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

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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

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© 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/

Victor Torpedo – Call of The West photography exhibition at Casa do Infante | Gabinete do Tempo, Porto

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Call of The West is a beautiful black & white photography exhibition by Victor Torpedo portraying Portuguese rock-‘n’-roll band first trip to the United States in 1997 can be seen at Casa do Infante | Gabinente do Tempo in Porto.

Monday to Sunday: 10am-5:30pm
Closed on Mondays and public holidays

You can see more photos on a photo gallery on our Instagram http://www.instagram.com

Field Notes – Porto, The Mountains, and Human Crossings at The Polymath Site

Gustav Klimt – Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I, 1903-1907

Field Notes – Porto, The Mountains, and Human Crossings my new post on The Polymath site https://www.thepolymathisme.com/ is a lived note on Porto, exhibitions, transport hubs, mountains, symbolic conversations, creativity, and the unexpected human crossings that open new possibilities, and of how, often, the path appears afterwards. It can be read here.

We will be attending Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT), in Leipzig, May 22–25, 2026.

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

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.

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

Our previous years’ full photologs.

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

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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