Our weekend calendar includes Steampunk at Strathearn in Southern California, a picnic in the Santa Cruz area, the International Edgar Allan Poe Festival in Baltimore, and two events in the U.K.

Battleground Productions celebrated the 170th birthday of H.G. Wells by releasing their 30-minute steampunk comedy film Percy & Reggie and the Great Parisian Air Exposition on the video platform.

Meta has rolled out a new subscription service called Meta One that offers a variety of features for users of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. But it comes with bad news for creators—including those...

Celtic/Medieval progressive rock band Avalon Rising will make their first appearance at the steampunk convention. They’ll be joined by Field of Embers, featuring Maddie Cardoza and Nathaniel Johnstone...

It’s time again for “The Greatest Show and Tell on Earth” as Maker Faire Bay Area returns Sept. 25-27 to the Mare Island Shipyard in Vallejo, California. The event is a showcase for DIY ingenuity acro...

Museums on each side of the Atlantic are hosting steampunk events this weekend, as the Anno 1900 Steampunk Convention returns to Luxembourg and the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in New York’s Hudson Valley ...

LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), took place Aug. 27-31, 2026, in Anaheim, California, drawing more than 4,500 science fiction fans. The main event was the Hugo Awards cer...

Joe Benitez is once again on Kickstarter to fund a new installment of Lady Mechanika, his hugely popular steampunk graphic novel series. Plus: A new Bonsart Bokel novel, a steampunk RPG, and two new i...

Steampunk fans can hang out with pirates and wizards as the Amherstburg Uncommon Festival returns Sept. 18-20 to downtown Amherstburg, Ontario.

Steampunk fans in the U.K. have many choices this weekend, including the Isle of Wight Steampunk Festival in Ryde plus happenings in Wales, Greater Manchester, Lincolnshire, and Essex.

On selected Fridays, Bandcamp waives its revenue share on music sales, which means that artists on the platform receive a higher percentage of what you pay. We’ve compiled this list to make it easier ...

Halloween is two months away, but streaming services are already celebrating with notable horror titles. They include a new season of American Horror Story on Hulu, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story on...

Legions of fans will head to Atlanta as Dragon Con returns with a jam-packed program of panels, contests, celebrity guests, and more. One highlight will be a panel of Firefly cast members, nearly six ...

Professor Elemental and Victor and the Bully are among the performers slated to appear this weekend at Fantasy Forest: Libertalia, a new event from the producers of the huge Fantasy Forest Festival at...

Thousands of steampunk fans will gather in Hannibal, Missouri, as the Big River Steampunk Festival returns over Labor Day weekend. Visitors can look forward to cosplay, music, dance, comedy, and lots ...

Netflix released a teaser trailer and first-look images for Bass X Machina, an adult animated steampunk series set to premiere on Nov. 3. Brian Tyree Henry, who stars in the title role, discussed the ...

Chap hop artist Professor Elemental and author G.D. Falksen will team up with a historian and winemaker to choose the Grand Prize winner in Steampunk Australia’s international art competition. The pri...

Changes are coming to the theme park, including one that will be welcomed by steampunk fans.

Thousands of science fiction and fantasy fans will converge in Anaheim, California, as the 2026 World Science Fiction Convention takes place Aug. 27-31. It will also include virtual programming. Here’...

Steampunk fans from the SF Bay Area and points beyond can travel back to the Gold Rush era as the inaugural San Francisco Historium Spotlight takes place at Pier 35.

The new album explores themes related to witches, faeries, habitat destruction, climate catastrophe, and more. The band released it on Bandcamp ahead of its full rollout on Aug. 28.

The city of Lincoln, U.K., will be the center of the steampunk universe as the 16th Weekend at the Asylum takes place Aug. 27-31. It’s historically the world’s largest steampunk gathering, drawing ten...

The Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta is bringing back the stage production for a limited engagement in August. Our readers can get a 10 percent discount with a promo code.

On selected Fridays, Bandcamp waives its revenue share on music sales, which means that artists on the platform receive a higher percentage of what you pay. We’ve compiled this list to make it easier ...

In July 2019, a Northern Virginia IT services company known as SE Solutions announced that it had rebranded as “Steampunk Inc.” Now that it’s been acquired by a private equity firm, what will happen t...

Steampunk fans will explore “Worlds of Tomorrow,” as envisioned in the 1920s and 30s, as the Key City Steampunk Convention returns Aug. 7-9 to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

This is a good month to catch up on older movies or TV series, as pickings are slim when it comes to new arrivals with steampunk appeal. However, sci-fi fans may want to check out Lanterns on HBO Max ...

Once again, White Rose Yorkshire Steampunks is teaming up with the Rotary Club of Hebden Bridge to present steampunk activities in conjunction with Hebden Bridge Vintage Weekend, scheduled for Aug. 1 ...