The Eccentrik Festival was an annual 3-day

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and industrial music

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held in the

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area and had in some years been spread out between several different venues. The festival started in October 2004. Musical styles typically featured at Eccentrik included

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, industrial,

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and other related genres. The festival was also notable for its party-like atmosphere, the pre-festival meet n' greet, art show, and a dancefloor featuring goth, deathrock, industrial, steampunk and post-punk djs from around the US. In 2008, the Eccentrik Festival went

by asking some of the most well-known musicians in that genre to perform, as well as having the Davenport sisters of the weekly radio program, The Clockwork Cabaret, act as hosts for the event.

Band lineups by year

;2004 : Clockwerk (the band) ,

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, Oddstar ,

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, RJE , Red All Over , Threshold 6 ;2005 :

Bella Morte Bella Morte is a gothic rock band formed in 1996 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. They incorporate elements of metal, dark wave, deathrock, alternative, and synthpop. The band's name means "Beautiful Death" in Italian language. Acc ...

, The Brides , In Tenebris , The Last Dance ,

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;2006 : Americlone ,

Anders Manga Anders Manga is an American recording artist who has been active in the darkwave genre since the late 1990s, and is also known for performing with his wife, Devallia, in the horror rock band Bloody Hammers. Music 1990s: Early Experiments an ...

, Attrition ,

, High Blue Star ;2007 :

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, The Last Dance ,

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, The Hellblinki Sextet , Terrorcouple ;2008 :The Brides , The Ghosts Project , The Hellblinki Sextet , Nicki Jaine ,

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, Vernian Process ;2009 : The Clockwork Dolls , The Extraordinary Contraptions , Lemming Malloy ,

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, Unwoman , Veronique Diabolique , Vernian Process

References

External links

Eccentrik Festival Yahoo Group

Eccentrik Festival Livejournal Community
{{Electronic music festival Music festivals established in 2004 Goth festivals Industrial music festivals Goth subculture Steampunk conventions Electronic music festivals in the United States

Band lineups by year

See also

References

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