Wuthering Heights Day 2026: Kate Bush Fans Recreate Iconic Dance in Whitstable – Complete with Drone Footage

These days, most people know Kate Bush for Running Up That Hill, which was iconically featured on Stranger Things.  However, outside of the US, ask people of a certain age and they will immediately cite Wuthering Heights, her 1978 hit, as her most popular song.  In fact, inspired by the music video that went with it, each year women get together in community events all over the giff-gaff to recreate the famous dance from the video.  They also try their best to reproduce the flowing dress Bush wore in it, and many don a wig to complete the ensemble.  While you don’t have to be (ever so gently) bonkers mad to join in a group event like this, I suspect it helps...

The sleepy English seaside town of Whitstable holds it own version - Whittering Heights (get it?) and this year the global event was branded as The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever.  Apparently, when women (some men have been known to join in, too) get together in this manner, it is known as a Mass Wuther, and the one in Penistone Hill, close to the famous Brontë parsonage in Haworth, is probably the most famous. However, the Whitstable organisers this year employed a drone to capture the full majesty of this particular Mass Wuther.  This Community of Cathies (I counted 33) have been getting together once a month since February to rehearse the dance – but I am pretty sure that there has been a lot of bedroom mirror work going on as well.  This is a Mass Wuther par excellence.  A captivating community of Cathies.

Whoever thought of filming it with a drone (not to mention organising that) deserves a Blue Peter badge for this genius move which allows us to really take in the full spectacle.  Hats off, too, to the Cathies in this video.  I love the way that each has adapted the famous red dress and black sash to their own taste, with some versions going down to the ankle while at least one has gone for a mini version (perhaps Babooshka Day for you next year?).  Hopefully, that means that these dresses get more than an annual outing.  What the original article (as it were) has to say about Wuthering Heights Day has not been recorded.  Kate Bush is famously reluctant to appear or talk in public and gives interviews once a millennium, but I hope that if she sees this video it puts a smile on her face as big as mine is right now!

OK, here's the original just for comparison.  Oddly, there were two videos for the song.  The first featured Kate in a white dress.  The one below (known to fans as Version 2) was created for the American market and as you can see, every expense was spared.  Still, decades later, it continues to inspire our communities of Cathies to go forth and Wuther.  Wuthering Heights peaked at No. 8 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, which is essentially the chart just below the main Hot 100.  It took Kate a while to crack the States.