Thursday & Friday Schedule 2022

FACE MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED IN ALL INDOOR SPACES FOR OUR 2022 EVENT!

Thursday, September 29, 2022

12:45pm-4:30pm – Day Zero Ghosts & Gravestones Tour – Separate ticket required. Please visit our event page that has more detailed information by CLICKING HERE! – Marriott Lobby – Hosted by Ron May & Pamela Molohon

3pm-6pm – Registration Hours – Salon A

6pm-10pm – Thursday Night Market Hours – Salon G & H, Cabrillo 1 & 2

7pm-9pm – Gaslight Expo Social – Grab a drink and get to know your fellow attendees. – Hotel Bar 

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Friday, September 30, 2022

9:30am-7pm – Registration & Info Desk Hours – Salon A

11am-7pm – Maker Display Room – Sierra 5

11am-7pm – Vendor Hall Hours – Salon G & H, Cabrillo 1 & 2

11am-11:30am – Opening Ceremonies – Anastasia Hunter – Main Stage (Salon D & E)

11am-2pm – Mechanical Music and Automata Concert – James Coffee – West Lawn

11:30am – 12:30pm  – Message In A Bottle Workshop – Make a Steampunk keepsake of a secret message to someone special, place it in a miniature amber glass bottle and hang it on a cord.  Gold wire and beads provided to enhance your bottle.  Take a piece of our parchment paper and share a poem, a clever quote, a proposal of marriage or other meaningful missive and gift it to your loved one or wear it yourself.  20 participants maximum. Cost: $5.00 per person. Instructor: Janet Herchenroeder – Balboa 2

SOLD OUT! – 11:30am – 1:30pm  – Leather Hip Belt Workshop – Designed to be worn over your clothes, over a corset, or a shirt, this hip belt is endlessly one size fits most. It is fully adjustable in the back with a lace tie closure, it comes with options for hanging all manner of ghost hunting equipment, tankard cups, tea dueling holsters or whatever the spirits command you to add. Four choices of hardware color, (shiny or antique gold or shiny or antique silver). and two choices of leather for the belt (black or brown). Cost: $50 per person. Limited to 12 people. Minimum age is 16+.  Some manual dexterity is required. – Instructors: Matt & Rebecca Eusey – Santa Fe 4  

SOLD OUT! 12pm-1pm – Steamy & Spooky Jewelry Workshop  – In this workshop you can create a steamy or spooky lapel pin or hair clip. Instructor will provide: hair clip or pin back, gears, and other spooky ornaments. Cost: $10.00 per piece. Max 20 participants. – Dee Astell – Santa Fe 3

12pm-1pm – I Can Steampunk That – This Panel will discuss steampunk cosplay mashups with a special look at steampunk variants. We will also discuss how you can add the aesthetic of steampunk with the colors and style clues from your favorite character to blend the mashup smoothly. – Joe & Barbara Cluck – Salon F

1pm-2pm  – Haunted Miniatures – Carol and Willa Taylor will teach tips and tricks to “spookify” your miniature projects! Ranging from miniature scenery for your favorite taxidermy to full 1:12 scale dollhouses, you will learn the best materials and best prices to build haunting themed minis for all skill levels. Bring questions and take home some samples to get started! Carol & Willa Taylor – Salon B

1pm-2pm  – Booked For Steam: Steampunk Fiction You Won’t Want To Miss – Want to read some rollicking good steampunk fiction but don’t know where to start? Join panelists Madeleine Holly-Rosing, Laura Huber Folmer, and Bill Bodden as we share our top picks of relatively recent steampunk reads from among novels, short stories, and graphic novels. A free handout will be provided. – Bill Bodden, Laura Folmer, Madeleine Holly-Rosing – Salon C

1pm-2pm – MAKE & TAKE: Spooky Gravestone Racers – Have some fun decorating your gravestone mobile that runs on preternatural energy.  Race it against other metaphysical vehicles and may the best creep mobile win!  Limited quantity of racers and a minimum of two participants for a challenge.  This activity is geared to the young and the young at heart. Make the 1st one for free. Make another for only $1.  – Balboa 1

1pm-3pm – Tea Dueling 101 & Friday Tea Dueling Competition –  Join Madam Askew, the Grand Arbiter, and their Temporal Entourage, for your final chance to play the most exciting Steampunk sport of the 21st Century! One part art, one part science, and always includes a cup of tea and biscuit! Challenge a friend and choose your bickie! –  Hosted by Madam Askew, Grand Arbiter, and their amazing Temporal Entourage – Madam Askew & the Grand Arbiter – Main Stage (Salon D & E)

