The eight-episode series, adapted from Andrew Lane’s YA novels, will star Hero Fiennes Tiffin in the title role as a teenage Holmes. Matthew Parkhill will be the writer and showrunner.
June appears to be a big month for pop culture franchises, with a new Star Wars series on Disney+, Season 2 of House of the Dragon on HBO/Max, and Season 4 of The Boys on Prime Video.
A new steampunk convention is happening this weekend in Louisville, Kentucky, while the Freaky Mutant Weirdo fest returns under new branding and a museum in Virginia hosts a steampunk art exposition.
“Botanical Mechanical” will be the theme as the New Zealand town once again hosts Steampunk NZ, billed as the “largest, longest running steampunk event in the Southern Hemisphere.”
Tyson Vick is crowdfunding a coffee table book that uses staged photography to tell a story about a steampunk monster hunter. Also: Gothic metal duo Valentine Wolfe is seeking funds for their first-ever album to be released on vinyl.
It’s the latest entry in George Miller’s postapocalyptic franchise, telling the origin story of Imperator Furiosa, who was memorably portrayed by Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road.
Twice a year, goths and steampunks from across the U.K. travel to the North Yorkshire coast for Whitby Goth Weekend. The latest gathering took place April 26-28, and our guest photographer was there to shoot pictures and pose for some as well.
The Morris Museum is hosting AutomataCon, described as “a convention for automata collectors, artists, historians, and enthusiasts.” Automata are mechanical devices that function much like robots, but dating back as far as ancient and medieval times.
Haworth Steampunk Weekend came early this year, drawing steampunk fans to the West Yorkshire village known for its association with the Brontë sisters. The gathering featured a steampunk market, cosplay, and lots more.
It’s another big weekend for steampunk fans in the U.S., as the Watch City Steampunk Festival returns to Waltham, Massachusetts, along with happenings in Arkansas and California’s Gold Country.
A World War II era aircraft carrier might be the last place where you’d expect to see a goth event, but that was the setting on Saturday, May 4 as The Menagerie presented San Francisco’s 4th Annual World Goth Day Festival.
May is an excellent month for Doctor Who fans as a new season is set for its worldwide premiere with Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor. Also arriving this month is the Season 3 premiere of Bridgerton on Netflix.
The Tell-Tale Steampunk Festival draws its name from the works of Edgar Allan Poe, but this year’s convention adopted a theme from another 19th century author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Steampunk, in large measure, is a community of artists, whether that takes the form of costumes, props, gadgets, or 2D wall art. All those forms were on display at Clockwork Alchemy.
“Aetheric Ocean” was the theme as Clockwork Alchemy, the SF Bay Area steampunk convention, returned to the San Mateo Marriott. The nautical theme was reflected throughout the convention, in costumes, panels, art projects, and more.
The author is planning a virtual launch event for Grand Tour: The Brass Queen II. It tells the story of an eccentric 19th century aristocrat who is also a secret arms dealer.
Whether they’re in the East or West, U.S. steampunk fans will have plenty to do this weekend as steampunk conventions are happening on both coasts along with a meetup in Boston and two festivals in upstate New York.
It’s an excellent month for Star Trek fans as the final season of Star Trek: Discovery premieres on Paramount+. Other notable arrivals include Hellboy, Dead Boy Detectives, Black Sails, and a National Geographic documentary about octopuses.
The next month will be a busy one for steampunk fans in the U.S., with multiple events over each of the first three weekends of April. The calendar includes happenings in Galveston, Chicago, Baltimore, the San Francisco area, and points in between.
The most popular pastime in steampunk is going professional, as we can exclusively report the launch of Major League Tea Dueling. Teams will play under the watchful eyes of commissioners Madame Askew and The Grand Arbiter.
Time Traveler Universe and the Menagerie Oddities Market presented the first-ever Steamptopia, held Saturday, March 16 at the Lucchesi Recreation Center in Petaluma, California, near San Francisco.
Controversial event producer Jeff Mach blamed Eventbrite for payment issues at the Wicked World’s Fair in Pennsylvania. The ticketing company appeared to push back in a statement provided to The Steampunk Explorer.
“I was a witness to the Apocalypse.” Those were the words of one participant at the Wicked World’s Fair (WWF), a self-described “Steampunk/Polygenre Festival” that took place Feb. 23-25 at the SureStay Plus hotel in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Two very different films with steampunk aesthetics arrive this month on streaming services. First up is Poor Things, the critically acclaimed Yorgos Lanthimos film, followed by Wonka, an origin story inspired by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Participants at last weekend’s Wicked World’s Fair cited a litany of problems, including a lack of security and dangerously overcrowded vendor spaces. It was produced by Jeff Mach, who previously organized the Steampunk World’s Fair.
