The Minneapolis event adds a second day of festivities and welcomes Frenchy and the Punk
Staff Report | Feb 2, 2019
Frenchy and the Punk and The Langer’s Ball will take the stage as 13 GEARS: An Eclectic Steampunk Event returns to Minneapolis on Feb. 9 and 10. This is the seventh year for the gathering, but the first in which it will happen over two days instead of one.
Our weekly roundup of news and other happenings in the steampunk world
Staff Report | Feb 1, 2019
Dickens’ Oliver gets a postapocalyptic twist. Plus: Steampunk snow sculpture; Greg Chapman’s Ghosts Of Steam; Another Mormon steampunk anthology; A flurry of video games, but one bites the dust; New Kickstarters.
A report and photos from San Francisco’s Edwardian World’s Faire and Edwardian Ball
By Stephen Beale | Jan 31, 2019
Hundreds of revelers packed San Francisco’s Regency Ballroom for the Edwardian World’s Faire and Edwardian Ball, events that combined elements of a circus, music festival, art exhibition, and masquerade party, all with a quirky neo-vintage twist.
Steampunk was well represented among the vendors at the Edwardian Ball and World’s Faire
By Stephen Beale | Jan 31, 2019
As if the music, costumes, circus acts, and art installations weren’t enough, the Edwardian World’s Faire and Edwardian Ball featured a large, curated Vendor Bazaar with about 50 sellers of (mostly) handmade items. Steampunk was well represented.
Our weekly roundup of news and other happenings in the steampunk world
Staff Report | Jan 25, 2019
The steampunk art of Artūras Tamašauskas. Plus: Book news; Frenchy and the Punk tour dates; Steampunk artist on Nebraska TV; SoCal festival seeks vendors; Boston Metaphysical Society on Kickstarter; New steampunk games.
Pressure gauges from an ancestor’s company are now popular components in steampunk art
By Rick Ashton | Jan 22, 2019
Curiosity about his great-great-grandfather led Rick Ashton on a mission to learn about The Ashton Valve Co. and how it became a top supplier of steam gauges. Those gauges are now hot items for collectors and steampunk enthusiasts.
This new steampunk gathering in Durham, N.C., aka “Bull City,” will have a Weird West flavor
Staff Report | Jan 20, 2019
The organizer of the Festival of Legends is taking a big step into steampunk — with a Weird West flavor — as The Bull City Robotic Rodeo debuts Feb. 1-3 in Durham, North Carolina. It’s the latest effort from Glitter-Free Productions.
Writer and illustrator Edward Gorey inspired this whimsical arts and entertainment event
Staff Report | Jan 19, 2019
San Francisco’s Regency Ballroom will be transformed into an eccentric, steam-driven fantasyland as the Edwardian World’s Faire and Ball take place Jan. 25-26. The producers then head south for the Los Angeles Edwardian Ball in Hollywood.
Our weekly roundup of news and other happenings in the steampunk world
Staff Report | Jan 18, 2019
A Sega game console gets a steampunk treatment. Plus: A new video game lets you build steampunk combat vehicles; The Steampunk Lady of Missoula; A steam-powered space vehicle (for real); New Kickstarters; and more.
A photo gallery from the Yule Steam Expo, the annual steampunk fest in Reno, Nevada
By Reshel A. Reid and Dr. Nathaniel Blackheart | Jan 16, 2019
A fashion show, musical entertainment and the high-voltage antics of Professor Sparks were among the festivities at the Yule Steam Expo and Ball in Reno, Nevada. Thanks to Dr. Nathaniel Blackheart and Reshel A. Reid, we have a photo gallery.
