The Steampunk Symposium presents over 100 hours of programming with a grand schedule of presentations, exhibitors, vendors, entertainers, and some of the most eccentric special Steampunk events this side of the Aether.
While the full schedule will be posted a month before the event, here is a preview of what to expect from this year’s Symposium.
Featured Presenters
Leanna Renee Hieber – Resident Author
Emilie P. Bush – Author & MC
Entertainment
Scott Helland Guitarmy of One(ness)
Madame Gigi’s Can Can Dancers
The 1936 North American Heat Wave
Special Events & Programs
- Air Deck Croquet
- Beard & Mustache Contest
- Bocce Ball
- Devon Cream Tea
- Dirigible Races
- Faux Penny Farthing Races
- Frenchy and the Punk’s Batfrog Habitat Art Installation
- Gaming Room
- High Noon NERF Duel
- Iron Tailor
- Mystery Adventure Game (LARP)
- NAMI Charity Fundraiser
- Rubber Duck Regatta
- Steampunk Rodeo
- Tea Dueling
- Tea Stroll
- Teapot Racing
- Writing Relay
Presentations
- The 1878 Solar Eclipse Expedition to Wyoming
- Absinthe & Malice: Le Peril Vert! (21+)
- The Art of Single-Stick Fencing (18+)
- Art of the Wild West: Transcendentalism and the Hudson River School
- Building Metal Ray-Guns from Thrift Store Finds
- Charles Babbage & Ada Lovelace and the Invention of a Mechanical Computer
- Cinema Guano Goes West
- Classical Self-Defense for Classy People (18+)
- Create Your Very Own Preposterous Steampunk Bracer
- Cults, Communes, and Secret Societies
- ‘Dandies’ and ‘Dudes’ in the American West
- Deadlands RPG “Black Rain in Blackwater”
- Diverse Perspectives on the American West
- Dueling: Guns, Swords, & More!
- Escape Room Design and Secrets
- Feeding the Muse – How to Stay Inspired and Vibrant
- Ghosts, the Victorians and Us
- Gold Rush
- Grandiloquent After Dark: A Titillating Collection of Bawdy Bon Mots (18+)
- The Great New England Vampire Panic
- Gunslingers and Penslingers: Tenacious Women of the Wild West
- Haunted Mitten Road Trip: The Ghostly Frontier
- Hell Broke Loose: The Servant Girl Annihilator (18+)
- High Gear – An Original Dustpunk Short Film
- Humbug! Hoaxes, Charlatans, and Pseudoscience of the 19th Century
- Intro to LED Stunt Saber Dueling (18+)
- Introduction to Foamsmithing
- Lessons in Steampunking
- Mad Scientist Laboratory
- Mixology 101/210 (21+)
- Monster Hunting 102
- Mystery Airships of 1897
- Pony Express Race
- A Project for Annoying the Enemy: Submarines
- Pure Steam RPG
- Purgatory RPG Demos
- R. S. Belcher Feature Hour – A Lively Interview & Discussion with our Guest of Honor
- A Real Life Ghost Tour Guide Talks About Real Life Ghosts
- Rise of Moloch
- Root Beer Special
- The Saber Legion Exhibition Matches
- Scientist and Swindlers: Con Artist Guide to Riches
- Steampunk Beatdown
- Steampunk Swap Meet
- Why be Bitter? All about bitters: how to use them, how to make them (21+)
- Wild West Comedy Adventure Show with Gustaf Danielsson
- The Wild Western Tea Frontier
- Wily Women of the Wild West
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