1:30pm – 3:30pm  – Paper Lantern Holiday Ornament Workshop – Students can choose which design they would like to go with and then can personalize their piece with accessories of their choosing using Mod Podge, hot glue, tape, and/or super glue. Each kit will have a paper lantern for decorating, a plastic cap to use as either a base for a spooky ball or a ornament cap, “wood” and “metal” decorative tape to cover the cap, a decorative wire piece (for ornament designs), “Happy Holidays” and “Welcome Foolish Mortals” cut outs, a random selection of several feet of decorative ribbons and trim pieces, steampunk cogs and gears, buttons and/or metal decorative pieces, and a string of battery operated fairy lights.  

Students in class will be walked through how to put together their design, having the opportunity to pick out their own different colors and/or pattern tissue papers and will be taught how to paper mache them onto their lanterns.  Those in class can also pick from ropes, dozens of ribbons and trims, Washi tapes, stickers, use Sharpies or paint pens, and have choices of holiday charms, rhinestones, bells, pipe cleaners, and more available to them.  After class any remaining kits that will include basic instructions  will be sold to those interested. Max Number of students: 16. Cost: $12 per kit (cash only) – Brittany Olivieri – Balboa 2

2pm-3:30pm – Apocalypse Later Roadshow Part 1 – The Apocalypse Later Roadshow is a mini-film festival series hosted by Hal C. F. Astell of Apocalypse Later at conventions across the southwest. He’ll present two curated sets of quality international short films, some of which are still working their way through the festival circuit. Check out previous shows at roadshow.apocalypselaterempire.com. – Hal Astell – Salon B

SOLD OUT – 2pm – 5pm  – Shears At the Ready Workshop – Learn basic leather sewing and some tooling. In this class students will receive some shears (yes…we provide the shears!) and then while learning a basic leather stitch, you will create a sheath for it to go in, belt loop and all. We will help you learn the saddle stitch to create your sheath, dye it and even decorate it a bit if time permits. When you are done, you will have a snazzy pair of shears and a sheath because you never know when a rogue Spirit or Apparition might need assistance (or have a loose thread…) and now you will be ever at the ready! 

Instructor Provides: Shears, Needles, Thread, Leather for sheath, tooling stamps and items needed to borrow for class time, and dye. **Students must bring 2 pairs of pliers. Optional: Any leather tooling you have and want to try out. Cost: $60. Max participants: 20 students. – Ed Morlan – Santa Fe 3

SOLD OUT – 2:30pm-3:30pm – Leather Plague Mask Keychain Workshop – Make a your own leather mini Plague Mask as a tribute to these unusual times. Limited to 6 people per half hour. Cost: $15 per person – Jeff Engbrecht – Santa Fe 4 

3pm-4pm – Modern Options for Victorian Eyewear – Enjoy a lively discussion on the types of prescription eyewear available in the 19th century and places to find things similar to accommodate modern glasses. Some examples will be shown. Please bring questions and other examples. – Alicia Rabb – Salon C

3pm-4:30pm – High Tech vs. Old School Maker Techniques – Join Bob Mogg, The Iron Tailor, and Rebecca and Matt Eusey, Bex and Red Cosplay, as they compare the newest High Tech Equipment to Old School Techniques.  They will offer up their experience, and show you the pros and cons of both sides. – Bob Mogg, Matt & Rebecca Eusey – Salon F

4pm-5pm – Dark Fantasy – Is it the “Just Right” Level of Horror? –  It seems we have a new boutique genre every few years. Now it’s Dark Fantasy. What is it? How can you tell if you’re reading or writing one? And is it really just Horror Light? – David Boop, Eytan Kollin – Salon B

4pm-5pm – Guests of Honor Spotlight – Join Lady Mechanika’s Joe Benitez & Marcia Chen – Main Stage (Salon D & E)

4pm-4:30pm – Hobby Horse Dressage Intro 101 – We will describe the course and rules. Immediately prior to the event a simple rule sheet will be provided. Matching team costumes are encourages!. – Dirk & Laura – West Lawn

4:30pm-5:30pm – Hobby Horse Dressage – Hobby Horse Dressage Is a simplified dressage run/steeple chase event. The markers are not actual hurdles but simply line markers. The competitors are timed, but in the Spirit of Steampunk, “The rules are made up and the points don’t matter!” 

