Watch City Steampunk Festival 2025: Grid

The Watch City Steampunk Festival will be held on Waltham Common on May 10th, 2025! See our website at https://www.watchcityfestival.com/ for complete details.

The schedule is subject to change at any time. Any differences between what appears on the official schedule and what actually happens is the fault of the local mad scientists messing with the historical timeline.

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Carter Street	Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation	Children's Activities	Circus Performances	City Hall Circle	Fight Demos	First Parish Church in Waltham	Gazebo	Landry Park	Robot Combat Area	Valiant Oil, 30 Elm Street	Virtual Event	Waltham Common

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The Diamond Jubilee Organ (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

Dr. J.R. King of the Impossible 10:30am - 11:15am

Food Vendors (Mostly All Day) 11:00am - 4:30pm

The Harlot Queens 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Old Salem Villager...

The Dirge Carolers 1:00pm - 1:45pm

The Harlot Queens 2:00pm - 2:30pm

The Witches' Dance

The Drum Nomads 3:00pm - 4:00pm

NextGen STEMFest (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

Stiltwalking with Trevor the Games Man 10:00am - 1:00pm

Children's Activities (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

Doctor Joy's Monstrous Mash Up P... 10:30am - 11:00am

Bubble Time! 11:30am - 12:00pm

Meet the Creature Keeper 12:00pm - 12:30pm

The Aerial Delights Show 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Parachute Games 1:30pm - 2:00pm

Project Ribbon Dancer Craft Booth 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Doctor Joy's Monstrous Mash Up P... 2:30pm - 3:00pm

Meet the Creature Keeper 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Bubble Time! 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Aerialists 11:00am - 11:30am

Aerialists 12:30pm - 1:00pm

Aerialists 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Aerialists 3:30pm - 4:00pm

Steampunks on Parade! 3:30pm - 4:00pm

Fighting with Swords - Duels! 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Fighting with Swords - Mixed Weapons Shenanigans! 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Blood Drive 9:00am - 2:00pm

Opening Ceremonies 10:00am - 10:30am

Queen Mercy 10:30am - 11:00am

How to Manage Your...

Mt. Witchusett Wit...

Brown Paper Sax 11:30am - 12:30pm

A Jug of Songs

How to Manage Your...

Kalilia Dance and Friends Steampunk Bellydance Show 1:00pm - 2:00pm

How to Manage Your...

The Wayward Witche...

Haunted by Possums 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Monsters On The Lo...

Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Closing Ceremonies

Guided Walk Along the Charles River 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Robot Combat - Safety Testing 10:00am - 11:00am

Robot Rumpus - Combat Session 1 11:00am - 12:30pm

Robot Rumpus - Combat Session 2 1:15pm - 5:00pm

1922 Stanley Steamer Car (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

Mrs. Hawking (YouTube ONLY) 6:00pm - 7:30pm

No Evil Project (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

Vendors (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

Steampunk LEGO(R) Display (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

The Cat Connection (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

Athena School of Arms (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

Waltham Food Not Bombs (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

Little Queer Library Waltham (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

Prospect Hill Forge (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

Gore Place (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

The Waltham Museum (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

Rose Art Museum (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

Charles River Collaboratory (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

Waltham Historical Society (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

The Waltham Times (All Day) 10:00am - 5:00pm

Harmonographica (All Day) 10:00am - 4:45pm