
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Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 coverage connection
Here is our third photolog of Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2025. You can see the previous and last photologs of this edition of the festival below the photos. As well as find your way to other years we attended.
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Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 coverage connection
We continue our 2025 Wave-Gotik-Treffen photologs. Here is the second one of four, through, as usual, Gustavo Hochman’s lens. We will be at Wave-Gotik-Treffen next year. Meanwhile you can take a look at the 2025 edition, and other years photologs. You can find them below the photos.
Other Years:
Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 coverage connection
Weāll be bringing you the 2025 Wave-Gotik-Treffen photologs over the next few weeks. As usual, Gustavo Hochman captured the festival for us.Wave-Gotik-Treffen is the worldās largest gothic festival, celebrating gothic, Victoriana, steampunk, and related subcultures. The festival happens yearly in Leipzig, Germany.We will return to cover the festival next year.
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Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 coverage connection
words, photos & videos: Raquel Pinheiro
Walking blind into concerts is something I enjoy a lot. I was neither familiar with Winten or Maple Glider songs. My reason to go to their respective concerts at Socorro was to meet a old friend I hadn’t seen in over a decade.
I was pleasantly surprised with Winten and Maple Glider gentle songs and music. Winten more inclined towards heartbreak and love sceneries and scenario in a frail, tone; Maple Glider, although not dissimilar, has a more sober and mature tone.
Piquenique DanƧante Sobre a Relva (Dancing Picnic on the Lawn) is an event held yearly at a park or garden in Porto. This year it was near by me at the wonderful Parque de SĆ£o Roque on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September.
I only attended on Sunday. It was the first time I went to Parque de SĆ£o Roque dressed up. And it was joyous and fun. Lots of people on the lawn and labyrinth area, seated on blankets, kids running and playing around – the monitors turned to the audience provided a great racing and dancing track for children that were freely allowed to run upon them. Since I also stood on them during Wolf Manhattan, I can attest it’s great fun.
It was great to see friends, acquaintances, so many new faces and watch friends playing.
West 11 share Phil King (guitar) and Mark Kingston (bass with) Population 5 and have Beth Hirsch on vocals. They are, or were in this instance, a serene band. Heavily contrasting with the raucous, electric in every sense, groovy surfy Population 5. Children played a part again when a very young guitarist with his toy guitar took to the stage having Phil and Fernando Barbedo (Population 5’s other guitarist) as his wing men.
Wolf Manhattan are JoĆ£o Viera’s latest incantation. The sad, happy story of a singer-songwriter, lonely in his bedroom that takes his show on the road, accompanied with several eye catching guitars, hair colour and clothes. Cool songs, entertaining atmosphere.
Between bands AndrĆ© Rio played cover on a small stage on the middle of the lawn’s fountain, leading to a sing-a-long.
I didn’t stay to see IrmĆ£os Catita. Home and my guitar were calling.
We conclude our photo view of Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig, 2024 portraited by Gustavo Hochman with the fourth photolog of the series. Links for previous photologs below the photos. We will bring you Wave-Gotik-Treffen again next year.
Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 photolog 1
Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 photolog 2
Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 photolog 3
Here is the third part of our Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 photolog. Links for the other photologs below the photos.
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Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2025 coverage connection:
Second round of Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 by Gustavo Hochman lens. Links for previous photologs and other years below the photos.
Other Years:
Wave-Gotik Treffen 2025 coverage connection
Once more we are showcasing a photographic overview of our friend Petra Cvelbar beautiful photo coverage of Jazz em Agosto that is held at Gulbenkian in Lisboa and celebrates its 40th anniversary. Go to our Instagram for a more detailed photo overview of Jazz em Agosto 2024
