Annual Gothic Weekend

WHITBY, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 27: Guests in costume arrive for the renewal of Goths Tony and Angela Lightowler's marraige vows at St Mary The Virgin Church during Whitby Gothic Weekend on 27 October, 2007, Whitby, England. Tony and Angela of Stockton-On-Tees were married two and a half years ago but decided to take their vows again during Whitby Gothic Weekend with them and their guests dressed in Gothic clothing. Whitby Gothic Weekend which started in 1994 to celebrate all things dark and mysterious has now grown to a twice yearly event for Goths. Whitby was partly chosen because Bram Stoker wrote his famous Dracula story in the fishing town with the Gothic Whitby Abbey as his inspiration. The weekend has now grown from providing a few bands to include followers of Romanticism and Dracula.