Arts & Entertainment
Watch City Steampunk Festival Back For 2024
The annual Waltham festival returns this weekend rain or shine. Here's what to know.

WALTHAM, MA — Saturday will mark the return of one of the area's most unique events of the year: The Watch City Steampunk Festival.
Back for 2024, the festival is set to bring more than 60 vendors, kids' activities, food trucks and multiple performance spaces to downtown Waltham. A full list of vendors can be found at the link here.
The theme of the free event for 2024 is a "Mad Tea Party." Waltham's Steampunk Festival was founded in 2010.
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Open ceremonies are scheduled for 10 a.m., but a Red Cross blood drive is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. at the nearby First Parish Church, 50 Church St.
A complete schedule of events can be found at the link here, and a map of the festival spaces can be found here.
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