Steampunk Symposium 2022-"Weird West"

Steampunk Symposium 2021, the immersive convention that places YOU center stage of the action. Will you be the hero to solve the Mystery of the Gold Rush Ghouls? Will you win prizes and glory in the Steampunk Olympiad? Will you be able to choose what to do from the ever expanding schedule that awaits you this August? Whatever you do, we know that it’s going to be an unforgettable experience!

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.

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+)
• 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