Category: Exposition Updates

Two and a half months remain until we open the inter-dimensional portals of imagination that bridge the future that neverwas with Wonderland, which means we should have the first draft of the schedule ready soon for your viewing and planning pleasure!

Meanwhile, all VIP tickets for Gail Carriger have sold out, but four VIP tickets are still available: two for Leanna Renee Hieber and two for the Unwoman. VIP tickets include an exclusive cocktail party on Friday, VIP banquet on Saturday, and High Tea on Sunday, plus a number of other great advantages such as access to the VIP lounge.

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Program Updates

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

• Dungeons & Dragons “Matters of Size” (18+)
• Customize a Wonderland Journal
• Calamity Labs Presents: A Short History of Spirits and Cocktails (21+)

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.

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Exposition Exhibitors

This week we featured:

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

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Social Media

• • LIKE the Chicago Steampunk Expo page on Facebook for regular updates!
  • RSVP to our Facebook event page!
  • JOIN the Chicago Steampunk Exposition Adventurers’ Club group of Facebook to make plans with other steampunks!
  • Yes, it’s all Facebook, but when we start posting on other platforms, we’ll be sure to add them to this list.

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On the Horizon . . .

• The 2026 schedule
• Program updates
• A new edition of Steam & Sorcery LARP game

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Leanna Renee Hieber is an actress, playwright, ghost tour guide and the award-winning, bestselling author of over fourteen Gothic, Gaslamp Fantasy, Supernatural Suspense and Non-Fiction books for adults and teens with publishers such as Tor, Sourcebooks and Kensington Books. A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America’s Ghosts, co-authored with Andrea Janes, is a 2022 Bram Stoker Award finalist for “Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction”. The book explores the intersection of women’s history and ghost stories.

If you are one of Ms. Hieber’s most avid fans, you should consider purchasing the Leanna Renee Hieber VIP Ticket; there are only two left!

Two tickets also remain for the Unwoman VIP experience, but all VIP tickets for Gail Carriger have sold out. VIP tickets include an exclusive cocktail party on Friday, VIP banquet on Saturday, and High Tea on Sunday, plus a number of other great advantages such as access to the VIP lounge.

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Program Updates

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

• Alice’s Adventure Bag
• Calamity Labs Presents: MALÖRT! Being a Brief History of Questionable Taste (21+)
• Interactive Movie Madness with Count Gregula’s Crypt

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.

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Exposition Exhibitors

This week we featured:

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

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Social Media

• • LIKE the Chicago Steampunk Expo page on Facebook for regular updates!
  • RSVP to our Facebook event page!
  • JOIN the Chicago Steampunk Exposition Adventurers’ Club group of Facebook to make plans with other steampunks!
  • Yes, it’s all Facebook, but when we start posting on other platforms, we’ll be sure to add them to this list.

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On the Horizon . . .

• The 2026 schedule
• Program updates
• A new edition of Steam & Sorcery LARP game

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Unwoman (AKA Erica Mulkey) performed at the first Chicago Steampunk Exposition back in 2019 and we are excited to see her return to the Exposition this June. She is a San Francisco-based cellist-singer-songwriter. Layered with skillful cello, rich vocals, and beats, her music is a darkly futuristic homage to her classical training. Her song “The Heroine” was the weather in Welcome to Night Vale’s “Triptych” episode. Vintage Tomorrows, a feature documentary about steampunk, includes that song and other footage of Unwoman. Unwoman has performed solo at major steampunk, goth, and sci-fi-related events all over the United States. Most live solo shows use electric cello played standing up, and live-looping accompaniment. She has also collaborated with Amanda Palmer, Abney Park, Stripmall Architecture, Voltaire, Rasputina, Jill Tracy, Vernian Process, Caustic, Anthony Jones, Nathaniel Johnstone Band, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, and Attrition.

