The 2010 Steampunk World’s Fair Convention Report ‘ The Convention Fans Blog

The Blog for Fandom Conventions

Home » Feedback & Con Reports, On Site Convention Coverage, Steampunk

The 2010 Steampunk World’s Fair Convention Report

17 May 2010 No Comment by Kelly Rowles

This past weekend, the Alltern8 / Convention Fans Blog team went out to The Steampunk World’s Fair in Piscataway, New Jersey (USA). Billed as “the first East Coast event to welcome Steampunks, Neo-Victorians, Retro-futurists, Gas Lamp Fantasists, and any and all others who consider themselves part of steampunk into a weekend long festival celebrating all things steamy,” I am happy to say that it was that and much much more.

The Steampunk World’s Fair (hereafter known as SPWF) turned out to be an event that combined the best elements of a ren fair, a music festival, and a traditional fandom convention. We had so much fun, that I’m not even sure where to begin.

About Kelly Rowles

The founder and creator of The Convention Fans Blog is Kelly Rowles. She created the blog back in the fall of 2008, and has been working on it ever since. She started attending fandom conventions back in Orlando, Florida when she was just a teenager. Now based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she’s exploring all the tri-state area has to offer. While she’ll attend just about any convention out of sheer curiosity, at heart she’s mostly a Star Trek fan looking to meet every major cast member from each series. She’s getting closer to that goal than she ever thought possible.