Steampunk @ Gettysburg: F.A.M. Fest

Event Details

Time: March 29, 2013 at 5pm to March 31, 2013 at 3pm
Location: Wyndham Gettysburg Hotel and the Gateway Gettysburg Complex
Street: 95 Presidential Circle
City/Town: Gettysburg, PA
Website or Map: http://www.gatewaygettysburg.…
Phone: 717-334-5577
Event Type: convention
Organized By: Professor J. Farnsworth Darque
Latest Activity: Mar 28

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Event Description

Welcome to Steampunk @ Gettysburg : F.A.M. Fest! That's the Gettysburg Steampunk Film, Art, and Music Festival, coming to the Gettysburg Wyndham Hotel and the Gateway Gettysburg Complex from March 29 - 31, 2013. The Gateway Gettysburg Complex is a 100-acre campus containing the Wyndham Hotel, Courtyard by Marriott, 1863 Restaurant, Old Eagle Grill and Garibaldi’s Ristorante. Also, we will be showing a collection of steampunk inpired and inspiring films on the largest digital movie screens in the United States at the Gateway Theaters. Beside the diversions to be had on the Gateway campus, there is also a shuttle bus that will be running hourly to take our guests into the center of historic Gettysburg. Next year marks the 150th anniversary of the battle that saved the Union and changed the course of the American Civil War. We urge our guests to take some time to experience the town and its unique history. Keep an eye here as well our website http://www.steampunkatgettysburg.com/ for more information on the many diversions we're working to bring you as steampunk invades Gettysburg!

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We are currently looking for volunteers in the York / Lancaster / Harrisburg / Gettysburg Pennsylvania area! If you have particular skills (EMT / Paramedic / Security) or if you're interested in helping with Pennsylvania's first 3-day steampunk festival, drop us a line at darquelabs@yahoo.com and put "FAM Fest Volunteers" in the subject line!

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Comment by Major Salisbury on March 27, 2013 at 8:30am: Big Bear Trading Company will be Vending at Steampunk at Gettysburg for your Time Traveling needs. Also, will outfit Expeditionaries, Adventurers, Ladies, Gentlemen and Pirates

Comment by Zebulon Vitruvius Pike on March 25, 2013 at 8:11am: The schedule is up: http://steampunkgettysburgfilmartm2013.sched.org/

I am on the schedule three times so come to my lectures. The Mystery Airships of 1897 on Friday at 9pm, The History and technology of Airships on Saturday at 3pm and The Century of the Beard on Sunday at 1pm.

Comment by A Count Named Slick-Brass on February 27, 2013 at 8:00am: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POpet-STXRY

It seems A Count Named Slick-Brass and Major Steve Salisbury of Big Bear Trading Company have gotten together and had themselves a bit of a Civil Discourse that degenerated .... whilst chatting about Steampunk@Gettysburg: Film, Art & Music Festival! Featuring announcements about The World Of Wyck, Ashley Rogers' The Copper Claw and Many, Many More!

So check it out, and do be sure to preregister at the link below!
http://steampunkatgettysburg.com/reservations_1.html

Comment by V is for Villains on February 6, 2013 at 12:36am: We are very excited to be participating!

http://www.visforvillains.com

Comment by Captain Rusty Wild Rice on January 28, 2013 at 6:24pm: Sounds like a great event in a cool location. Count me in!

Comment by Professor J. Farnsworth Darque on January 26, 2013 at 12:09pm: Gettysburg may never be the same after the weekend of March 29 - 31! Not only are we going to rock the town with Frenchy & The Punk, Eli August & The Abandoned Buildings, The Clockwork Dolls, Montague Jacques Fromage, Veronique Chevalier, Platform One, Hayley Jane and Hellblinki, but The Copper Claw, Lazuli Belly Dance Troupe, the amazing JP Porter, Genevieve the Jingle Gypsy, A Count Named Slick-brass and the Crew of the A.S.S. Titilus, author Esther Wheelmaker and founder of SteamPunk Magazine, Margaret Killjoy will be joining us. (And believe it or not, we're still not done!) Also, just added today, Thee Bluebeard will be on hand, so now we REALLY need to hide the cannons!

Get your tickets and reserve your rooms today!

http://steampunkatgettysburg.com/index.html

Comment by Fedora Dog on January 21, 2013 at 11:59am: Thank you very much, sir! Another member suggested I check out Dorian's Parlor in Philly. We may start with that.

Comment by Professor J. Farnsworth Darque on January 15, 2013 at 8:36am: @Fedora Dog - We welcome newcomers to Steampunk with open arms! The beauty of Steampunk is that there really isn't a "wrong" thing to do. Steampunk is what we as a community and a genre make it!

My personal style is not strictly victorian, nor particularly "steam". I do what I do and I have a great time doing it. I suppose saying we are simply a collection of "marvelously weird people" would be the best way to put it. :)

If you do decide to come and spend the weekend with us, then welcome! If not, then by all means, please enjoy your foray into what I consider to be a most satisfying hobby with some of the best people you will ever meet!

Comment by Fedora Dog on January 15, 2013 at 7:20am: I have only recently taken up interest in Steampunk and I'm looking around at various gatherings. I basically have two ways to pick them - 1) For just my wife and I to dip a toe into this world, and learn. 2) A gathering that will welcome non-Steampunk elements (I have bumped into a few that do) in order to involve friends with other interests. Which sort is this likely to be? Strictly Steampunk, or just marvelously weird people looking to have fun?