Minneapolis, MN – September 27, 2013 – Anime Midwest in Chicago is excited to announce two more guests will be joining them in 2014: steampunk musicians Frenchy and the Punk and voice actor Chris Patton. Frenchy at the Punk will be part of Anime Midwest’s epic concert series headlined by Steam Powered Giraffe. Convention attendees can see both FnP and

The Nightmare Machine was the most unusual Steampunk Event I have attended and made for a truly immersive experience.

Party at Anachronism 4.5, a gothic steampunk benefit show for Gil Cnaan, and have a very undead neo-Victorian April Fools.

The Lost Treasures of Steampunk is the latest addition to the program for the 2012 Steampunk World’s Fair this May.

A quick musing on the history and possible future of steampunk conventions in the Southwest region.

Clockwork Con surprised people by being unusually well organized and well run.

I saw a quote the other day saying that steampunk had jumped the shark back in 2008. Intrigued by the idea, I posed this question on a steampunk forum, “Has steampunk jumped the shark?”

World Steam Expo has scheduled some big names in steampunk fiction for their Guest list, including Gail Carriger and Cheri Priest.

Brand new for 2012! January 13-16 is the debut of the Steampunk Symposium aboard the historic Queen Mary.

We hope that you’ve had a retro-futurism filled 2011. Here are some nifty neo-Victorian New Year’s parties to ring in 2012.

Looking for some New Year’s Eve plans? How about ringing in 2012 with a steampunk at Dorian Parlor’s fancy bash?

There are many haunted attractions out there, but most of them are pretty much the same: blood, gore, carnage, more blood. Why not try something a little different for a change?

Steamcon II: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is this weekend, October 14-16 of 2011. It will be held in Bellevue, Washington.

The MUZEO in Southern California is having some great steampunk and Victorian exhibits starting October.

Not sure what to do this weekend? If you live in New England, you can take a drive to Fitchburg, MA and see the Great New England Steampunk Exposition!

Gaslight Gathering, a steampunk and Victoriana convention new for 2011, has announced it’s dates for next year.

There are several fan events, parties, festivals and general frolicking scheduled for lovers of retro futurism this month.

Put on your best corsets and engineer’s vests and head to Pickering Wharf in Salem, MA for the second annual Steampunk Invasion.

Dragon*Con has many Fan Tracks. Steampunk lovers will find their retrofuturist cravings met by the Alternative History track.

Say “happy b-day” to H.G. Wells at the Time Traveler’s Ball held by MidWest Steampunk this September.

Steampunk had a big presence in the programs and events at Comic-Con this year. From signings, exhibitors, panels, and wonderful costumes.

his week is the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con. As, uh, you may have noticed. Among the comic books and other pop culture fare is a thread of steampunkery woven by various local groups. Here’s a quick look at the various steampunk events, panels, artists, signings, etc. available to the intrepid congoer for 2011.

This Saturday, July 16, is the one year anniversary of steampunk fest Dorian’s Parlor. To celebrate, they’ve lined up great talent including the one and only Voltaire as headliner.

Kali’s Hourglass joined the Crow Collection of Asian Art Museum Fashion Show once again this year for their “Japanese Street Fashion Inspired” Fashion Show and Costume Contest.

Heidi Wunder is just as her name suggests…a wonder! She not only performs and teaches Tribal Belly Dance, but also lives the concepts that she teaches. She has a deep love of music, dance, nature, and of people. She brought all this and more to the stage on June 4th as the fictional “Delegate” from Persia in a supporting role in a “steampunk” Murder Mystery Play at a new Texas convention called the “Difference Engine” in Fort Worth, Texas.

When Dorian’s Parlor opened its doors one year ago it was the first venture of its kind on the east coast. Today it is a household name for those who love Steampunk and all things neo-vintage. Throughout the past year Dorian’s Parlor has showcased a fantastic roster of award winning and incredible performers, bands, artists and fashion designers. Now the event celebrates its one year anniversary by tossing the biggest and best party ever, and this is one you do not want to miss.

