Lincoln Steampunk Festival 2023
The cobbled streets of Lincoln will be transformed with top hats, flying goggles, corsets and flamboyant feathers. This innovative event attracts visitors from all over the world and celebrates a steam powered world in the late 19th century, with a programme of art, literature, music, fashion and comedy.
Lincoln BIG are once again lending their support to one of the biggest events of its kind, as the Steampunk Festival returns to Lincoln for Summer 2023!
The cobbled streets of Lincoln will be transformed with top hats, flying goggles, corsets and flamboyant feathers. This innovative event attracts visitors from all over the world and celebrates a steam powered world in the late 19th century, with a programme of art, literature, music, fashion and comedy.
Taking Lincoln Castle to a time that never was, The Asylum Steampunk Festival is the largest and longest running steampunk festival in the Solar System. Attracting visitors from all over the world, this innovative event celebrates a steam powered world in the late 19th century.
Now in its 13th year, the Lincoln Steampunk Festival will feature a fringe-style programme of art, literature, music, fashion and comedy.
Highlights include:
- Steampunk Market
- Asylum Costume Competition and Parade
- The Asylum's Most Splendid Promenade
- Steampunk Campus
- The Illicit Market
- Jet Pack Race
- Tea Duelling
- The Great Exhibition
- The Wacky Racers and Pararacers
For a full timetable of events, tickets and more, click here.
Everyone is also invited to enjoy a range of daytime entertainment, markets, parades and exhibitions in the Bailgate and Uphill Lincoln, Lincoln Castle, St Mary Le Wigford, followed by a variety of evening shows at The Drill, The Engine Shed, Blue Room and The Lincoln County Assembly Rooms.
Images by Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
