Other Steampunk Conventions
2012
May 4-6: AetherFest
San Antonio, TX
May 11-12: Gaslight Gathering
San Diego, CA
May 25-28: World Steampunk Expo
Dearborn, MI
May: The Steampunk World’s Fair (It may be in June – taking vote for new date)
Somerset, NJ
June 15-17: SoonerCon
Oklahoma City, OK
July: Portland Gear Con
Portland, OR
August 10-12: San Japan
San Antonio, TX
September 14-16: Steel City Steam Festival
Pittsburg, PA
September 21-23: FenCon
Addison, TX
October 5-7: OctopodiCon
Oklahoma City, OK
October 19-21: Encounters
Wichita, KS
October 26-28: UtopiaCon
Cincinnati, OH
Other Interesting Conventions and Events:
January 5-8: MAGFest, in National Harbor, Maryland.
January 10-13: CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas
January 26-29: Fort Wayne, Indiana, the D&D Experience.
February 12-15: The New York Toy Fair.
February 17-19: MegaCon in Orlando.
March 14: It’s Pi Day (yes, it is 3/14).
March 16-18: Wondercon in Anaheim, California.
April 6-8: PAX East (the Penny Arcade Expo), in Boston.
April 13-15: Chicago’s C2E2, .
May 22: Let your goth flag fly on World Goth Day.
May 25: It’s Geek Pride Day, so switch to flying your geek flag.
May 27-June 1: Scripps National Spelling Bee, broadcast around the country.
June 5-7: E3 in Los Angeles
June 28: It’s Tau Day, Pi Day times two.
June 29-July 2: Anime Expo Los Angeles.
July 11-15: San Diego Comic-Con
July 27-29: Otakon, takes place in Baltimore.
July 27-August 12: The 41st Pennsic War
July 31: The original “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” movie was released 20 years ago on this date. (Buffy, the character, wouldn’t really take off for a few more years on the small screen.)
August 3-5: The best “cubing” minds in the country meet as the national Rubik’s Cube championships take place in Las Vegas.
August 5-9: SIGGRAPH 2012, the conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive technologies, takes place in Los Angeles.
August 16-19: Gen Con, takes place once again in Indianapolis.
August 23-26: Star Wars Celebration VI takes place in Orlando.
August 26-28: PAX Prime (The predecessor to PAX East) takes place in Seattle.
August 31-September 3: Dragon*Con
October: Nobel prize announcements and BlizzCon are expected to take place this month, but very few specifics are known at this time.
October 11-14: New York Comic Con should once again pack them in at Manhattan’s Javits Center.
November 17: Life Day (as celebrated in the “Star Wars Holiday Special”).
