Watch City Steampunk Festival

Waltham, MA

Centered on Waltham’s beautiful Common at the corner of Main and Moody Streets, the Watch City Steampunk Festival is the great outdoor festival of the Steampunk genre—a cultural and social movement melding elements of Victorian-era history and fashion with retro-futuristic technology.

Watch City 2015 will featuring a broad array of theatrical and musical performers as well as clothing, jewelry, art, and food vendors. The Festival is will also include kids programming, making this most definitely a family friendly event, as well.

 Sponsors of the 2022 Festival

The Watch City Steampunk Festival is supported by the following organizations, without whose support we could not keep this event free to the public. We are very grateful for their help. THANK YOU!

Waltham Cultural Council

The Waltham Cultural Council awards grants to artists, groups and educational institutions to help fund events in the arts, humanities, or interpretive sciences that will enrich the Waltham community. Grants are awarded once a year in the fall. The council accepts applications from Sept. 1 through Oct. 15 for events/programs that occur in an 18 month period, beginning July 1 preceeding grant application period and concluding December 31 of the following year.

Applications, local guidelines, and tips for completing the form are available on the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s web site: https://massculturalcouncil.org/local-council/waltham/.

Mass Cultural Council

Mass Cultural Council funds reach every community in the Commonwealth. Its mission is to promote excellence, education, access and diversity in the arts, humanities and sciences, to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents and contribute to the vitality of our communities and economy.

Information on the many available programs can be found on the web site: https://massculturalcouncil.org/

Jones Partnership Fund

Since 2010 the Jones Partnership Fund has enabled the First Parish in Waltham to undertake a partnering experiment with other community activists through grants that support the programs and projects of Waltham non-profits with whom we share concerns. These annual grants are helping to deepen the relationship between our congregation and the community at large, as well as to promote Unitarian Universalist values. Learn more about the program at https://www.walthamuu.org/partnership

Downtown Waltham Partnership

Downtown Waltham Partnership's goal is a downtown that is friendly, diverse, safe, sustainable, and thriving. To accomplish this, DWP promotes the downtown as a vibrant cultural, retail, and entertainment destination reflecting the best of this diverse community.

We also initiate and encourage volunteer efforts to improve the city's commercial district, and work to preserve Waltham's historical buildings and enhance its natural resources.

Learn more at http://downtownwalthampartnership.org/

Waltham Tourism Council

Waltham Tourism is the ultimate resource for visitors and residents to find everything they need to know about, what to do and see in the city of Waltham. Find out more about this historic city at https://walthamtourism.com/

128 Business Council

We offer innovative transportation solutions. And innovative transportation solutions mean reclaimed money, time and productivity.

As advocates for green communities and better transportation solutions, we plan and execute shuttle services throughout the Route 128 West Corridor and beyond, providing over 200,000 rides annually that connect major employers and residential communities to public transit hubs. While our shuttles are primarily funded by private business memberships, it is a manifestation of our core values that the majority of our shuttle services remain open to the general public.

Learn more at https://128bc.org/