Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig, 2026 – photolog 4

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

photos: © Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman; edited by Milena Katzman for Mondo Bizarre Magazine.

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

As usual, Wave-Gotik-Treffen was 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.

Gustavo Hochman, our photographer, was the only photographer allowed in a fashion show in a medieval castle.

We also photographed Covenant and She Past Away, the two main bands present at Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026. Covenant on Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 – photolog 1 and She Past Away on Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 – photolog 2

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 – photolog 1

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 – photolog 2

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 – photolog 3

Wave-Gotik-Treffen – Previous Years Photologs

Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig, 2026 – photolog 3

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

photos: © Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman; edited by Milena Katzman for Mondo Bizarre Magazine.

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

As usual, Wave-Gotik-Treffen was 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.

Gustavo Hochman, our photographer, was the only photographer allowed in a fashion show in a medieval castle.

We also photographed Covenant and She Past Away, the two main bands present at Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026. You can find Covenant on photolog-1 and She Past Away on photolog-2.

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
Fashion show © Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 – photolog 1

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 – photolog 2

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 – photolog 4

Wave-Gotik-Treffen – Previous Years photologs

There’s also a photo gallery on our Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/mondobizarremagazine/

Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig, 2026 – photolog 2

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

Here’s Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig, 2026 second photolog

photos: © Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman; edited by Milena Katzman for Mondo Bizarre Magazine.

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

Wave-Gotik-Treffen is the world’s largest gothic festival. It also includes Punk, Rivethead, Romanticism, Steampunk, Victoriana and other alternative and subcultures.

Gustavo Hochman, our photographer, was the only photographer allowed in a fashion show in a medieval castle.

We also photographed Covenant and She Past Away, the two main bands present at Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026. She Past Away are represented here.

Fashion show © Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
She Past Away © Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 – photolog 1

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 – photolog 3

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 – photolog 4

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 – Previous Years Photologs

There’s also a photo gallery on our Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/mondobizarremagazine/

Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig, 2026 – photolog 1

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 phptolog 1 is the first of four photologs covering the festival.

photos: Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman; edited by Milena Katzman for Mondo Bizarre Magazine.

We have attended Wave-Gotik-Treffen, in Leipzig, since 2019 – minus the pandemic years – and 2026 is no exception.

As usual, Wave-Gotik-Treffen was 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.

Gustavo Hochman, our photographer, was the only one allowed in a fashion show in a medieval castle. We have one photo from the session here. More to come.

We also photographed Covenant and She Past Away, the two main bands present at Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026. Covenant are represented here.

You can find links to all previous photo logs on Mondo’s site: here.

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
Covenant © Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
Fashion show © Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 – photolog 2

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 – photolog 3

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 – photolog 4

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026 – Previous Years Photologs.

There’s also a photo gallery on our Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/mondobizarremagazine/

Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 85 – The Of Love & Loss edition by Raquel Pinheiro now @ mixcloud

My radio show Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 85 – The Of Love & Loss edition can now be listened to on mixcloud. Of Love & Loss is a self-explanatory title. Originally, that was not how this edition was going to be called. You can read about the programme here.

Amazing Songs & Other Delights airs 3-4pm (London time) and has new editions every first and third Monday of each month, respective repeats on second and fourth Monday of each month on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com (or on the app).

Tracklist:
01: The Handsome Family – Far From Any Road
02: A 90s new man called Stan –
Disco Dystopian Blues
03: The Auteurs – Show Girl
04: Bettina Korn – Annie’s Song (John Denver cover)
05: Chimehours – Underneath The Earth
06: The Mercury Rev – Goodness on a Highway
07: Maitland – Einstein-Rosen Bridge 
08: Ricardo Reis Soares – Qualquer Coisa
09: Suede – Daddy’s Speeding
10: The Vinegar Tasters – Smokestack
11: The Radio Field – It’s Alright
12: Bill MacKay & Ryley Walker – Land of Plenty
13: Thee Headcoatees – You’re Gonna Lose That Boy
14: Lour – Outro Lado
15: Zea & Drumband Hallelujah Makkum –
In lichem fol beloften(feat. Tsead Bruinja)
16: Mark Eitzel – The Last Ten Years

All previous shows on mixcloud: Yé Yé Radio mixcloud Mondo Bizarre Magazine mixcloud

Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig 2025 – photolog 4

Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

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.

Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

2025 photolog 1

2025 photolog 2

2025 photolog 3

Other Years:

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 coverage connection

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2023 coverage connection

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2019 coverage connection

Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig 2025 – photolog 3

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

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.

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

2025 photolog 1

2025 photolog 2

2025 photolog 4

Other Years:

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 coverage connection

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2023 coverage connection

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2019 coverage connection

Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig 2025 photolog 2

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

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.

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
Gernotshagen © Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

2025 photolog 1

2025 photolog 3

2025 photolog 4

Other Years:

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 coverage connection

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2023 coverage connection

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2019 coverage connection

Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig 2025 – photolog 1

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

We’ll 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 world’s 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.

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
Totentanz Strumpfsockig © Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

2025 photolog 2

2025 photolog 3

2025 photolog 4

Other Years:

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 coverage connection

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2023 coverage connection:

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2019 coverage connection

Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig, 2024 – photolog 4

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

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.

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 photolog 1

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 photolog 2

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 photolog 3

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2023 photolog

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2019 photolog