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Since 1994, goths have flocked to a tiny town on the North Yorkshire coast to spend a weekend wandering the historic streets in their most outlandish gothic garbs. The Whitby Goth Weekend is a chance for goths from far and wide to congregate in this atmospheric harbour town, dominated by the dramatic silhouette of a ruined gothic abbey and famed for its connection to Dracula (Brom Stoker famously stayed here and it became an inspiration and location for his genre-defying novel).
Whitby-born photographer George Hutton has grown up seeing the festival evolve. “It began 30 years ago when a small group of goths decided to meet up in Whitby, the home of Dracula. At first, the Elsinore Pub was the only pub that openly accepted and hosted them,” he recalls. “Now, three decades on, the whole town welcomes goths from every walk of life. For me, this is the heart of the festival: creating a place where a group of friends could meet and, for one weekend, come together and celebrate their individuality.”
Hutton has always felt fascinated by this influx of counterculture into an otherwise quaint, sedate landscape. “It’s a pretty surreal weekend, Whitby is a traditional seaside town; it is very picturesque, and nothing out of the ordinary really happens. Then, twice a year for three days, it becomes a home for the goth community. People travel from all over the country, and some even travel internationally to come to this quiet and small town.”
Earlier this month, Hutton returned to his hometown, drawn to document the festival goers at the Goth Weekend’s 30th anniversary. “As I’ve got older, my relationship with the festival has changed, I’ve become more fascinated by the individuals and have become more curious by them and their relationship with Whitby. I now go along twice a year as it’s such an interesting unique event.”
From mermaids in handcarts to plague doctors, gruesome cadavers, and skeletal figures all set against the slate-grey of brooding northern skies, ice cream parlours and fish and chip shops, Hutton captures the chaos and surrealness of this special weekend. Abiding memories from this year’s event include watching droves of visitors ascend the 199 steps to St Mary’s church for sunset. “It was really beautiful to see such an array of people all standing around an old graveyard at the top of a cliff, taking in the golden evening light,” he tells Dazed. “It was quite a rare occasion, with the October-November Goth Weekend more often than not being covered in a blanket of thick cloud and fog, which does sort of add a fitting atmosphere.”
Of all the images he took over this year’s festival, there were a few pictures in particular which, for Hutton, most embody the spirit of Whitby Goth Weekend. “The man dressed as Michael Myers, standing alone, waiting eerily to cross the road, and then the person dressed as an inflatable plant-like character wheeling a very small suitcase through the streets of Whitby. For me, both these images show the uniqueness of the weekend and how there are no rules to how you should be dressed.”
“From an outsider’s point of view, the goth community is stereotypically presented as introverted. However, what becomes apparent at the festival is a real sense of community,” Hutton concludes. “It has become a place for people to freely express themselves within a safe environment which, in today’s more polarising world, is something really beautiful.”
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Since 1994, goths have flocked to a tiny town on the North Yorkshire coast to spend a weekend wandering the historic streets in their most outlandish gothic garbs. The Whitby Goth Weekend is a chance for goths from far and wide to congregate in this atmospheric harbour town, dominated by the dramatic silhouette of a ruined gothic abbey and famed for its connection to Dracula (Brom Stoker famously stayed here and it became an inspiration and location for his genre-defying novel).
Whitby-born photographer George Hutton has grown up seeing the festival evolve. “It began 30 years ago when a small group of goths decided to meet up in Whitby, the home of Dracula. At first, the Elsinore Pub was the only pub that openly accepted and hosted them,” he recalls. “Now, three decades on, the whole town welcomes goths from every walk of life. For me, this is the heart of the festival: creating a place where a group of friends could meet and, for one weekend, come together and celebrate their individuality.”
Hutton has always felt fascinated by this influx of counterculture into an otherwise quaint, sedate landscape. “It’s a pretty surreal weekend, Whitby is a traditional seaside town; it is very picturesque, and nothing out of the ordinary really happens. Then, twice a year for three days, it becomes a home for the goth community. People travel from all over the country, and some even travel internationally to come to this quiet and small town.”
Earlier this month, Hutton returned to his hometown, drawn to document the festival goers at the Goth Weekend’s 30th anniversary. “As I’ve got older, my relationship with the festival has changed, I’ve become more fascinated by the individuals and have become more curious by them and their relationship with Whitby. I now go along twice a year as it’s such an interesting unique event.”
From mermaids in handcarts to plague doctors, gruesome cadavers, and skeletal figures all set against the slate-grey of brooding northern skies, ice cream parlours and fish and chip shops, Hutton captures the chaos and surrealness of this special weekend. Abiding memories from this year’s event include watching droves of visitors ascend the 199 steps to St Mary’s church for sunset. “It was really beautiful to see such an array of people all standing around an old graveyard at the top of a cliff, taking in the golden evening light,” he tells Dazed. “It was quite a rare occasion, with the October-November Goth Weekend more often than not being covered in a blanket of thick cloud and fog, which does sort of add a fitting atmosphere.”
Of all the images he took over this year’s festival, there were a few pictures in particular which, for Hutton, most embody the spirit of Whitby Goth Weekend. “The man dressed as Michael Myers, standing alone, waiting eerily to cross the road, and then the person dressed as an inflatable plant-like character wheeling a very small suitcase through the streets of Whitby. For me, both these images show the uniqueness of the weekend and how there are no rules to how you should be dressed.”
“From an outsider’s point of view, the goth community is stereotypically presented as introverted. However, what becomes apparent at the festival is a real sense of community,” Hutton concludes. “It has become a place for people to freely express themselves within a safe environment which, in today’s more polarising world, is something really beautiful.”
Visit the gallery above for a closer look.
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