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 Watch City Steampunk Festival Has New Hours for 2026!

Come to Waltham Common and enjoy our free outdoor festival from 12 Noon to 4:00pm on May 9th, 2026!

For an explanation of why our hours have changed, see the following statement: https://www.watchcityfestival.com/2026-festival-information

We have endeavored to update all mentions of the hours on our website, but if we missed a spot, let us know. Thank you for your understanding.

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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©2025 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.