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Shadowland Lancaster, Lancaster, PA (2026)

04/07/2026

On March 20, Circuit Preacher turned Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse into a far-future industrial tent revival backed by an unholy accompaniment comprised of The Russian White and Stygian. Short of being there, we knew Charlie Valentine Grae was the pal who’d be able to capture not just the show itself but the feeling of being part of the congregation. Here’s a little peek at what we got up to - thank you, Charlie, for your hard work!!

Thank you to everyone who stepped onstage to make the show happen. Thank you to everyone who joined us in our reverence on a Friday night. Thank you to Zoetropolis and BEN ROOOOTH for hosting us and making the boom baps work.

Our next event is our monthly dance party SATURDAY, 4/25 with Stygian, Blush, Nebula, and Legs Akimbo!

03/24/2026

Behold: your monthly glimpse into the ritual theatre courtesy Tyler Ryan Studio!! Thank you, Tyler, for always swooping in and capturing the little moments of connection where the magic takes hold. From the crowd to the crew, we appreciate you showing up and making us all look like the astounding creatures of the night we are.

See you THIS SATURDAY, 3/28 to welcome DJ Dave Ghoul home and GWEN DOLL to the stage!

03/16/2026

WILL YOU JOIN THE CONGREGATION THIS FRIDAY?

Join us FRIDAY, 3/20 for a special 18+ LIVE SHOW ft. Circuit Preacher (Richmond, VA) and local-ish buds The Russian White (Reading, PA). Shadowland’s resident DJ, Stygian, will spin before/between/after ‘em. We’ll have Charlie Valentine Grae (who handled the dashing photo on slide 4) on photos!

CATCH US Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse FRI 3/20
18+ / Doors @ 7
$20 advance / $25 doors
Advance 🎟: https://zoetropolis.com/special_events/circuit-preacher-the-russian-white-and-dj-stygian/

CIRCUIT PREACHER
The year is 2222. The Circuit Preacher leads The Last Church of the Final Days, an underground doomsday cult in the American South.
A State employee by day, the Preacher is secretly building a congregation. But there’s a problem. The current government forbids any unapproved meetings, and it’s getting more and more difficult to stay hidden. Technology is never perfect, though, and the Last Church has several congregants who know how to avoid detection. Undetected by the government, the church unites in worship. Circuit Preacher’s songs fill corridors, basements, and other hidden places with heavy electronic rhythms and haunting melodies.

THE RUSSIAN WHITE
Dark electronic / deathwave act The Russian White formed in June of 2011 and released their self-titled debut EP in 2015. In 2019, their sophomore effort, “The Haunted Beach”, made it abundantly clear The Russian White spent the interim expertly honing their craft. Reaching a coveted spot on the Bandcamp charts - the no. 2 best-selling goth album - the band was praised by fans and critics alike.
2023 saw the band embark on The Children of the New Dawn tour, spanning 30 dates across the U.S. with I YA TOYAH, Komrads, Solemn Shapes, Silver Walks, and SameStory. Upon return, the two piece signed to Distortion Productions. In October 2024, The Russian White released a new batch of menacing deathwave beats on via their full-length album “Funeral Art”.

03/10/2026

SHADOWLAND is Lancaster’s monthly dark alternative dance ritual where Stygian and guest DJs from near and far dare you to shake off that boring human suit and unleash your inner monster. �This month’s rite features SHADOWLAND FOUNDING FATHER Dave Ghoul as our musical co-summoner. The iconic LEGS AKIMBO will be joined by GWEN DOLL making their Shadowland gogo debut, plus Tyler Ryan Studio on photos!

Genres range from darkwave, EBM, goth, and industrial to dark/alt pop, electro, phonk, post punk, synthwave, and so, so much more. The limit, as poet laureate Cady Heron said, does not exist.

• Catch us at Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse SATURDAY, 3/28!! 21+, 8 PM-12AM, $10.
Advance tix available on zoetropolis.com help us staff accordingly. :)
• Remember your tippin’ bills for our dancers and bartenders!
• Venue/restrooms are accessible.
• Event uses smoke machines.
• Free street parking. $5 Water Street garage located within 1 block.

Our art is ALSO by Dave Ghoul - please support his art and game/dj livestreams!

No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, or body shaming. Ask before touching, photographing, or filming; clothing/dancing/existing is not consent. Q***r- and trans-owned since 2023.
As always: Be Excellent To Each Other.

02/20/2026

Behold: your monthly glimpse into the ritual theatre courtesy Tyler Ryan Studio!! Thank you, Tyler, for always swooping in and capturing the spots where the magic really takes hold. From the crowd to the crew, we appreciate you showing up and making us all look like the astounding creatures of the night we are.

See you NEXT FRIDAY, 2/27 for our 19 (oops! we mixed up how old we are again 🙃) YEAR ANNIVERSARY MONSTER BALL!!

02/16/2026

SHADOWLAND is Lancaster’s monthly dark alternative dance ritual where Stygian and guest DJs from near and far dare you to shake off that boring human suit and unleash your inner monster. February marks our anniversary, and we can think of no better reason to get dressed up - welcome to the annual MONSTER BALL.

