There are plenty of events taking place this weekend in the Steampunk worlds! In RL, Chicago will be hosting Gearbox Fantastique at 9pm (which means if you’re reading this, you’re already late)! However there will be a second performance, per their Facebook site, so for more details, please visit it, at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=182566518432994&ref=tsNext, beautiful San Diego will be hosting The Eathernaut: A Steampunk Saloon – which will featuring the lovely and talented Miss Veronique! The event will base many talented musical individuals and groups, so do consider paying a visit to their site for more information, located at: http://djwolfie.com/In Second Life, the Grand Tour V will be starting this weekend! Throughout the Steamlands, the “All Aboard Grand Tour” is back, with 15 venues in its locomotive-themed tour! The schedule is as follows…Saturday
5am-7am Al Andalus Alhambra: The beautiful palaces of 13th century Moorish Spain is hosting a music festival featuring Joaquin Gustavs flamenco guitar and the amazing percussion group DRUM! Also the beginning of the All Aboard Grand Tour Photo contest, sponsored by Al Andalus! Pick up the rules here. Flamenco or Arab dress encouraged!
7am-9am Tuliptree: Hobo Haven Jungle Grand Opening sponsored by the Virtual Rail Consortium, with Hobo and train music played by DJ Callipygian Christensen. Come and learn the history of rail at this wonderful build, and see what the Consortium is doing in SL. Hobo costumes or whatever you have!
9am-11am Steam SkyCity: Sparking Gears Ball. Romance among the Robots! Clanks and Automatons are invited to come and greet the day, with dancing and prizes for best avatars.
11am-1pm Winterfell: Revelry on Reverie. Love and Devotion music, in beautiful Winterfell, with DJ Gabrielle Riel.
1pm-3pm Antiquity: Celebrating the “All Aboard” theme, various sims and factions through Antiquity have donated something that makes them special or unique: food, guards, art, etc to celebrate the diversity Antiquity has to offer.
3pm-6pm Seraph City: A city representing the era between the world wars, presents music and dance with Edward Pearse, at the Seraph City Club, the classiest club in Seraph City.
6pm-9pm New Babbage: Piermont Landing presents The Never More Midnight Blue Ball, Saturday including a Creative Steampunk Cage Building Contest. ( After all, do you think we are going to cage Ravens or they going to Cage YOU ?) Dress is formal, midnight blue of course, and there are prizes!
9pm-11pm Caledons Oxbridge Village: Thistle Hill Marketplace, a cozy collection of shops featuring Victorian era Steampunk gadgetry, original artworks, and much more, hosts a dance at Alley Cat Alley, with a theme of cats and other night animals, with DJ Poppy.
11pm-1am New Toulouse: DJ Gabriel Riel takes the party to crescendo with Dont Throw Mama From The Train: Jazz and Blues in late night. Theme is trains and travel and 1920s dress appropriate!
Sunday
7am-9am Seraph City: Hold the Front Page! The Primgraph Offfice Grand Opening in Seraph City includes dancing and a murder mystery! Journalistic attire will get you in the proper frame of mind!
9am-11am New Babbage: Brunel Hall Academy Pop over to the steamlands largest and most luxurious hotel for dancing and general frivolity as Victor1st Mornington takes you through a tour of the chart topping hits from 1950’s all the way to the 1980’s.Steampunk attire is a New Babbage standard.
11am-1pm Clos Normand: The Consulate of Europa welcomes the Tour as Duke Otenth Paderborn regales us with tales from the rails, high above the beautiful sims of Côte d’Fleurie.
1pm-3pm Armada Breakaway: Celebrating the second anniversary during the Grand Tour with a dance! There will be rum and pirates and ladies in their finest gowns. Join us as we ring in another year of mayhem!
3pm-5pm Steelhead: This Steampunk/Victorian Town set in the late 1800’s in the Pacific Northwest, Washington Oregon territories brings their original flavor to the Grand Tour! Join DJ Fuzzball Ortega to see what this year has in store.
5pm -7pm Steeltopia: Rounding out the tour in the Pneumatic Revolution Lounge,DJ SteelCobra Calamari hosts the Super Spy vs Super Villain Dance. Come as a Super Spy, Villain or henchman, let’s make Mr Bond and Goldfinger proud! A wide variety of spy tunage to be played.
