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Dark Force Fest

Dark Force Fest

VampireFreaks Announces Dark Force Fest Lineup
Three-Day, Goth-Industrial Music Festival
May 2nd to 4th, 2025

VampireFreaks proudly presents Dark Force Fest—a mind-blowing, 3-day music festival featuring a thrilling lineup of the most-beloved goth, industrial, darkwave, and post-band bands from around the world.

This jam-packed festival features 35 bands performing across two stages: including ORGY, The Birthday Massacre, Covenant, Suicide Commando, Aesthetic Perfection, Genitorturers, Funker Vogt, Razed In Black, Calabrese, SITD, Haujobb, Klutæ, TRAITRS, Beborn Beton, God Module, Flesh Field, Dead On A Sunday, Rosegarden Funeral Party, Amelia Arsenic, NYXX, Panic Priest, 2 Shadows, Seraphim Shock, Dancing Plague, genCAB, Occults, SINE, Circuit Preacher, Corbeau Hangs, Die Sexual, Frenchy and the Punk, Everything Goes Cold, Contracult, Project .44, and Whorticulture.

Dark Force Fest takes place in Parsippany, NJ (one hour from NYC) at the Sheraton Parsippany—a befitting, castle-style hotel that features 44,000 square feet of event space and 370 hotel rooms. While the hotel rooms in the main venue sold out within days of announcing the festival, there are still overflow hotels in the surrounding area.

Dark Force Fest

In addition to 35 bands, Dark Force Fest activities include:

– Over 100 Vendors
– Sideshow Performances
– Drag Queens
– DJ Club Events (Playing Goth-Industrial Music)
– Classes & Activities
– Panels and Presentations
– Food Trucks

For more information about this event:
DARK FORCE FEST