Watch City Steampunk Festival Returns for Real!

It's been a couple years, so it's about time! Join the Seacoast Photography and Cape Ann Photo Expeditions groups this May as the city of Waltham goes Steampunk once again!

This will be the 12-year anniversary of our meetup at the first Watch City Steampunk Festival in 2010. The 10th year of the festival was cancelled due to the pandemic, and the 11th year was in cyberspace only for the same reason.

The event will take place on Waltham Common, next to Waltham City Hall at 610 Main Street. The festivities run from 10:00am to 5:00pm. We're meeting early (if you like) to allow for parking and an early escape for lunch. Feel free to come any time between 10a-5p, poke around at your leisure, and leave when you're ready to.

What is steampunk, you ask?
Steampunk is a genre combining science fiction and Victorian era styles. Think leather, brass, glass, and a modern artist's take on elaborate historic clothing. When done well, it is, to say the least, a feast for the photographer's eye.

Read more: https://www.watchcityfestival.com/what-is-steampunk-1

Is Waltham in the neighborhood of seaside Newburyport?
Well, no, but this is in our extended backyard and there will be "a sea" of interesting subject matter available. See what I just did there?

Why Waltham?
Waltham is known as the Watch City, having invented the watch, the industrial revolution, and the Internet. Or at least one of those. With Waltham wondering what to do with all those spare antique gears hanging around, and an industrious Steampunk group looking to have a large-scale festival, the two got together and created this first-ever international steampunk city. There may also have been a revived time machine involved.

What can I expect to see?
You will [hopefully] see the world's best steampunk enthusiasts put together a veritable smorgasbord of photographic goodies

Google/Bing/Duck-Duck the term "steampunk" for more.

Where shall we meet?
Events in the city get rolling at 10AM. Those who are coming from afar and want to gather early should meet at or before 9AM at the Cafe on the Common - easy to grab a cup o' Joe and nosh. [map and directions to Cafe on the Common (http://binged.it/1ImLCIX)]

From thereon, you'll want to head to what you fancy. There are plenty of suggestions on the Watch City Steampunk page. See the link at the end of this post.

I'll suggest a lunch meeting spot before the event.

Where can I find out more?
All the answers may be found at the official website here: https://www.WatchCityFestival.com/ .