Arkansas and Mid-South Industrial/Post-Industrial Events Guide

Last Updated: November 28, 2022 @ 12:00 PM

Here’s a list of upcoming shows and events in the industrial/post-industrial, darkwave, goth, experimental, etc. music fields happening in Arkansas and the nearby region. (At the moment we’ll be including events within a roughly 500-mile area, which will include metro areas of Little Rock, Arkansas; Dallas and Austin, Texas; Memphis, Tennessee; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Kansas City, Missouri.) Events on this page are organized chronologically. Please check with the event’s organizer(s) or venue for tickets and other information—especially before making travel plans.

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Saturday, December 3, 2022

Funeral Party in Faytteville, with DJ Death Mistress, DJ Gomez, and DJ 10.29 at Nomad’s Trailside in Fayetteville.

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

December Full Moon Market at The Labyrinth in Little Rock.

Saturday, December 10, 2022

Club Nevermore: The Cure For the Holidays at The Labyrinth in Little Rock.

Friday, December 16, 2022

Sci-Fi Fridays Presents 20 Million Miles to Earth
Modeling, Peach Blush, Way Away, Salon Blonde at White Water Tavern in Little Rock.

Saturday, December 23, 2022

Dystopia Goth Night, With DJ Evonech, DJ St. Faust, and Club Nevermore’s DJ 10.29 at Black Lodge Video in Memphis.

Friday, December 30, 2022

Friday Night Frights Preesnts Silent Night, Bloody Night at The Labyrinth in Little Rock.

Arkansas Music Venues

Area 51: 6511 Warden Road in Sherwood. Note: Area 51’s entrance in the neighboring bar Alibi’s.
~~The Backspace: Fayetteville~~ (Alas, The Backspace was another casaulty of the covid19 pandemic.)
Club Nevermore: Arkansas’s one and only goth-industrial club night! Check their Facebook page for upcoming events.
~~The Trough Bar & Grill (Formerly Core Public House), 833 Central Avenue, Hot Springs.~~
EJ’s Eats & Drinks, 523 Center Street, Little Rock.
The Hall, 721 W. 9th St., Little Rock.
The Labyrinth, 619 S. Spring Street, Little Rock.
Low Key Arts: Hot Springs - Low Key Arts is the parent organization of our radio station, KUHS-LP Hot Springs 102.5 FM. (Alas, the Low Key Arts venue was a casualty of the Covid19 pandemic.)
Maxine’s, 700 Central Avenue, Hot Springs.
Rev Room, 300 President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock.
Starlite Club, 230 Ouachita Avenue, Hot Springs.
Stickyz, 107 River Market Avenue, Little Rock.
Vino’s, 923 West 7th St., Little Rock.
White Water Tavern, 2500 West 7th St., Little Rock.

Tennessee Venues

Texas Venues

Louisiana Venues

Missouri Venues

Other Pages

Little Rock Goth and Industrial Facebook Group
KABF 88.3 FM - Little Rock, AR: Little Rock’s community radio station.
KUHS-LP Hot Springs 102.5 FM - Hot Springs, AR: The station our shows airs on. It’s also the only solar-powered radio station in Arkansas.
The Night Before Tomorrow Our friend Gary (DJ 10.29/Club Nevermore) now has own radio show. Check it out!
Valley of the Vapors Music Festival: Hot Springs music festival with a variety of artists, which happens in Hot Springs, Arkansas during March. Check their website for complete lineup and schedule, etc.
Control (Little Rock): Record store located in Little Rock’s Hillcrest neighborhood.
Arcana: A Gothic Gathering: Goth-industrial event in Memphis, Tennessee.
Attrition: New Orleans: Puts on goth-industrial nights and concerts in New Orleans.
Das Machine - Austin, TX: Monthly EBM/Industrial party in Austin, TX.
Dark Entries: Goth Radio: Radio show on WUSC in South Carolina hosted by my friend DJ D. Check their page for their broadcast schedule and links to its podcast.
Dystopia Productions: production company that puts on the Dystopia goth/dark eletro, etc. events in the Memphis area.
Finally Friday on KUHS-LP Check out Finally Friday, hosted by Sonny Kay, Danny P and sometimes yours truly (Operator OT), for a fun and energetic punk, new wave, post-punk, and more. Airs Fridays, 8-10 PM CT on KUHS-LP 102.5 FM Hot Springs and streams at kuhsradio.org
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival - All documentary film festival in October. Check their site for schedule, admission details, etc.
Hot Springs Horror Film Festival - Horror movie festival in September. Check their site for schedule, admission details, etc.
Industrial Goth Underground Kansas City Facebook Page
Into the Black Lodge: New goth-industrial show on KUHS-LP, on Wednesdays at 6-8 PM CT.
New Orleans Noise Music Facebook Community
Masks For All: Covering up your disease-spewing face holes while out in public will make the pandemic go away faster.
Memphis Concrète Festival - Memphis, TN: Experimental and electronic music festival in Memphis, TN, which also does shows and events throughout the year. Check their site for shows and events.
Outrage Radio: Our friend Danny P has his own show, playing shoegaze, noise rock, no wave, and more, on Wednesdays at 4-6 PM CT on KUHS-LP.
Procession Magazine The hot new print magazine covering goth, post-punk, darkwave, etc.
Shadow Transmission: Our friends DJ Hollow and DJ Dagger Dance have podcast and website devoted to promoting alterative/fringe/dark culture-type things made or going on in the state of Arkansas, and their spin-off show Fringe Benefits does music reviews. Check it out!
Torment - Springfield, MO: Gothic, Industrial, Dark EDM night in Springfield, MO.
Where’s Your Goth At?: Interactive Google Map of goth clubs, venues, and more.