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.

 Join Us in 2026!

The Watch City Steampunk Festival will take place on May 9th, 2026. Come be part of our event! Applications will close on January 31st, 2026, and we will begin notifying applicants of their status in February.

Note that all communications will come from an official festival source. Do not believe comments on our social media posts from random people claiming to be our vendor coordinator.

Vendors

If you are a vendor of goods, including gift food items meant to be consumed elsewhere, use our Vendor Application: https://bit.ly/WCSF2026Vendors

If you have a food truck or food stand, use our Food Vendor Application: https://bit.ly/WCSF2026FoodVendors

Performers

If you’d like to perform at our event, please use our Performer Application: https://forms.gle/LfHiW5G96baXd7d27

Community Tables

If you represent a local non-profit organization, or another steampunk group, we have a limited number of free spaces available. Use our Community Table Application: https://forms.gle/6Dca6596CtDEoQQa6