Midwestern Conventions?

So much of what is Steampunk, Victoriana, or Maker-Related (as far as I can see) seems to happen in Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, NYC, and Atlanta.

There are many events happening on or near the coasts, I don't tend to see nearly as much in the middle, save for what DJ Infamous and crew manage in the Oklahoma through Missouri and Kansas area - and maybe I am just not looking in the right places.

I'd love to find some events in the Northern Ohio, Michigan, Eastern Illinois, Northern Indiana areas, but anything within less than 6 hours driving distance would be fantastic.

So, I am putting this thread up in hopes that people will share information Conventions happening in the Midwest. I know I could use the information, hopefully others can benefit as well.

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Permalink Reply by Lord Hastings R. Bobbins on December 29, 2009 at 11:38am

I will be running a convention called TeslaCon. We will be holding it in Madison, Wisconsin- November 19-21st, 2010. Besides my own convention I plan to attend at least 4 others this year alone. All in the midwest region.

I do find it troubling that many conventions are just themed only, and then usually only have a few panels on the subject. I am making TeslaCon all inclusive to the genre of "punk". Diesel, Lolita, Western, Fancy, Dandy, Paranormal science and of course Steam!

The fact is I am having so much fun with the fandom, especially meeting new people. I myself am part of the Star Wars era, and to say that is getting dull is an understatement. Our conventions do not rely on big movies or superstars to attend- they rely on the genius and imagination of the fandom. That to me is what makes steam conventions so special.

Personally I think what makes a convention is the way it is designed- the panels- special events and such. What's so great about the steam fandom is there are so many possible panel/discussions at these conventions. I for one am looking forward to the St. Louis event. My staff and I met some really great people from the area and they invited us down. Let's hope more fans from the midwest start coming out of the woodwork.

That's my two cents!

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Permalink Reply by Chloe Brennan on December 31, 2009 at 6:06pm

This event is a long ways off so I might be able to fit it in. It sounds like it will be a lot of fun! Plus I live in MI so TeslaCon isn't extremely far away. We'll see, I hope to attend however!

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Permalink Reply by A. Prometheus Von Frankenstein on January 14, 2010 at 4:14pm

Just knowing what Lord Bobbins did to promote TeslaCon during WindyCon, I am very comfortable in saying TeslaCon will be top-notch. Depending on where in MI you are, you could possible hop a commuter flight into Madison for less than you would spend on gas money.

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Permalink Reply by Lord Hastings R. Bobbins on January 12, 2010 at 11:17pm

Just added art to both my page and TeskaCon group. Enjoy!!!

Lord H.R. Bobbins

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Permalink Reply by Phineus Sturgeon on January 26, 2010 at 12:52pm

Steamposium in St. Louis has some new information on their website and is now accepting online registrations. http://rose-society.org April 9th-11th, 2010.

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Permalink Reply by Alistair MacReed on May 21, 2010 at 11:45pm

Hey is there any good groups/cons in missouri/kansas? cause i cant find any...it seems like everytime i find something im interested in i need to more several hundred miles away to find anyone else