Sophie Lancaster Fundraiser

Thursday 29th October @ The Spa
8pm - 12 Admission £5

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Message from HQ re the dates for WGW 2010. These will almost certainly not going to be when you expect them to be. Please do not book accommodation until the dates are released at this coming WGW. We are liasing with accommodation and agencies on our customers’ behalf.

Any updates will be posted here or the forum, so keep your eyes peeled for info!

Topmum Promotions and Magenta-Moon Productions have released the acts on at October’s Carnival Macabre

Please click here if you are unable to read the flyer

Please note that the only email address available now for contacting Jo, is info@topmum.co.uk. No other email addresses will work, so please update your address books.

Hi all, Jo has now got 2 more methods of contact, which are

MSN Messenger - waspfree@googlemail.com

Twitter - http://twitter.com/Whitbyjo

Further to our recent announcement regarding “rogue” bookings of our regular WGW venues,please could I take this opportunity to thank everyone for their messages of support during this turbulent time. The level of support and offers of assistance have been truly overwhelming.

Regrettably, Scarborough Borough Council have informed me that as a contract has been signed with Sam Hoyle (regardless of how it came about) they do not feel in a position to cancel the Leisure Centre Halloween 2009 booking as this may leave them open to legal action themselves.

Whilst I appreciate the passion and depth of feeling many of you are currently have. Further to recent online postings, I wanted to stress that I cannot condone any kind of boycott of the Leisure Centre or any underhand tactics in dealing with the current difficulties. Those who know me, know that dirty tricks are not my style.

Myself, my customers and supporters have always acted with dignity and integrity. Thats why Whitby locals love us so much! So lets continue to rise above the current difficulties knowing that truth will out.

Jo x

Just in from WGW HQ…..

As some of you are aware, third parties have deliberately secured some of the venues we would normally use for our forthcoming Halloween event. We have taken legal advice and the venues involved are currently doing the same with their relevant legal departments. However the wheels of justice move very slowly.

To put a stop to speculation and confusion, we wish to confirm that the Halloween 09 Goth Weekend Dates will remain the same as originally advertised. Our opinion is that to do otherwise would cause a split that is not in the interest of the scene.

We are sad that after a 14 year association, the Met have chosen to work with individuals who have no interest in the Goth scene, merely a financial one, therefore The Met will no longer be a part of the official WGW. Despite rumours flying around, we also wish to categorically state that Jo has received no notification from the Met that she is barred from their premises.

We have decided to rise above the current challenges made to the Whitby Goth Weekend and we will continue to seek redress through appropriate legal channels.

For any enquiries over the Weekend, the WGW Hotline is: 07988 241 486 or 07970 704 702

Please note that we can only provide information and help enquiries relating to WGW Official and Fringe Events.

For those that haven’t had their tickets, which you should have had by now, fear not!

If you’ve not received them by the time you leave the all you nee do is bring proof of payment & purchase as well as some ID (photographic preferred), and we’ll sort you out your wristbands.

Seeing as Unkie Len in the Elsi have always been good to us lot, I think it’s worth putting this up here.

The Elsinore will this time be doing food to Take Away or Eat in the Elsi with your pint of Cider & Black or Strongarm ;) . They’ll have plenty or Sammiches and some hot stuff like Curry & Vegi Chilli.