Gaga used to live here, she said it's okay.

If you’re feeling fancy, formal, elevated, or are just looking for an excuse to wear that statement piece that doesn’t take up an inordinate amount of dance floor room, this is the month to do it! We all have our obligatory frilly ruffle-front vampire thaddy shirt living in the back of our closets - break that bad boy out, throw on some glitter, and call it a night! Or don’t - never an expectation, just an excuse for some added fun.

This month’s rite includes GUEST DJ Nightwitch (Compersion Philly - Philadelphia, PA) as our DJ co-summoner. Our dance familiars are powerhouse gogo duo NEBULA NOVA and LEGS AKIMBO , plus Tyler Ryan Studio on photos!

Genres range from darkwave, EBM, goth, and industrial to dark/alt pop, electro, phonk, post punk, synthwave, and so, so much more. The limit, as poet laureate Cady Heron said, does not exist.

• Catch us at FRIDAY, 2/27!! 21+, 8 PM-12AM, $10.
Advance tix available on zoetropolis.com help us staff accordingly. :)
• Remember your tippin’ bills for our dancers and bartenders!
• Venue/restrooms are accessible.
• Event uses smoke machines.
• Free street parking. $5 Water Street garage located within 1 block.

Art by Shadowland OG Dave Ghoul - please support his art and game/dj livestreams!

No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, or body shaming. Ask before touching, photographing, or filming; clothing/dancing/existing is not consent. Q***r- and trans-owned since 2023.
As always: Be Excellent To Each Other.

02/05/2026

The year sure is off to a rough fu***ng start, huh?

Shadowland wants to do a little extra joy where we can, so we're hosting TWO events in March TWO weeks in a row!! The FIRST event is FRIDAY, 3/20 with a special 18+ LIVE SHOW ft. Circuit Preacher (Richmond, VA) and local-ish buds The Russian White (Reading, PA). Shadowland’s resident DJ, Stygian, will spin before/between/after ‘em. We’ll have Charlie Valentine Grae (who handled thedashing photo on slide 4) on photos!

CATCH US Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse FRI 3/20
18+ / Doors @ 7
$20 advance / $25 doors
Advance 🎟 @ zoetropolis.com�

CIRCUIT PREACHER�
The year is 2222. The Circuit Preacher leads The Last Church of the Final Days, an underground doomsday cult in the American South.
A State employee by day, the Preacher is secretly building a congregation. But there’s a problem. The current government forbids any unapproved meetings, and it’s getting more and more difficult to stay hidden. Technology is never perfect, though, and the Last Church has several congregants who know how to avoid detection. Undetected by the government, the church unites in worship. Circuit Preacher’s songs fill corridors, basements, and other hidden places with heavy electronic rhythms and haunting melodies.

THE RUSSIAN WHITE�
Dark electronic / deathwave act The Russian White formed in June of 2011 and released their self-titled debut EP in 2015. In 2019, their sophomore effort, “The Haunted Beach”, made it abundantly clear The Russian White spent the interim expertly honing their craft. Reaching a coveted spot on the Bandcamp charts - the no. 2 best-selling goth album - the band was praised by fans and critics alike.
2023 saw the band embark on The Children of the New Dawn tour, spanning 30 dates across the U.S. with I YA TOYAH, Komrads, Solemn Shapes, Silver Walks, and SameStory. Upon return, the two piece signed to Distortion Productions. In October 2024, The Russian White released a new batch of menacing deathwave beats on via their full-length album “Funeral Art”.

02/03/2026

THANK YOU, SHADOWLAND! If we’re going to have another Worst Year Ever™️™️™️, I’d rather start it off with y’all and a big middle finger to the little snowstorm that kinda’? could. Thank you to everyone who braved the cold to partake in the first of this year’s many rituals!!

THANK YOU...
•DJ BRAD SCOTT, our guest copilot from COVEN in EASTON, PA! He remains the most banned-by-Meta DJ in Easton so please consider joining his Party People list at https://www.djbradfscott.com!!
•NEBULA & LEGS AKIMBO, our unstoppable gogo dancers! If you didn't get to tip 'em Saturday:

NEBULA: Venmo @ n38u14 / Cashapp $nebulaxnova
LEGS AKIMBO: Venmo @ legsakimbo / Cashapp $ LegsAkimbo

• Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse for the space, support, and collaboration! Shout out to the inimitable BEN ROOOTH on sound.
•Our setup/strike and street teams - the backbone of Shadowland. Between making sure the theatre gets moved and reset each month and being on hand to help folks if and when issues arise, we’ve got a wonderful group of volunteers collaborating behind the scenes to keep things running.
• Tyler Ryan Studio on photos - those’ll likely drop next week!
• Dave Ghoul for our monthly poster art/design!
•You! Beautiful, terrifying, unknowable you. There’s no Shadowland without the shadows, and I appreciate your continuous trust with your time, joy, energy, and, well, money.

