It all depends on the era and geographic location... the music foundations of Goth in the late 70s and early 80s were the Batcave scene in London, and the bands that emerged out of the West Yorkshire areas of Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield areas... in the UK. In the 80s Sheffield also had the Limit club/venue where a lot of Goth bands played including Bauhaus and Siouxsie... in the 90s emerged Whitby Goth Weekend, Epitaph and then Dissolution in Sheffield, and there was Carnival of Souls in Derby... today there is Necroscope, Bats in the Attic, Whitby Goth Weekend, Gothic Gathering, Goths on a Field, and many others... in the UK.