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1.16.26 join Dancing Ghosts, SF’s Darkwave Dance Party, for our first event of 2026 with the Gothic-Lolita Fashion Ball!★ Anime on three screens!
★ Dress theme (optional): Gothic-Lolita Fashion or Anime/Cosplay! Enter the midnight costume contest for tickets to upcoming shows:
• Austra - 1.24 @ the Independent
• Homesick Festival feat. Ceremony - Mareux - Big Boy - others - 1.31 @ August Hall
• Anja Huwe (Xmal Deutschland) - 3.22 @ Great American Music Hall
• My Life With the Thrill K*ll Kult - 3.25 @ Great American Music Hall
• Die Krupps - 4.16 @ Great American Music Hall
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BACK ROOM
Industrial • Goth • Post-Punk
► DJs Xander and Nako
FRONT ROOM
Darkwave • Synthpop • Electro
► DJs Hopeless and Chat Noir
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◆ The Nocturnal Eye: Photography by Angyl Nihthasu
◆ Tarot by Sean!
◆ Vending by Altar Ego Design! Altar Ego Design is focused on art, both wall and wearable, for the curious of heart. Their art is a multi-faceted incorporation of vintage and antique fragments to create imagery surrounding themes of both death and the little death. All work is ethically sourced and reincarnated into new life.
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“The evolution of Japan’s Gothic & Lolita movement has been unique. Although its origins can be seen in the English New Wave movement of the 1980s (a trend made famous by the ‘Batcave’, an English Gothic club), the Japanese scene has acquired an originality and popularity all of its own, and is fundamentally different from its Western counterparts. The social and cultural history of Japan is very different from that of the West, which has allowed the county’s teenagers to co-opt the codes of Western Gothic counter-culture and create a new and specifically Japanese Gothic & Lolita style.” – Katsuhiko Ishikawa (Gothic & Lolita)
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DJs:
Xander (Dancing Ghosts)
Chat Noir (Club Séance)
Hopeless (Interzone)
Nako (Shutter/Popscene)
Friday January 16th, 2026
9:30 PM to 2:30 AM
Cat Club SF
1190 Folsom @ 8th St.
San Francisco
$7 before 10 pm, $10 after
Subscribe to Dancing Ghosts events: www.facebook.com/dancingghosts/events
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Cat Club SF, 1190 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94103-3927, United States
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