Swindon's Steam Museum is set to host a celebration of Victorian Retro-Futurism with the launch of the Swindon STEAMpunk Spectacular.
The event, staged over the weekend of March 25 and 26, brings specialist steampunk traders and craftspeople together with live entertainment to the wonderful and very appropriate setting of the STEAM Museum of the Great Western Railway, itself being part of the original Swindon Locomotive Works.
Steampunk is often described as Victorian Retro-Futurism, or a genre where the Empire continues, Steam rather than electricity or petrol is the motive power, and every fantastical thing imagined by Jules Verne and H G Wells has come to pass. So a museum dedicated to God's Wonderful Railway, built by that Titan of Victorian Engineering Excellence, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is the ideal place to celebrate and enjoy Steampunk.
One of the many weird and wonderful acts set to appear at the Steampunk Spectacular
Visitors to the family friendly event are encouraged to throw themselves into the fun by dressing up.
The entertainment includes Ichabod Steam and his Animatronic Band, who will be performing his dark bitter-sweet steampunk musical, "The Arc Of The Spark" - telling how he lost his beloved wife when a steam boiler exploded, and how he tries to make her a new body because she seems to be trapped in the ether. Also to hand will be Moth, Kiss Like Ether, BB LoneDog, The Wattingers, Victor & The Bully, and the multi-talented Greg Chapman, who is Escapologist, Comedian, Story-Teller, Magician, Juggler, and Unicyclist. There will be entertainment throughout both days in and around the Museum. There is also the Secret Museum Show, but that must remain secret!
On Friday night and on Saturday night in the Hawksworth Hall we are arranging separately ticketed shows, featuring the performers and acts.
Full details are available on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Swindon-STEAMpunk-Spectacular-166939860378448/ Tickets for the evening shows are online at http://www.crewe-steampunk-convivial.co.uk/?page_id=211
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