June boasts many interesting and unusual steampunk events; conventions, teas, dances, etc. Including one con that I’m REALLY looking forward to.

Sarasvati Bodhisattva is a truly excellent musician that plays and performs at a variety of types of conventions. She recently performed at Marquis of Vaudville’s Clockwork Wonderland and as an opening act for them at Allcon 2011. She also performed at the very first full steampunk convention in Texas down in San Antonio called Aetherfest in April 2011. Now she will be the Headliner musical performer for the Difference Engine Summit, Steampunk Murder Mystery Event on June 4th, 2011.

This hybrid multi-genre convention mixes steampunk, horror, pirates, sci-fi, and fantasy all with the unifying element of the Western Martial Arts. We’re pretty big on steampunk here at Convention Fans Blog so let me tell you that the steamy events scheduled so far for CombatCon 2011 are looking pretty sweet.

Last year, one of my favorite conventions ended up being The Steampunk World’s Fair (SWF). It was brand new, and the first steampunk convention in my area of the northeast, so I knew I just had to attend. I ended up going with fellow Convention Fans Blog contributor Dan Fowler, and we had an absolute blast. We started looking forward to SWF 2011 almost as soon as 2010′s had ended.

This Saturday we were out at The Steampunk World’s Fair in New Jersey. We had attended last year and had so much fun that we started looking forward to the 2011 con as soon as 2010′s was over. Here are some of our favorite pictures from this weekend. You can view all 134 of them over at The Convention Fans Blog flickr account. Expect a full convention report later this week!

On June 4^th in north Central Fort Worth, the “Difference Engine” will immerse you in the creative world of the retro-futuristic imagination.

Gaslight Gathering, a new steampunk & Victoriana convention here in San Diego, was last weekend. And it was fun, yes sirree.

I was recently given the privilege to interview one of my absolute favorite steampunk performance art troupes, the Absinthe Minded Professors. I expected it to include more than a few surprising, and possibly even baffling, responses as they are routinely as eccentric as they are entertaining and talented. They did not disappoint!

Gaslight Gathering, San Diego’s new steampunk & Victoriana convention, is this weekend. The May 6-8 con boasts great guests, a Time Traveler’s Masked Ball, Mother’s Day Social, amazing vendors, street performers, and more.

I’ve just been notified that pre-registration for Gaslight Gathering, California’s newest steampunk convention, will close at 11:59 Saturday evening, April 30 (that’s tomorrow night). There are events that you must buy tickets for ahead of time.

How does one describe the Oklahoma Steampunk Exposition? It was fast paced, confused, hectic, but a whole lot of fun!

May is a big month for steampunk flavored events. There are a few major steampunk conventions, as well as a handful of others. Here’s a quick look at next month’s steamy goings on.

The Oklahoma Steamunk Expo will come to us again on April 15th in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It will have panels available from the Imperial Anti-Piracy Squadron, Airship Isabella, the Sailing Ship Kali’s Hourglass, and Evelyn Kriete on a variety of Steampunk topics.

Ramon Fagan gives a detailed recap of All-Con 2011 (which had a steampunk theme this year). The report also includes several photos of cosplayers and the bands that performed during the convention.

San Diego’s very own steampunk convention has announced a special Time Traveler’s Masked Ball for their 2011 event.

This year All-Con, the “everything con” has chosen Steampunk as its theme and has brought in a lot of local talent from that community to provide 17 separate Steampunk panels and/or performances at the event. This is not even counting the wonderful and almost non-stop Steampunk table top role play gaming of “Tephra” provided by the members of Cracked Monocle, Cuthulu Dice Steampunk RPG, or Gurps Steampunk table top gaming.

Clockwork Wonderland 2011 was a one-day steampunk event and music fest sponsored by Marquis of Vaudville. Check out this report from the event, along with photos of all the festivities!

Calling all Victorians, Neo-Victorians, airship captains, goths, vamps, counter culturists, artists, musicians, and anyone interested in what one may call an “alternative” lifestyle! (Boy is that a mouthful.) This weekend is “The Alternative Living Expo.”