If you are huge fan of Unwoman, you should consider purchasing the Unwoman VIP Ticket. A few VIP tickets remain available! Join Gail Carriger, Leanna Renee Hieber, or musical artist Unwoman for VIP cocktails on Friday, sit at their banquet table on Saturday, and share a spot of High Tea with them on Sunday, plus a number of other great advantages that come with the VIP packages.

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Program Updates

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

• Dungeons & Dragons “Adventures in (wo)UNDERland” (18+)
• Tea Dueling

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.

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Exposition Exhibitors

This week we featured:

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

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Social Media

• • LIKE the Chicago Steampunk Expo page on Facebook for regular updates!
  • RSVP to our Facebook event page!
  • JOIN the Chicago Steampunk Exposition Adventurers’ Club group of Facebook to make plans with other steampunks!
  • Yes, it’s all Facebook, but when we start posting on other platforms, we’ll be sure to add them to this list.

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On the Horizon . . .

• Our NEW newsletter!
• Exhibitor updates!
• Programming updates!

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Only ONE more Gail Carriger VIP ticket remains! Join Ms. Carriger for VIP cocktails on Friday, sit at her banquet table on Saturday, and share a spot of High Tea with her on Sunday, plus a number of other great advantages that come with the VIP packages. Click HERE to learn more.

Also available are a few more VIP tickets with writer Leanna Renee Hieber and musical artist Unwoman.

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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:

• Gear Up & Sing: Karaoke!
• Dungeons & Dragons “Honestly Dishonestly”
• The History of Beers & Ales of the World (21+)

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.

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Exposition Exhibitors

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

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Social Media

• • LIKE the Chicago Steampunk Expo page on Facebook for regular updates!
  • RSVP to our Facebook event page!
  • JOIN the Chicago Steampunk Exposition Adventurers’ Club group of Facebook to make plans with other steampunks!
  • Yes, it’s all Facebook, but when we start posting on other platforms, we’ll be sure to add them to this list.

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On the Horizon . . .

• Our NEW newsletter!
• Exhibitor updates!
• Programming updates!

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March, April, May, and then it’s time for the Exposition! This week we are thrilled to add Brett King to our line up of featured presenters!

Brett King is a man of many hats – a costumer, prop-maker, gamemaster, game designer, presenter, Magic Lantern performer, and convention organizer. His life-long love of role-playing games and storytelling carried over into his steampunk panels, props, and costumes. He always aims to entertain, inform, and inspire at conventions, whether running steampunk-styled Dungeons & Dragons games, teaching about automata or prop making, entertaining as his troll-hunting alter-ego Gustaf Danielsson, or presenting Magic Lantern shows.

More information coming soon regarding Brett King’s presentations that will be featured at the Exposition this June.

Other special guests include Gail Carriger, UnWoman, Leanna Renee Hieber, and a number of other people who make Steampunk truly wonderful!

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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:

• Through the Looking-Glass Games
• Steampunk Hamster Wars
• Weird Cryptid Encounters

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.

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Exposition Exhibitors

 

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

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Social Media

• • LIKE the Chicago Steampunk Expo page on Facebook for regular updates!
  • RSVP to our Facebook event page!
  • JOIN the Chicago Steampunk Exposition Adventurers’ Club group of Facebook to make plans with other steampunks!
  • Yes, it’s all Facebook, but when we start posting on other platforms, we’ll be sure to add them to this list.

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On the Horizon . . .

• Our NEW newsletter!
• Exhibitor updates!
• Programming updates!

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Less than FOUR MONTHS remain until the Exposition spins its giant Ferris wheel time portal to open the gates to the 1893 that never was, so let’s review what’s been newly added this week.

We eagerly continue to countdown to June when we welcome special guests Gail Carriger, UnWoman, Leanna Renee Hieber, and a number of other people who make Steampunk truly wonderful!

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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:

• Call of Cathulhu – “The Black Cat” (18+)
• The Garden of Live Flowers Fascinators (13+)

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.

