Sometimes, when in Second Life, you may well be looking for all the fun of the fair but with a darker theme and that’s exactly what you’ll find if you visit The World Goth Fair, which opened on May 15th and runs until June 1st.

There are a few things to note about World Goth Fair in Second Life, one of them is that this is not a charity event and the organisers point this out clearly :

World Goth Fair is an annual Second Life event, officially sanctioned by the folks at World Goth Day. Although it used to be a charity event, it isn’t anymore. If you want to know why that change was made, please read this post.

The linked post isn’t by me, but it explains why this event is not a charity event. I should also point out that World Goth Day was on Friday 22nd May 2015, but as I was on holiday at the time, I didn’t blog about it.

World Goth Fair is held on The Cursed Sim and it’s adult rated. The usual caveats that I often apply to adult sims apply here. I have visited the region and I’ve also visited other events that the people behind World Goth Fair organised in their lands. I have never, ever witnessed anything remotely adult on any of my visits. This isn’t to say that you won’t bump into something adult, but the adult rating here does not reflect that this is a sim that encourages overly adult activities.

The organisers of World Goth Fair are Axi Kurmin, Lokii Violet, Sonya Marmurek, Nephilaine Protaganist, Synjari Myriam, Sohma Dix and CruelBritannia, collectively they are The Cursed Events Team and they organise quite a lot of events during the year. There’s a lot more about the event on the about page of the World Goth Fair blog.

As with a lot of events in Second Life there is a large contingent of merchants and sponsors, whom you can read about here. There are some names that are familiar to me in that list, such as Gothika, Fallen Gods Inc., House Of Rain and many more of whom I’m not so familiar. This is largely because I don’t encounter as many merchants in Second Life these days as I once did.

There is also of course entertainment and musicians and DJ’s have been entertaining crowds since the event opened. Alas I don’t have an events list to refer to, but last night You Shriek were the star attraction.

What I really find interesting about this event is how open and honest the organisers are about the event. They take a no nonsense approach to network vendors, people selling art or textures they haven’t created themselves and point out why the event isn’t spread over multiple sims. Whereas many of us enjoy events in Second Life, it’s also worth noting how much work goes into organising those events.

However don’t worry, the organisers don’t bite and their hard work and good organisation result in an event that doesn’t leave you feeling like you’re treading in treacle at every turn, this is an event that is easy to navigate.

If Goth is your scene or if you have an interest in different style events in Second Life, then this is an event you may well want to visit. As I said at the start, the event runs until June 1st.

World Goth Fair

The World Goth Fair is open! This annual Second Life event runs from May 15th through June 1 and features a massive amount of vendors, musicians and huge areas to explore. For more information, be sure to visit worldgothfair.wordpress.com.

Visit in Second Life

SLURL To World Goth Fair : http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cursed/128/129/1000/

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