Teen Gothic

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2026 VERBODEN MUSIC FESTIVAL

PORTLAND | SEATTLE | VANCOUVER

MAY 28th – 31tst, 2026 | VANCOUVER, BC

Verboden is BACK for 2026! This years festival is a multi-city celebration of underground sound — channeling the pulse of darkwave, post-punk, and dark electronic subculture. Featuring over 20 touring artists performing across the Pacific Northwest!

Male Tears – Sacred Skin – SRSQ – Street Fever

Blone Noble – Carrellee – Ceremony Shadows – Dancing Plague

Damascus Knives – Dark Chisme – Datura – Die Sexual – Dildox – Dollhead
Dot Wall – Exeunt – EX VELES – Fotoform – God Tongue – H.Ä.L.T. – Hexx Head
Hot Hail! – Hallows – Meldamor – More Ephemerol – MVTANT – Sleek Teeth
Scimitar – S.L.U.T.

Small Breed – Somber Violets – Static Ghost – Wish Whip + Djs
Seattle – May 28–30 • Central Saloon / TBA
Vancouver – May 29–31 • The Cobalt Cabaret
Portland – May 28–31 • Coffin Club

Presented by: Verboden Arts Society, Heirophant Booking, YES Music Productions, and Coffin Club PDX.

i wasn't born during the 80s nor the 90s and i wasn't exposed to any goth music when i was growing up, yet when i hear it, i feel the most inexplicably otherworldly comforting feeling– this vague feeling of home–but i don't even know if i could call it that because it seems to feel for experiences that were never mine in the first place.

i like it nonetheless. does anyone feel the same?

I've been seeing a lot of overlap of works said to be Goth I often knew as other. Call it whatcha want depending where you stand, whatever. A great snot load of stuff I've always been into I'm discovering is considered Goth by the Goth community. Or Goth adjacent or of Goth in some way. I've always seen myself as somewhat Goth. More I explore the music from a Goth angle and, again, been listing to lots of it for decades now, I belong. Quiet cool. Looking for Goth compilations. Some I've already got. Life Less Lived – great tittle there!

I’m a baby bat (it’s been about 1.5 years since I started immersing myself in goth culture) and recently I’ve been just not really enjoying goth music like I used to. Instead, I’ve been listening to mainly 80s normie music while still partaking in all other aspects of being goth, such as DIY, aesthetics, activism, etc. So, this question goes out to any older goths, do you also experience this? If so, how long did it take you to be able to come back to goth music?

does anyone know the names of the songs played in the south park episodes featuring the goth and vamp kids? I know some of it is just silly stuff the creators made, but I know there are real songs too. Some of them sound really good bro. also posted to the south park subreddit