Our next ritual is our annual MONSTER BALL on FRIDAY, FEB. 27 with DJ NIGHTWITCH from COMPERSION PHILLY !! No set lists right now mostly because I am being pulled in 87 directions but we’ll get back to that come February.

‘Til next we meet,
Stygian

01/24/2026

Stygian + DJ BRAD SCOTT + NEBULA + LEGS AKIMBO +Tyler Ryan Studio + Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse are ready for this weekend's ritual - are you? Let’s get on the same page re: expectations for attendees, staff, photographers, and dancers - and how we can approach hard situations together when they happen.

Copies of our expectations/reporting info are also present on site during events.

When in doubt, Bill and Ted had it right: "be excellent to each other".

When not in doubt: no racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, or body shaming. Ask before touching, photographing, or filming; clothing/dancing/existing is not consent.

Sound good? See you TONIGHT, 1/24!!

01/20/2026

Behold: your monthly glimpse into the ritual theatre courtesy Tyler Ryan Studio!! Thank you, Tyler, for always swooping in and capturing the spots where the magic really takes hold. From the crowd to the crew, we appreciate you showing up and making us all look like the astounding creatures of the night we are.

See you THIS SATURDAY, 1/24 at Cinema Stillhouse for our first rite of the year with me, DJ BRAD SCOTT, NEBULA, LEGS AKIMBO, and Tyler behind the lens!

01/16/2026

Before we convene next week, we want to take a moment to talk about and thank our promotional artwork lord and savior, Dave Ghoul!!
Dave is one of Shadowland Lancaster’s OG promoters/DJs and a longtime graphic and digital mixed-media artist. All our art is a piece of Dave’s handiwork - he’s behind every flyer and the artwork on it, and he does it on his own each and every month, no AI.

In addition to his work as an artist, Dave Ghoul is a DJ and event producer from Philadelphia that specializes in alternative dance music such as Darkwave, EBM, Electro, Goth, Industrial, Post-Punk, Synth and more. He’s collaborated on hundreds of events from freaky to fe**sh and everything in between; he’s appeared as a DJ in hundreds more. In 2020, he began DJing on Twitch, which he continues to do. His current program is Ghost Frequency which takes place Saturday nights starting at 9PM (ET); he has a separate channel for streaming videogames, too!!

Dave’s picked a few pieces from 2007 he adapted for some of last year’s flyers AND his favorite original 2025 pieces to highlight. In lieu of being able to join us month in and out, our art is Dave’s way of staying connected to Shadowland while health and circumstance keep us apart.

On a personal note, Dave has been an incredible guide to me as I’ve navigated situations aspiring-DJ Stygian never would have imagined, be they technical, ethical, logistical, or personal. He’s been my cheerleader for probably longer than I’m ever going to understand and I want to take a moment to cheer for him, too. THANK YOU, DAVE GHOUL 🖤.

If you’ve ever seen one of our posters and thought, “Damn, I’d frame that” - you can do it by purchasing prints and other goods at https://decwrk.com/.

Gimme A Kiss - 2007 - Digital Mixed Medium
The Horned God - 2007 - Digital Mixed Medium
The King In Black - 2025 - Digital Mixed Medium
Black Mass - 2025 - Digital Mixed Medium

01/08/2026

This is a 3-for-1 post: your monthly party promo, my (Stygian's) thank you for an incredible 2025, and my sets from last month's event.

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SHADOWLAND is Lancaster’s monthly dark alternative dance ritual where Stygian and guest DJs from near and far dare you to shake off that boring human suit and unleash your inner monster. This month, DJ BRAD SCOTT (Coven - Easton, PA; both currently banned 🙃) returns as part of his and Stygian’s three-week party-sprint toward the first (sold out!!) BLOOD BANK. Our dance familiars are powerhouse gogo duo Nebula Nova and Legs Akimbo, plusTyler Ryan Studio on photos!

Genres range from darkwave, EBM, goth, and industrial to dark/alt pop, electro, phonk, post punk, synthwave, and so, so much more. The limit, as poet laureate Cady Heron said, does not exist.

• Catch us at Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse SATURDAY, 1/24!! 21+, 8 PM-12AM, $10.
Advance tix available on zoetropolis.com help us staff accordingly. :)
• Remember your tippin’ bills for our dancers and bartenders!
• Venue/restrooms are accessible.
• Event uses smoke machines.
• Free street parking. $5 Water Street garage located within 1 block.

Art by Shadowland OG Dave Ghoul - please support his art and game/dj livestreams!

No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, or body shaming. Ask before touching, photographing, or filming; clothing/dancing/existing is not consent. Q***r- and trans-owned since 2023.
As always: Be Excellent To Each Other.

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As far as my thanks go: there's no Shadowland without the folks who show up each month. That's the folks who just come to party, the DJs/dancers/photogs, the venue staff, and the street/setup/strike team. I don't get to live this dream without everyone else. In a year that often felt joyless, I have to take a moment and say thank you, Shadowland, for all the joy. I love you. 🖤 Stygian

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