Summer Darkness

Summer Darkness
Genre	Electro, futurepop, EBM, synthpop, electronic rock, alternative rock, Medieval rock, Neue Deutsche Härte
Location(s)	Utrecht, Netherlands
Years active	2003-Present
Website
www.summerdarkness.nl

Summer Darkness is an alternative music festival in the Netherlands which was held annually from 2003 to 2013, around the second weekend in August in the city of Utrecht. Over the years its popularity has grown considerably.

Organisation

Summer Darkness is organised similar to Germany's Wave-Gotik-Treffen, albeit on a much smaller scale. Acts perform in various clubs throughout the city of Utrecht. The main stages are Tivoli Oudegracht, Tivoli de Helling and EKKO. There are also individual performances at the Domkerk and Leeuwenbergh church. Side events include a market, city tours and exhibitions by LARP groups. The festival was a joint venture by Cybercase, Tivoli (Utrecht), EKKO and Mojo until EKKO made the decision in 2009 to quit.

There have been some minor events held under the banner of Summer Darkness. For instance since 2007 there have been several "Summer Darkness - Winter Edition" events.

In 2014 the festival will be taking a sabbatical from the usual summer edition, traditionally held in the last weekend of July. In 2015 it was announced the festival would no longer be organised, as explained on the festival website.

Programme

• 2003:

Autumn, Bloodflowerz, Das Ich, Elis, Estampie, Gothminister, Mila Mar, Morning, NG PRO, Paradise Lost, Orphanage, Say Y, Silent Assault, Sonar, Suicide Commando, Terminal Choice, This Morn'Omina, Trisomy, Wolfsheim

• 2004:

After Forever, Angel Theory, Angels & Agony, Aslan Faction, Atrocity, Coph Nia, Corvus Corax, Dulce liquido, Faun, Feindflug, Hioctan, In Extremo, In Slaughter Natives, Killing Ophelia, Kutná Hora, Lamia, Leaves' Eyes, Novalis, Omnia, P·A·L, The Peoples Republic of Europe, Predella Avant, Psyclon Nine, Pzychobitch, Raison D'Etre, Rosa crux, Sanctum, Schandmaul, Sirenia, Terrorfakt, Trail Of Tears, Visions Of Atlantis

• 2005:

Animadverto, Asrai, Autoagression, Autumn, The Azoic, The Birthday Massacre, Black Tongue Tribe, Chillburn, Crystal Entity, The Crüxshadows, Diary of Dreams, Dragonfly, Dulce liquido, Epica, Estampie, Fertile reality, Glis, Gothminister, Image Transmission, Misery, More machine than man, Morgenstern, Morning, My Insanity, Nemesea, the Old Dead Tree, Olen'k, Panic DHH, Penumbra, Qntal, S.K.E.T., Sonata Arctica, StinScatzor, Suicide Commando, Syrian, T. Raumschmiere, Tamtrum, Therion, UnterNull.

• 2006:

the (Law Rah) Collective, Absurd Minds, Asche, Ataraxia, Bauhaus, the Birthday Massacre, the Chants of Maldoror, Clan Of Xymox, Combichrist, Corde Oblique, Courtesan, DeadCell, Diorama, Embolus, Fabrikc, Faderhead, Front line Assembly, Frozen Plasma, Gail of God, Gor, Grendel, Inertia, Moonspell, Of the Wand and the Moon, Omnia, the Peoples Republic of Europe, Prey, Reaper, Revolution by Night, Saeculum, Schattenschlag, Soman, Star Industry, Statik Sky, Stromkern, Transworld, VNV Nation, Welle:Erdball, The Wounded, XmH, XP8, XPQ-21.

• 2007:

A New Dawn, Alt-F4, And One, Androgene Collective, Angelspit, Annatar, Assemblage 23, Chamber, Client, Covenant, Crash Sympton, Delain, Die Weisse Rose, Diskonnekted, Dope Stars Inc., Elusive, Emilie Autumn, Epica, Frank The Baptist, Front 242, Genevieve Pasquier, Gothika, Grendel, H.E.R.R., Heimataerde, Implant, In Strict Confidence, Inkubus Sukkubus, Jaegerblut, Krypteria, Lacrimas Profundere, Magion, Mindfields, Modcom, Morning, My Dying Bride, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Outerspace Overdose, Rome, Rotersand, Steinkind, Straftanz, Suicidal Romance, The Crüxshadows, Trisomy, V2A, VNV Nation, X-RX, XMH, Zombiegirl.

