Editing Whitby Goth Weekend (section)

{{Short description|Music festival in North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{use British English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox music festival
| music_festival_name = Whitby Goth Weekend
| image               = [[File:Whitbygothic.jpg|250px]]
| caption             = Whitby Goth Weekend logo and image of [[Whitby Abbey]]
| location            = [[Whitby]], [[North Yorkshire]], England, United Kingdom 
| venue(s)            = [[Whitby Spa]] 1997-2018, [[Metropole Hotel]] (overspill venue) 1999-2006, [[Abbey Wharf]] 2019-Current
| years_active        = 1994–present
| founders            = Jo Hampshire
| dates               = October/November (1994–present),<br> April (1997–present)
| genre               = [[Gothic rock]], [[dark wave]], [[synth-pop]], [[future pop]], [[gothic metal]]
| website             = {{url|http://whitbygothweekend.co.uk}}
}}

'''Whitby Goth Weekend''', abbreviated to '''WGW''' or nicknamed '''Whitby''', is a twice-yearly music festival for the [[goth subculture]], in [[Whitby]], [[North Yorkshire]], England, organised by Jo Hampshire. The event is an alternative music festival, consisting of two nights of live bands, and three days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) of alternative trade stalls at the Whitby Leisure Centre, and Whitby Brunswick Centre.

The term "Whitby Goth Weekend" is sometimes used as a [[generic trademark|generic]] term to describe events during the week in Whitby as a whole, although the name of the event and its associated logo are [[registered trademark]]s of Jo Hampshire of Top Mum Promotions.<ref>{{cite news
  |url=https://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK00002598441 
  |title=Case details for trade mark UK00002598441: Whitby Goth Weekend
  |date=3 February 2012
  |website=[[Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)|IPO]]
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
  |url=https://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK00002608916 
  |title=Case details for trade mark UK00002608916: WGW
  |date=18 May 2012
  |website=IPO
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
  |url=https://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK00002608920 
  |title=Case details for trade mark UK00002608920: logotype
  |date=1 June 2012
  |website=IPO 
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
  |url=https://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK00003016493 
  |title=Case details for trade mark UK00003016493: Whitby Gothic Weekend
  |date=8 November 2013
  |website=IPO 
}}</ref>