Staff Report | Apr 27, 2022
Musical entertainment includes Celtica Nova, Frenchy and the Punk, The Eternal Frontier, and A Halo Called Fred. Traditionally one of the largest steampunk gatherings in the U.S., it’s set for Saturday, May 7, in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Staff Report | May 14, 2021
In case you missed last weekend’s online Watch City Steampunk Festival, much of the programming is now accessible on the festival’s YouTube channel.
Staff Report | May 7, 2021
Steampunk fans can journey to the Moon as the virtual Watch City Steampunk Festival takes place on YouTube, Zoom, and Discord. The lunar voyage serves as the theme for the event, which will feature two tracks of online programming.
Staff Report | Apr 2, 2021
Watch City participants will take a trip to the Moon with “hours of in-flight entertainment. . . These performances will be transmitted directly to your viewing monitors.” Most programming will be available on YouTube.
Staff Report | Mar 6, 2021
Organizers of the Watch City Steampunk Festival are seeking entries for the Mad Science Expo, Virtual Edition, which will be part of this year’s online event scheduled for May 8.
Staff Report | Feb 5, 2021
The huge steampunk festival in Waltham, Massachusetts is cancelled once again due to COVID-19. But this year the organizers plan to host a virtual event in its place.
Staff Report | May 17, 2019
The weather gods were smiling last Saturday as large crowds gathered for the steampunk festival in Waltham. Visitors saw mad inventions, imaginative costumes, and lots more.
Wacky contraptions and Prof. Elemental are highlights at the Watch City Steampunk Festival
Staff Report | Apr 29, 2019
“Mad Science” will be the theme as the Watch City Steampunk Festival returns to Waltham, Massachusetts on May 11. The program includes an exhibition of steampunk contraptions plus live entertainment, educational presentations, and more.
The Watch City festival wants contraptions that “arrest the eye and tickle the brain”
Staff Report | Oct 8, 2018
The Watch City Steampunk Festival is seeking entries for a “Mad Science Exhibition” at next year’s event. “Competitors will submit an ‘invention’ in the form of a contraption, construct, or kinetic sculpture,” the organizers say.
The Watch City Steampunk Festival returns to Waltham, Mass., this time with a circus theme
Staff Report | Apr 21, 2018
This free event is billed as America's largest outdoor steampunk festival, but with estimated attendance of 10,000 people, it's probably one of the largest steampunk happenings of any kind.
