Gathering Shadows 2026 - Night 2

Hot Goth Summer has arrived!

Gathering Shadows, Pōneke's biggest mini goth festival, returns in January for a two-night ritual at Valhalla.

This year's festival showcases artists who embody a wide range of genres and styles, while still honouring the ethos of crushed velvet and candelabras.

//2026 Lineup//

Night 1
* Erase Everything
* Crone (dj set)
* Talmar
* Dead Queens
* Integument
* Gravedigger (dj)

Night 2
* buffcat
* Breaches
* Kolya
* Varda
* TV DiSKO (dj)

Early Bird tickets for one-night and two-night passes are on sale until 1 December when GA ticketing begins. Secure yours now!

Note: Tickets for Night 1 are sold through the event page for Night 1, see link below.

Secure yours now. All are welcome to come party on the dark side.

✨Wrap yourself in Gathering Shadows with our official festival merch giveaway! ✨

Our ritual kit of artefacts for the afterlife includes:
* Varda ‘Farthest Shore’ EP on cassette
* Erase Everything t-shirt in black (available in M-2XL)
* Kolya “Incense Graveyard” mixtape on cassette
* buffcat “Fuck You Pay Me” t-shirt in black (available in S-L)
* Breaches black cap with white embroidered logo
* JPALM limited edition “Slug” t-shirt in purple (one size, fits S - 2XL)
* JPALM Thorn socks in black (one size, fits women’s 7-11, men’s 8-10)

To enter the giveaway draw, simply buy a presale ticket or tickets - see details on entry below.

Get your tickets now from Under the Radar

But wait, there’s more! Increase your odds of winning by doing one or both of the following, after securing your ticket/s:
1. Share this post on your story. This gives you 1 additional entry to the giveaway under your name.
2. Tag up to 5 friends in the comments. This gives you up to 5 extra entries to the giveaway under your name - 1 additional entry per friend that you tag.

*Giveaway details*
* 1 ticket = 1 giveaway entry. Each additional ticket purchased by one person adds another entry under that person’s name. E.g. Robert Smith buys 5 tickets, he gets 5 entries added to the draw under his name.
* All presale tickets are valid tickets for entry to the giveaway. This includes presale purchase of tickets for either Night 1, Night 2, or for the 2-night pass (2-night pass counts as 1 ticket).
* If you have already purchased presale tickets, you will also be added to the draw under the same terms.
* We will announce the giveaway winner at 7pm, 17 January 2026 via instagram, once presale ticketing has closed.
* We will DM the winner about picking up the prize bundle on the night of the draw. If the winner is unable to pick it up on the night, they have one week from the date of the draw to contact us about claiming the bundle. We can arrange domestic shipping only.
* If the winner does not contact us to claim their prize bundle within one week after the draw, we will recast the draw and pick a new winner on the same terms.