Teen Gothic

It being Event Tuesday I thought I’d do a post about my night! I host Dark Wave Dance Cave here in Cleveland along with my co-host Mimi Dromette. Post covid we wanted to do something different from the gothic-industrial nights, so we created a night that was a mix of modern darkwave with new wave, synthpop, goth, and post-punk. We do lots of themed events, too, like World Goth Day and Discothèque Gothique, and Mimi designs a unique flyer every month. We always bring decorations to fit the theme and lots of lights – we turn The Winchester into a goth club for the night!

We’ve been lucky to have great crowds and a supportive venue – our regular nights usually attract over 300 patrons. It’s a diverse crowd… lots of goths, but also people from the LGBTQ community and other alt folk, too. So if you’re in Cleveland, passing through, or within road trip distance you should come check us out! The best way to keep up with us and learn more is our Instagram, and we put our setlists on Spotify (they vary a lot by event theme).

Our next event is this coming Saturday. There are also other fun Cleveland events like Nocturnal, I put together a guide to Cleveland events to help people keep track of things.

So I just moved to Cleveland and I've been beboping around town for about 3 months now. I've gotten in with the punk scene and have tried to start a couple D-beat bands but everyone seems to be too busy to jam. Truth be told I really just wanna make music. Instruments I can play: Bass Guitar Drums And I have experience fronting. I've only ever played punk music live but I'd really like to delve into goth/darkwave. I have a goth/new wave solo project I'm doing right now, but I wanna bring more goth into the scene and it's kinda lame to perform solo unless you're a DJ imo. If you're interested in maybe figuring a jam out some time shoot me a DM I also plan on putting out flyers/ads at mistake by the lake and minds eye.

Influences: Bauhaus, joy division, sisters of mercy, The Serfs, Crime of Passing, Lathe of Heaven, Twin Tribes, Desmond Doom, Nox Novacula, the Deceits, Molchat Doma, Pawns, French Police, Boy Harsher, Virgin in Veil, +a bunch more

Lemme know!!!