Boston’s New Revelry Ball Welcomes Steampunks in Costume
The new costume ball will feature music, dancers, clowns, circus arts, and burlesque performers. Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys will be the headliners.
The new costume ball will feature music, dancers, clowns, circus arts, and burlesque performers. Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys will be the headliners.
The steampunk calendar is heating up this weekend with CONpossible in Atlanta and MegaCon in Orlando. Meanwhile, Whitby Steampunk Weekend will return to North Yorkshire, and the Cog and Compass fest will take place in New Zealand.
The darkly whimsical world of Edward Gorey came to life once again as the Edwardian Ball returned to the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco.
The Edwardian Ball, held Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 in San Francisco, provided a cornucopia of eye-popping art and entertainment, but the attendees themselves were also part of the spectacle.
The Jewelry City Steampunk Festival returned to Attleboro, Massachusetts on Jan. 25 with a program featuring talks, music, dance, circus performances, teapot racing, and lots of cosplay.
Once again, San Francisco’s Regency Ballroom will be transformed into a neo-vintage wonderland as The Edwardian Ball returns on Friday, Jan. 31 and Saturday, Feb. 1.
The musical duo will join the “Steampunk Guru” and others as the Jewelry City Steampunk Festival returns to Attleboro, Massachusetts, on Jan. 25.
We didn’t need a time machine to visit 19th century London, but one was readily available at the 2024 edition of the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, taking place this month at Cow Palace in Daly City, California, just south of San Francisco.
A pair of fantastical serpents joined a host of art cars, cosplayers, Alice in Wonderland characters, and community groups as the 14th annual Mad Hatter Holiday Festival took place in Vallejo, California. An estimated 10,000 people turned out.
Thousands of fans across a wide range of genres gathered at San Francisco’s Moscone Center over Thanksgiving weekend for the third Fan Expo SF, billed as Northern California’s largest pop culture convention.
The Mad Hatter Holiday Festival will return to Vallejo, California, on Saturday, Dec. 7 with art cars, music, costume contests, craft vendors, and more. The centerpiece is a parade through the city’s downtown.
Steampunk fans in New England and points beyond steered their airships to the Vermont Steampunk Expo, held Nov. 9-10 at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction near Burlington. We’ve posted a photo gallery.
Steampunk fans gathered in Scottsboro, Alabama, on Oct. 26 for Steamers and Dreamers, a steampunk festival with costumes, games, contests, artisan merchants, and more. Lead organizer Byron Lauderdale sent along some photos.
Once a year, a small group of steampunk fans gathers in Santa Cruz County, California, for a picnic and other shenanigans, and so it happened on Saturday, Oct. 26, as they met at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in Felton.
Maker Faire Bay Area returned Oct. 18-20 to Mare Island in Vallejo, California, once again presenting a bounty of do-it-yourself projects and opportunities to meet their creators. We have photos and a video.
The Big River Steampunk Festival returned to Hannibal, Missouri over Labor Day weekend, and once again our Midwest correspondent was there to take photos and file a report. One estimate pegged total attendance at 22,000.
Once again, geeks of every stripe, including steampunk fans, will converge on Atlanta for Dragon Con, the huge multi-genre fan convention that takes place over Labor Day weekend. We have a preview.
The Big River Steampunk Festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary as it returns over Labor Day weekend to Hannibal, Missouri. Billed as the largest outdoor steampunk fest in the U.S., it will feature music, comedy, magic, circus acts, and more.
GalaxyCon came to San Jose with an impressive lineup of celebrities, including cast members from Star Trek, Psych, and Our Flag Means Death. But for me, the main attraction was the opportunity to meet artists, writers, and cosplayers.
One major attraction of any steampunk event is the cosplay, and so it was at the Key City Steampunk Convention. Attendees demonstrated their creativity in a fashion show and costume contest, as well as random encounters throughout the convention.