I recently received this excellent invitation to an outdoor Steampunk Festival that looked like so much fun, I thought I would share it with you.

The creators of the popular Girl Genius webcomic will be appearing at Gaslight Gathering in San Diego.

Steampunk conventions are getting more and more popular, which means one could soon be coming to a city near you! For those of you in the south east United States, there’s AnachroCon, an Atlanta, Georgia steampunk convention.

Airship Isabella has become quite a sensation as a Steampunk Performance Art Airship in Texas, the surrounding states, and at many conventions throughout the country. This has happened in an amazingly short amount of time through hard work and consistent effort to perform and spend time with fans at all the conventions. They also are willing to go to conventions too remote to generally receive a visit from say, “The League of Steam”.

Per the information on the Galveston Historical Society’s Website: “Dickens on The Strand is a holiday festival, where Bobbies, Beefeaters, and the Queen (Victoria) …recreate the Victorian London of Charles Dickens. Characters from Dickens novels walk the street. Food and entertainment fill the area with sights and smells that take you back to another era.”

Okay steampunk fans, you now have plans for May 6 – 8, 2011. Trust me, anything else you have scheduled that weekend pales in comparison to this event I’m about to share with you. Jeff Mach, the man behindWicked Faire and The Steampunk World’s Fair, along with Thomas Willeford of Brute Force Leather, have announced an amazing event dubbed the International Steampunk City.

Here at The Convention Fans Blog, we are madly in love with a monthly Philly steampunk event called Dorian’s Parlor. It’s part mini-convention, part Victorian nightclub, part fashion show, and part concert. On top of all that, the lighting and sound design is handled by CircuitSix, a killer production company based in the Philadelphia area. And as further proof of how awesome CircuitSix is, they have given us two pairs of tickets to give away to the Dorian’s Parlor event in January!

With it’s increasing popularity steampunk has gained stronger footholds in the mainstreams of fandom around the world, allowing for more and more conventions each year dedicated entirely to this speculative fiction genre and subculture. Here are the steampunk conventions, mini-cons and festivals happening in 2011: AnachroCon: Southern Steampunk Symposium When: February 25-27, 2011 Where: Atlanta, Georgia AnachroCon is the place

Whether the convention fans in your life are attracted to steampunk for the awesome cosplay, speculative fiction, or wild webcomics there’s a host of gift ideas to wow them with.

With its increasing popularity, steampunk has gained stronger footholds in the mainstreams of fandom around the world, allowing for more and more conventions dedicated entirely to this speculative fiction genreand subculture. The year 2010 saw at least two new steampunk conventions opening their doors: SteamWrights in Bremerton, Washington, and Convencion Steampunk BCN in Barcelona, Spain.

One of our favorite conventions in 2010 was The Steampunk World’s Fair, and we can’t wait to go again.

When you think of steampunk, a lot of Victorian (i.e. British) imagery and influences probably come to mind. One steampunk convention, however, has decided that the theme for its 2010 convention should be the “Weird Weird West,” which they have also called “American steampunk.”

TeslaCon is a steampunk convention happening November 5 – 7, 2010 at the Radisson in West Madison, Wisconsin. The event was originally scheduled for November 19 – 21, but it has since been moved up to “prevent possible collisions and turbulent conditions that shifted over the Northern Americas Continent.”

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

Steampunk. You’ve probably heard the term before. If you’ve been attending any kind of fandom or media conventions in the past few years, you’ve no doubt seen the steampunk costumes. But what is steampunk? Well, we’ll address that in a bit. I recently had an opportunity to sit down with The Cog is Dead, a steampunk band that is preparing

The Convention Fans Blog/Alltern8.com team is very excited to report that we’ll be attending an incredible event in May: The Steampunk World’s Fair! It is being held in at the Radisson of Piscataway in New Jersey on May 14th-16th, 2010. From the official website: “[The Steampunk World's Fair] is the first East Coast event to welcome Steampunks, Neo-Victorians, Retro-futurists, Gas