Hosted by Professor and Lady Brandywine – West Lawn

4:30pm-5:30pm – Giving Sentience to Inanimate Objects Writing Exercise – Choose from provided objects or use something of your own to develop ghost story ideas and explore your unique creativity. Based on the original exercise contributed to the Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror creative writing anthology by former film exec, writer/producer and script consultant, Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein. – Laurie Lamson – Salon F 

4:30pm-6pm  –  Tea Cup Fascinator Workshop – Create a special tea cup hair accessory, who knows it might just distract your opponent during tea dueling.  Cups, headbands, bows, ribbons, and other accessories included. Cost: $25.00 per Fascinator. Max 20 participants. – Dee Astell – Santa Fe 4

4:30pm-6pm – MAKE & TAKE – Peg doll/Pendant Painting Jubilee – Using the unearthly wonders of paint transform a peg doll or ethereal pendant into a haunted work of art! Make the 1st one for free. Make another for only $1. – Santa Fe 4

5pm-6pm  – RESCHEDULED TO SATURDAY AT 10AM IN SALON F – Journey to Antarctica! – Life at the icy and haunting bottom of the Earth – A first-hand account from one of Gaslight’s very own world travelers, on living and working in Antarctica. Including a brief review of some of the early explorers and their tragic stories; the development of research stations on the ice; personal stories – some hilarious, some not-so-much – highlighted with photos; and a Q & A. – RJ Perez – Salon B

5pm-6pm – Teapot Racing Test Track Edition – Take a spin on some of the elements of our regional teapot racing track before the main event on Saturday. Hosted by Chris Sturhann, our local teapot racer enthusiast. – Chris Sturhann –  Main Stage (Salon D & E) 

5pm-6pm – Steampunk 101 – Discover where the wacky world of steampunk comes from and how this unusual sub-genre of science fantasy has taken our imagination into wondrous, creative directions. Plus how the local Maker Movement has inspired us to learn how to make our own creations and pass that knowledge along to others. – Andie Ruiz, Cody Hamrick –  Salon C

6pm-7pm – Winchester Mystery House – Take a journey through one of the nation’s most bazaar, eccentric, and haunted homes. Under constant construction for nearly 40 years to ward off evil spirits, Sara Winchester’s spiritual guides encouraged her outlandish and often spooky mansion’s growth and decoration. Is it haunted?  If the spirit moves you, come join historian Dawn Devine and photographer Alisha Westerfeld for a narrated history and photo journey through this perplexing building. – Dawn Devine – Salon B

6pm-7pm – Spooky Tea Leaf Reading – Join Madame Askew and the Grand Arbiter as we dive into the fates led by the spooky spirit of dried out Camelias. Have your destiny led by the leaf and learn how to read leaves in Temporal Entourage Style.  – Madam & Arbiter –  Salon C

SOLD OUT – 6pm-7pm – Lend Me Your Ears Workshop – Have you ever wanted to be a fairy? A goblin, or perhaps an elf? Join us as we teach you how to paint, detail, and apply your own pair of pointy ears! Want piercings? You got it! Rainbow colors to match your outfit? Of course! Make them as pretty, or as gritty as you like. Supplies provided-one pair of ears, all paint/makeup/decoration supplies.  Max students: 20 people. Cost: $10 per person. – Nicole & Brian Teifer – Santa Fe 3 / Salon F

7pm-8:30pm – Friday Night Murder Mystery – Additional Ticket is required. Cost: $2 per person. Limited to 50 people. Please visit the event page for more information and to purchase tickets by CLICKING HERE! – Hosted by Lady Evelyn Upson-Downes – West Lawn 

7pm-8pm – Demystifying Divination: An Empowerment Class – Ever wonder what a psychic, intuitive consultant, reader or medium does when they read for you? In this class we will touch on a brief history of divination, especially its increased popularity around the turn of the 19th – 20th century when Arthur Edward Waite and Pamela Colman Smith created the well-known Rider/ Waite/ Smith Tarot deck in 1909. We will review some of the more common methods of divination and how they work (tarot, runes, scrying, mediumship/channeling), discuss the difference between fortune telling and divination and dispel some common myths about psychic perception, help you learn how to distinguish charlatans from legitimate practitioners and empower you to choose the one(s) best suited to your needs. Participants will learn how to intuitively read a Tarot card with no previous experience. – Seanara Coyote – Salon F

8pm-11:00pm – Live Dance Music by ALL MONSTER REVUE followed by a DJ Dance hosted by Shawn Crosby – Main Stage (Salon D & E)

9pm-11pm  – Steam Powered Karaoke – Tommy Dodd – Salon F

UPDATED: October 2, 2022

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