28 Weeks until the Exposition!

We are now 28 weeks away from passing through the looking glass into the 1893 Chicago Exposition turned topsy-turvy into a realm of absurdity, whimsy, and wonder! In another month we will be exactly half a year away so it is time to begin our weekly updates as we countdown to welcoming special guests Gail Carriger, UnWoman, Leanna Renee Hieber, and a number of other people who make Steampunk truly wonderful.

Program Updates

The Exposition is currently putting together the 2026 Program for your amusement and education. We list session descriptions as we countdown to June 12th, 2026, and should have the full and final schedule online by mid-April, 2026.

This week we added the following panels and presentations to the Schedule:

If you would like to propose a panel, gaming session, presentation, workshop, or other things for the 2026 Exposition Program, please fill out our Application for Presenters form.

Exposition Exhibitors

This week we highlighted the following exhibitors whom you will find in the Exposition halls.

We have four main exhibitor spaces:

The Underground Market (Sienna) for Vendors.
The Midway Market (Slate) for Artists, Musicians, & Writers.
The Hall of Curiosities (Mahogany 4) for Displays.
Hallway Exhibitors (Atrium Lobby & Hallways) for Organizations and Fan Groups.

There are still Artist & Writer Tables available in The Midway Market; to apply, please fill out our Application for Exhibitors form

The Exposition at Other Conventions

Last weekend members of our crew were time traveling with Doctor Who at Chicago TARDIS, promoting the Exposition, presenting a panel on “The Victorian Doctor,” and running games in their Gaming Citadel (pictured above). The game was a mash-up of Cubicle 7’s Doctor Who Role Playing Game and Chaosium’s Cthulhu by Gaslight to form Torchwood by Gaslight, an 1889 adventure in which players are “Agents of the Crown” in the ten-year-old Torchwood Institute, investigating sightings of aliens and their technology.