Here’s the Full Schedule For Big River Steampunk Festival
Grab your top hats, goggles and Jules Verne novels, it's time for The Big River Steampunk Festival. Plan your Labor Day weekend with this full schedule of events:
Friday, September 1st
6:00pm - Inaugural Meeting of the Society for Fermented Alchemy, Cave Hollow West Winery
Saturday, September 2nd
10:00am - Parade & Opening Ceremonies, Main Street
10:30am - The ScallyWags, Main Street Stage
Character and World Building 101 with Airship Isabella, Midway Stage
Mini Fascinator Make-N-Take, Mark Twain Museum
11:00am - Costume Contest Preliminaries, Finn’s Food & Spirits Outdoor Patio
Crazy Boy Coy, Main Street Stage
Steampunk & Influences with Airship Iron Rose, Planter’s Barn Theater
Open Gaming (through 3:00pm), Java Jive
11:30am - Violin Dragoness, Main Street Stage
Noon - Judas & Magnolia, Main Street Stage
Dr. Frankenstein’s Laboratory, Bluff City Theater
Modeling & Cosplay for Photography with Amy Wilder, Planter’s Barn Theater
Steampunk Jewelry Make-N-Take, Mark Twain Museum
12:30pm - The Hurdy Gurdy Lady, Main Street Stage
Masquerade Mask Make-N-Take, Airship Village
1:00pm - Parasol Dueling, Main Street Stage
Tea Dueling, Midway Stage
Victorian Bartending, La Azotea Lounge, 323 N. Main Street
Steampunk Live Model Sketch Up with Patricia Garey, Planter’s Barn Theater
1:30pm - Costume Contest Finals, Main Street Stage
Steampunk Millinery Headband Make-N-Take, Mark Twain Museum
2:00pm - Crazy Boy Coy, Midway Stage
“The Flickers” Film Series, Bluff City Theater
Turning Obsessions into Careers (Panel Discussion), Planter’s Barn Theater
2:30pm - Judas & Magnolia, Main Street Stage
Trashpunk: Creative Costuming with Children of Proteus, Midway Stage
British Raj Afternoon Tea, Hannibal Arts Council
3:00pm - Eli August, Main Street Stage
Splendid Teapot Racing, Airship Village
Weapons in the Victorian Age with Airship Iron Rose, Planter’s Barn Theater
3:30pm - Nerf Repurposing Workshop with RUST L.A.R.P, Midway Stage
4:00pm - ‘Steam’feld Follies, Finn’s Food & Spirits
The Business of Death with Thomas Dean Willeford,Planter’s Barn Theater
Ballroom Dancing, Main Street
4:30pm - Nerf Dueling, Midway Stage
6:00pm - Masquerade! at the Star Theater, 215 S. Main Street
Open Gaming (through 9:00pm), Java Jive
10:00pm - The Burley-Que, Finn’s Food & Spirits
11:30pm - Nocturnal Paranormal Adventure, Old Catholic Church, 515 Lyon St.
Sunday, September 3rd
10:00am - Violin Dragoness, Main Street Stage
Crazy Boy Coy, Midway Stage
Victorian Obsessions: Ghosts, Theosophy and Seances with Doc Phineas, Planter’s Barn Theater
Steampunk Jewelry Make-N-Take, Mark Twain Museum
10:30am - Judas & Magnolia, Main Street Stage
Leatherworking with Airship Isabella, Midway Stage
11:00am - Costume Contest Preliminaries, Finn’s Food & Spirits Outdoor Patio
The ScallyWags, Main Street Stage
MakeUp for Cosplay with Children of Proteus, Planter’s Barn Theater
1860s Base Ball Tournament, Clemens Field (6th Street and Warren Barrett Drive)
Open Gaming (through 3:00pm), Java Jive
11:30am - Music: CircusPunk, Main Street Stage
Steampunk Fine Art Painting Party with Bobbi Dupoy, Airship Village
Mini Fascinator Make-N-Take, Mark Twain Museum
Noon - Dr. Frankenstein’s Laboratory, Bluff City Theater
Adding History to Alternate History, Thomas Dean Willeford,
Planter’s Barn Theater
Building Your Cosplay Wardrobe with Chaos Emporium, Midway Stage
12:30pm - Crazy Boy Coy, Main Street Stage
Black Market Exchange, Badger Cheese Haus, 204 Bird Street
1:00pm - The ScallyWags, Main Street Stage
Tea Dueling, Midway Stage
The Real Victorian World with Amy Wilder, Planter’s Barn Theater
Steampunk Millinery Headband Make-N-Take, Mark Twain Museum
1:30pm - Costume Contest Finals, Main Street Stage
Nerf Dueling, Great Midway
2:00pm - Facial Hair Contest, Main Street Stage
Parasol Dueling, Midway Stage
2:30pm - British Raj Afternoon Tea, Hannibal Arts Council
Big River Murder Mystery, Planter’s Barn Theater
Grooming and Medicine Show with Sylvia Pagana, Main Street Stage
The Hurdy Gurdy Lady, Midway Stage
3:00pm - Judas & Magnolia, Main Street Stage
Inside Brute Force Studios with Thomas Dean Willeford, Midway Stage
Splendid Teapot Racing, Airship Village
3:30pm - Miss Jubilee and the Humdingers, Main Street Stage
4:00pm - Steam’feld Follies, Finn’s Food & Spirits
Victorian Etiquette with Airship Isabella, Midway Stage
Live Model Sketch Up with Pattricia Garey, Planter’s Barn Theater
Turning Obsessions into Careers (Panel Discussion), Hannibal History Museum
4:30pm - Ballroom Dancing, Main Street
5:30pm - “The Flickers” Film Series, Bluff City Theater
6:00pm - Big River Murder Mystery, Planter’s Barn Theater
Open Gaming (through 9:00pm), Java Jive
7:30pm - Dr. Frankenstein’s Laboratory, Bluff City Theater
9:00pm - Time Traveler’s Ball aboard the Mark Twain Riverboat
11:00pm - The Burley-Que, Finn’s Food & Spirits
Monday, September 4th
10:00am - Judas & Magnolia, Main Street Stage
Brunchtopia, Airship Village
Steampunk Jewelry Make-N-Take, Mark Twain Museum
10:30am - Crazy Boy Coy, Main Street Stage
11:00am - Steampunk that Really Existed, Thomas Dean Willeford, Main St. Stage
Dystopian Misfit Invasion, Midway Stage
Live Model Sketch Up with Patricia Garey, Planter’s Barn Theater
Noon - Tea Dueling, Main Street Stage
“The Flickers” Film Series, Bluff City Theater
Writing and Self Publishing for Fantasy and SciFi with Children of Proteus, Midway Stage
Historic Homes Tour (through 3:00pm), Self-guided with Map
Mini Fascinator Make-N-Take, Mark Twain Museum
12:30pm - The ScallyWags, Main Street Stage
1:00pm - “Into The Badlands” Props for TV with Airship Isabella, Main St. Stage
Starting an Airship or Cosplay Group, RUST L.A.R.P., Midway Stage
1:30pm - Steampunk Millinery Headband Make-N-Take, Mark Twain Museum
2:00pm - Judas & Magnolia, Main Street Stage
Nerf Dueling, Midway Stage
2:30pm - Crazy Boy Coy, Main Street Stage
Defense Against the Dark Arts with Doc Phineas, Midway Stage
3:00pm - The ScallyWags, Main Street Stage
3:30pm - Closing Ceremonies, Main Street Stage
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