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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

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Social Media

• • LIKE the Chicago Steampunk Expo page on Facebook for regular updates!
  • RSVP to our Facebook event page!
  • JOIN the Chicago Steampunk Exposition Adventurers’ Club group of Facebook to make plans with other steampunks!
  • Yes, it’s all Facebook, but when we start posting on other platforms, we’ll be sure to add them to this list.

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On the Horizon . . .

• Our NEW newsletter!
• Exhibitor updates!
• Programming updates!

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FOUR MONTHS remain until the Exposition spins its giant Ferris wheel time portal to open the gates to the 1893 that never was, so let’s review what’s been newly added this week.

We eagerly continue to countdown to June when we welcome special guests Gail Carriger, UnWoman, Leanna Renee Hieber, and a number of other people who make Steampunk truly wonderful!

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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:

• Poetry Night – Call of Cthulhu (18+)
• Unland – Call of Cthulhu (18+)

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.

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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

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Social Media

• • LIKE the Chicago Steampunk Expo page on Facebook for regular updates!
  • RSVP to our Facebook event page!
  • JOIN the Chicago Steampunk Exposition Adventurers’ Club group of Facebook to make plans with other steampunks!
  • Yes, it’s all Facebook, but when we start posting on other platforms, we’ll be sure to add them to this list.

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On the Horizon . . .

• Our NEW newsletter!
• Exhibitor updates!
• Programming updates!

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Just over four months remain until the Exposition spins its giant Ferris wheel time portal to open the gates to the 1893 that never was, so let’s review what’s been newly added this week.

We eagerly continue to countdown to June when we welcome special guests Gail Carriger, UnWoman, Leanna Renee Hieber, and a number of other people who make Steampunk truly wonderful!

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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:

• Watch the Watch (18+)
• Carroll and the Occult (13+)

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.

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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

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Social Media

• • LIKE the Chicago Steampunk Expo page on Facebook for regular updates!
  • RSVP to our Facebook event page!
  • JOIN the Chicago Steampunk Exposition Adventurers’ Club group of Facebook to make plans with other steampunks!
  • Yes, it’s all Facebook, but when we start posting on other platforms, we’ll be sure to add them to this list.

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On the Horizon . . .

• Our NEW newsletter!
• Exhibitor updates!
• Programming updates!

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Four and a half months remain until the Exposition spins its giant Ferris wheel time portal to open the gates to the 1893 that never was, so let’s review what’s been newly added this week.

We eagerly continue to countdown to June when we welcome special guests Gail Carriger, UnWoman, Leanna Renee Hieber, and a number of other people who make Steampunk truly wonderful!

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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:

• Walking Through Neverland: Scrying in Theory and Practice – Part the Second! (18+)
• Art Nouveau Appreciation

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.

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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

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Social Media

• • LIKE the Chicago Steampunk Expo page on Facebook for regular updates!
  • RSVP to our Facebook event page!
  • JOIN the Chicago Steampunk Exposition Adventurers’ Club group of Facebook to make plans with other steampunks!
  • Yes, it’s all Facebook, but when we start posting on other platforms, we’ll be sure to add them to this list.

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On the Horizon . . .

• Our NEW newsletter!
• Exhibitor updates!
• Programming updates!

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Less than FIVE months remain until the Exposition spins its giant Ferris wheel time portal to open the gates to the 1893 that never was, so let’s review what’s been newly added this week.

We eagerly continue to countdown to June when we welcome special guests Gail Carriger, UnWoman, Leanna Renee Hieber, and a number of other people who make Steampunk truly wonderful!

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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:

• Punking Your Plushies Workshop
• A History of Vaudeville (13+)

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.

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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

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Social Media

• • LIKE the Chicago Steampunk Expo page on Facebook for regular updates!
  • RSVP to our Facebook event page!
  • JOIN the Chicago Steampunk Exposition Adventurers’ Club group of Facebook to make plans with other steampunks!
  • Yes, it’s all Facebook, but when we start posting on other platforms, we’ll be sure to add them to this list.

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On the Horizon . . .

• Our NEW newsletter!
• Exhibitor updates!
• Programming updates!

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