The National Space Centre once again provided a great backdrop for steampunk cosplay
Photos by Craig Jenkins | Dec 7, 2021
Steampunks swapped their airships for more futuristic transportation as the National Space Centre in Leicester, UK once again hosted Steampunks in Space. We have the cosplay highlights thanks to guest photographer Craig Jenkins.
Staff Report | Nov 10, 2021
Laura Meyer, a self-described “Sartorial Anthropologist” in Milwaukee, has launched a Kickstarter campaign for The Victorian Collection: Advanced Costuming Techniques, a hardcover book that will feature 15 of her Victorian/steampunk costume designs.
Staff Report | Nov 9, 2021
On most days, Mary Anne Ellis is a mild-mannered librarian in the Southern History Department of the Birmingham (Alabama) Public Library. But on or around Halloween, she becomes the Steampunk Librarian, sometimes posing for photos with patrons and colleagues. She’s been doing it since 2011.
Scenes from the steampunk gathering organized by Kolleen Kilduff of Design by Night
Photos by Anthony LaVorgna Jr. | Oct 13, 2021
About 100 steampunk fans turned out for tea dueling, a costume contest, wine tastings, and more as the Royal Rabbit Vineyards in Parkton, Maryland hosted Down the Rabbit Hole last Saturday.
Steampunk fans returned to the village known for its association with the Brontë sisters
Photos by Bill Nesbitt | Oct 12, 2021
After a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, steampunk fans in the UK once again gathered for Haworth Steampunk Weekend, the annual event hosted by White Rose Yorkshire Steampunks as a fundraiser for the Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice.
Lots of costumed spectacle at the Newark Free Steampunk Festival in the UK
Photos by Craig Jenkins | Sep 22, 2021
Hundreds of steampunks gathered in costumed splendor at the Newark Free Steampunk Festival, held Aug. 28 and 29 in Newark-on-Trent. The event was presented by the Ministry of Steampunk after the Asylum Steampunk Festival was cancelled.
Steampunk fans once again flocked to Hannibal, Missouri for the annual gathering
Photos by Curt Knapp | Sep 14, 2021
The Big River Steampunk Festival returned over Labor Day Weekend with a new owner and questions about whether it would be as big and spectacular as past gatherings. Our correspondent has a report and photos.
Whitby Pavilion once again hosted a large gathering of steampunks in costumed splendor
Photos by Paul Harrow and Kelly Robson | Sep 7, 2021
After a long pandemic-induced hiatus, steampunk fans returned July 23-25 to Whitby Pavilion in North Yorkshire for Whitby Steampunk Weekend X. It featured a steampunk market plus workshops, presentations, and live entertainment.
Steampunk enthusiasts displayed imaginative outfits at two historic locations in the UK
Photos by Steven Screen and Anthony J. Hill | Jul 13, 2021
Photo Gallery: After more than a year of the pandemic, folks are eager to get out and socialize, and so it was last weekend as steampunks gathered at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire and Papplewick Pumping Station in Nottingham.
Staff Report | Jun 29, 2021
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.
