Wave Gotik Treffen, Leipzig, Germany

Events
The major attraction the Wave-Gotik Treffen is the band performances. Generally, the number musical acts is close to 200, spanning the breadth "dark music" from acoustic folk to Medieval-influence to deathrock, to dark electro, EBM, Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, industrial. The dozen-or-more venues are equally varied, from the stately Schauspielhaus to the somber Krypta the Völkerschlachtdenkmal to the Parkbühne under the trees to the massive 10,000-person capacity AGRA fairground halls.
In addition, there are Renaissance fairs, Viking and Pagan markets, Gothic Romance events, CD/DVD and film premieres, literary readings, artist signing events, brunches celebrating Absinthe, and many late-night danceclubs such as Darkflower or Moritzbastei with top-name DJs. The main market in the AGRA that runs the entire duration the festival is perhaps the largest for the goth community anywhere in the world.