• 2008:

The 69 Eyes, Alien Vampires, Apoptygma Berzerk, Clan Of Xymox, Colony 5, Combichrist, Das Ich, De/Vision, Echo & The Bunnymen, Faun, The Frozen Autumn, Garden Of Delight, Irfan, Lacrimas Profundere, Lola Angst, Mesh, Narsilion, NG-Pro, Orfeo, Persephone, Sieben, SITD, Sol Invictus, SonaR, Spectra Paris, Spiritual Front, Stephen Taylor, Synapscape, The Vision Bleak, Vive La Fête, Welle:Erdball, Within Temptation, Wynande Zeevaarder, XMH

• 2009:

Absolute Body Control, Atomic Neon, Bacia di Tosco, The Birthday Massacre, Brighter death now, Kelten zonder Grenzen, Covenant, The Crüxshadows, Cybercide, Dandelion Wine, Dernière Volonté, Deviant UK, Eisbrecher, Embrun, Floor Jansen The foreshadowing, Front 242, :Golgatha:, Gothminister, Grendel, Irfan, Katzenjammer Kabarett, Klangstabil, KLOQ (band), Korpiklaani, Lacuna Coil, The law-rah collective, Letzte Instanz, Modulate, MS Gentur, Negura bunget, NG Pro, Noisuf-X, NoyceTM, Nullvektor, Orfeo, Other day, Reaper, Rosa Crvx, Rose Kemp, Rotersand, S.K.E.T., Schwarzblut, Sieben, Spetsnaz, Spherical disrupted, Suicide commando, Tenek, Triarii, Tyr, Tyske Ludder, Uberbyte, Veljanov, Whispers in the shadow, XPQ-21, Zeromancer

• 2010

Aesthetic perfection, Allerseelen, Amduscia, And One, Bacio di Tosca, Ball noir, Brendan Perry, Clan of Xymox, DAF, Diorama, Dive, Faith and the muse, From Flint Glass to Tzol'kin to Empusae, Geistform, Geneviève Pasquier, Grendel, Ianva, Imminent, In slaughter natives, In strict confidence, Kelten Zonder Grenzen, Keltia, Leaetherstrip, Mono-Amine, Nachtmahr, Orfeo, Peter Bjärgö, Phelios, Project Pitchfork, SAM, Sophia, Spiritual front, Straftanz

• 2011

Eisenfunk, 16Pad Noise Terrorist, Angelspit, Broken Note, Destroid, Faderhead, Freakangel, Julien-K, Killing Joke, Kirlian Camera, Komor Kommando, Matta, Nitzer Ebb, Niveau Zero, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Rome, Rotersand, Shiv-r, The Neon Judgement, The Wars, Tying Tiffany, Ulterior, VNV Nation, Wikan.

• 2012

Aesthetic Perfection, Agent Side Grinder, Binary Park, Camerata Mediolanense, Combichrist, Controlled Collapse, Diary Of Dreams, Faerydae, Finvarra, Formalin, Haujobb, In The Nursery, Mars, Mojo Fury, Mono Amine, Nachtmahr, Nao, O. Children, Parade Ground, Peter Hook, Post Nuclear Steam-City Of Echoes, Sieben, Sonar, Straftanz, Suicide Commando, Surgyn, The Cruxshadows, The Dutch Lemmings, Triarii, Vomito Negro, Winterkälte.

• 2013

Apoptygma Berzerk, Clan Of Xymox, Covenant, Diorama, Frozen Plasma, Grausame Töchter, Of The Wand & The Moon, Rotersand, Sixth June, Welle: Erdball.

• 2014

Aesthetic Perfection, Faderhead, Hocico, Johan Van Roy, Winterkälte.

See also

• List of gothic festivals
• List of electronic music festivals

External links

• Official website