The festival, one of the largest steampunk gatherings in the U.S., is under new ownership this year. Visitors can expect a varied program with a steampunk parade, live entertainment, costume contests, and more.

This isn’t the steampunk Professor Elemental, so here he’s known simply as “Elemental.” He describes the video as “a nightmare of everything I never want to be.”

A look at successful Kickstarter campaigns that concluded in April, May, and June. Renegade Game Studios raised more than $900,000 for My Father’s Work. Also: A new album from Unwoman, a new hardcover edition of Hopeless Maine Book One, and the latest in the Boston Metaphysical Society series.

Band leader Robert Brown says Giants of Iron and Steam is being funded by a clean energy company near Sacramento. Meanwhile, the band is working on its next album, tentatively titled The Subaquatic Opera.

Another holiday on the steampunk calendar is coming up as admirers of Nikola Tesla will celebrate the 165th anniversary of the inventor’s birth. Major events are planned in Gospić, Croatia, and at the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe.

The Paris-based “Steamgoth” trio and Seattle-based “nerd folk” artist have been frequent performers at steampunk events. The free festival will also feature sets by Death Ingloria, The Gothsicles, Greg Klyma, and many more.

With the closure of Old Tucson, next year’s convention will be held at the Westward Look resort in the Santa Catalina foothills north of downtown Tucson. It’s set for March 3-6, 2022.

It’s happening mostly online with some limited activities in Coldwater, Ontario. “We will be curating a month of online content, featuring local artists, performers, musicians, and more,” the organizers say.

Collectors of antique buttons will be gathering online in late July, and they welcome steampunk artists to join. “All Aboard for Buttons” will be an “unconventional convention” hosted on Zoom by the National Button Society.