Lumous Gothic Festival (more commonly known as Lumous) was the largest festival dedicated to the goth subculture in Finland and the northernmost Gothic festival in the world. The four-day event was organised every summer in Tampere in late June or early July. While its primary focus was on music, covering musical genres such as gothic rock, deathrock, industrial, EBM and neofolk, other cultural and arts events were also organised as part of the festival. Lumous Festival consisted mainly of club nights organised in bars and clubs at the centre of Tampere, and also included a cruise dubbed die dunkle Seereise on the lake Pyhäjärvi.
Lumous was organised yearly by Lumous Gothic Ry, and its history dates back to 2001 when a handful of Tampere club nights decided to join forces and organise a three-day event called Extreme Gothic Weekend with performances from Two Witches, Nik, The Candles Burning Blue and Viola. Since then, the name of the event was changed in 2002 to the current Lumous Gothic Festival, the festival gained popularity within Finland and beyond, and also expanded to a four-day event. Previous years have seen international acts such as Zombina and the Skeletones, Das Ich, Haujobb, Pro-jekt and Killing Miranda play at Lumous, along with local bands such as Two Witches, Masquerade, Virgin in Veil and Suruaika.
Program by year
2001 Lumous Gothic Festival I
Originally known as Extreme Gothic Weekend
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2002 Lumous Gothic Festival II
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Special guest DJ: Frey (FI)
2003 Lumous Gothic Festival III
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2004 Lumous Gothic Festival IV
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2005 Lumous Gothic Festival V
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2006 Lumous Gothic Festival VI
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2007 Lumous Gothic Festival VII
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Special guest DJ: Trevize (FI)
Lecture: Sofi Oksanen (FI)
2008 Lumous Gothic Festival VIII
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Documentary: Vuoden Synkin Juhla (about Finnish Goth scene)
2009 Lumous Gothic Festival IX
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Lecturer: Timo Vuorensola (FI)
2010 Lumous Gothic Festival X
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Documentary: Vuoden Synkin Juhla (about Finnish Goth scene)
2011 Lumous Gothic Festival XI
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Special guest DJ: [M4RC] (NL)
2012 Lumous Gothic Festival XII
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Special guest DJ: Meke (FI)
2013 Lumous Gothic Festival XIII
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Special guest DJ: K-109 (FI)
2014 Lumous Gothic Festival XIV
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Special guest DJs: Nik Carlsson (SE), Kari Berg (SE)
Special storytellers: Antti Lautala (FI), Matthew Pallasoja (FI)
2015 Lumous Gothic Festival XV
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Special storytellers: J. Witch, M. Hautamäki, Toby (FI)
Special guest DJs: Jaakko (FI), 4-Got-10 (EE)
Lecture: Trestalkers (FI)
Documentary: Industrial Soundtrack For the Urban Decay
2016 Lumous Gothic Festival XVI
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Special guest DJs: Shades (FI), Slackerbitch (SE)
Special storytellers: Advanced Art (FI)
2017 Lumous Gothic Festival XVII
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Special guest DJ: Shades (FI)
2018 Lumous Gothic Festival XVIII
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Special guest DJs: Niklas Carsson (SE), Jussi40 (FI)
Poetry performance: Artemis Kelosaari (FI)
Lecturer: Eero Ojanen (FI)
2019 Lumous Gothic Festival XIX
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Special guest DJ: NightOwl (SE)
Lecturer: Asko Alanen (FI)
2020 Lumous Gothic Festival XX â The Final Episode
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See also
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