The sixteenth Weekend at the Asylum, held across Lincoln's Cathedral Quarter over the August Bank Holiday. Run by the Ministry of Steampunk and widely described as the largest steampunk festival in the world, it takes in Lincoln Castle, the County Assembly Rooms and venues around the Bailgate. The street festival is free to wander; a wristband covers the daytime programme, with separately ticketed evening shows. The 2026 theme is the Year of the Dragon.
A seaside steampunk weekend run alongside Race The Waves, the beach motor-racing event, on the East Yorkshire coast. Presented by WSW Events, the team behind Whitby Steampunk Weekend.
Three days that turn Victorian Ryde into a steampunk town — a free daytime programme on the seafront with live music and a market of steampunk and artisan stalls, plus ticketed evening shows, tea duelling, teapot racing and a Steampunk Futures exhibition at the Royal Esplanade Hotel. The festival drew over 6,000 visitors in 2025.
Another fab steampunk social get-together with East Coast Steampunks UK & sister group Steampower, on this National Trust Heritage weekend when we visit beautiful Gunby Hall and Gardens.
FREE ENTRY for all.
We invite steampunks to come along and explore this beautiful place, with its historic and elegant Mansion House and fabulous gardens, with us. There will of course be steampunk shenanigans and fun Parasol Parading, with professional photographers including Pavlito Vel Pablo and Lee Tombling Photography, to record the memories. Please bring your parasols if you’d like to join in our fabulous Parasol Parading with The Order of the Silk Umbrella at 1.30pm in the courtyard (it’s a simple, follow-my-leader style walking and great fun, no need to earn steps beforehand) then gather for group photoshoots on the steps of Gunby Hall Manor at 2pm🎩
It is FREE ENTRY for everyone to the House, Gardens and car park, with parking near the House for all. Timed tours inside the elegant and historic 18th Century Gunby Hall will be available to book on the day. Peruse the trade stalls, including steampunk stalls, visit the Art Gallery, explore the lovely Victorian walled gardens, accessible trails and acres of lawns and formal gardens set in a beautiful landscape, visit the Art Gallery, Ice House Pond and ancient St. Peter’s Church. There is a tearoom or you can take a picnic. Dogs on leads are welcome in the grounds🐾
Dantè Prince and I very much look forward to seeing you at:
Gunby Hall and Gardens, Gunby, Spilsby, Lincs PE23 5SS
The autumn edition of Haworth Steampunk Weekend, run by White Rose Yorkshire Steampunks through the Brontë village. Free daytime entry, with traders and makers in the Old School Room, street performers, singers and dancers around the village, and — new for 2026 — additional traders at West Lane Baptist Church on the Saturday. The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway runs through the village. Proceeds go to Sue Ryder's Manorlands Hospice.
Whitby Pavilion, Whitby, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire
The winter edition of Whitby Steampunk Weekend, held indoors at Whitby Pavilion. Free daytime entry to the Steampunk Retail Emporium — two halls and around eighty trade stands — plus talks, workshops and demonstrations, with ticketed evening entertainment. Running twice yearly since 2017 and among the largest free steampunk gatherings in the UK.
Whitby Pavilion, Whitby, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire
The summer edition of Whitby Steampunk Weekend at Whitby Pavilion — free daytime entry, a large artisan market, talks and demonstrations, with ticketed evening shows.
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