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.

 
 

The 2026 Watch City Steampunk Festival is Over!

We want to give a big thank-you to everyone who helped this festival happen: our vendors, performers, volunteers, community groups, the various departments of the City of Waltham, our sponsors, the Downtown Waltham Partnership, and our amazing attendees! Thank you so much for coming out in the rain and helping us make the day a success.

Many people have asked us about what we will do for this event next year. We have many ideas! However, it will be a while before we have anything to announce. Whatever we decide to do, one thing we can say for sure is that we are NOT looking to leave the City of Waltham. This festival is a project of the Downtown Waltham Partnership, and while we are open to selecting other locations in Waltham, we don’t plan to leave.

LOST AND FOUND: We have two items in our lost and found collection - a pair of sunglasses, and a green metal water bottle with a name written on it. If you think one of these items is yours, contact us and describe the details to us.

The Watch City Steampunk Festival is a one-day outdoor community festival, presented for free to attendees, that uses the theme of “steampunk” to explore music, art, fashion, and technology. “Steampunk” refers to a Victorian-era styled version of science fiction, as if we lived in a world where everything H.G. Wells and Jules Verne dreamed of became true. This festival features vendors with unique wares; musical entertainment; panel discussions and lectures; childrens' activities; and displays of history, art and science.

The Watch City Steampunk Festival is a free outdoor community festival held in historic Waltham, MA.

Learn more via our Frequently Asked Questions page.

The Watch City Steampunk Festival is a non-profit event,
with daytime festival activities presented FREE to the public!

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If you are interested in helping us keep it that way, please consider donating!

100% of your donation goes directly to support the Watch City Steampunk Festival,
a project of the Downtown Waltham Partnership, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.
Your donation is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. 

Thank You!

The Watch City Steampunk Festival is presented by:

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©2026 Watch City Steampunk Festival and the Downtown Waltham Partnership.
All Rights Reserved.

"Watch City Steampunk Festival" and the "Winged Watch" logo are trademarks of the Downtown Waltham Partnership

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Waltham Cultural Council,
a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Jones Partnership Fund.