The Schedule

The Brass Screw Confederacy is a three day event from Friday, June 8, to Sunday, June 10. Set in the Victorian seaport of Port Townsend and historic Fort Worden, festivities shall embrace the weird and wonderful of the region including a Victorian boudoire turned saloon on the warf, purveyors of mercantile marvels, entertainments to delight and titalate, absynthe, musicians, magic, mysticism, mayhem and mayhap even zombies. Yes, zombies.

Specific details about the schedule shall be forthcoming, but you may fully anticipate the following:

Friday Evening June 8th

• Registration at the historic Pope Marine Building with fire dancers and a silent auction (7pm - 10pm)
• Victorian Boudoir-saloon at The Cotton Building featuring live music featuring Hot Club Sandwich, photo booth, absinth tastings, and cash bar with local beer, wine & cider(7pm - 10pm) 21 and over.
• Port Townsend Steampunk pub crawl and gallery walk (6pm - ?)

Saturday Day June 9th - Free Admission

• Bazaar of the Bizarre with Vendors, makers, bodgers and artists fair - American Legion Hall (10am - 5pm) Free
• Arts in Action - see craftfolk and artisans making the magnificent - Outside the American Legion Hall (weather permitting) (10am - 5pm) Free
  • Potters
  • Blacksmith
  • Busquers
  • Macho woodcraft
  • Mysterious contraptions
• Brass Screw Cabaret - Key City Public Theatre Free
• Readings by Neal Stephenson - Award-winning and best-selling author reads from his NeoVictorian cyberpunk novel, Diamond Age
• Master Payne's Flea Circus - small but mighty indeed!
• Diana Vick speaks on Steampunk Costuming
• The Shadow Sprites, a Depth-Defying performance

...Plus busquers, performers and adventures galore on the streets of Port Townsend

Saturday night June 9th

The Brass Screw Confederacy joyfully convenes for it's first formal conclave and Vaudeville show. (7:30pm - 1am) $25 cash or check at the door of the American Legion Hall 21 and over
Proudly featuring:

• The Crow Quill Night Owls - A different kind of Steampunk Band
• Tempting Tarts Burlesque
• Artis the Spoon Man and Reggie Miles
• Master Payne - Steampunk Sorcerer
• Aerialists
• Belly dancers
• ...and the most stupendously fabulous audience ever - featuring YOU!

Sunday Midday, June 10th

The living confront their ancient and recurring nemesis... Who. Will. Win? (11am - ?)

Come prepared to face down the latest wave of shambling, mindless zombies in the Zombie Triathalon. We commence with the Zombie Hunt, a refined gambol through the woods stalking the not-so-elusive and hardly-well-hidden prey of light-dazzled undead. Next, Zombie Skeet - test your aim and skills against lurching zombies in a life-sized shooting gallery. Bring your ultra-safe, clearly non-dangerous six shooter or modified nerf gun to try your luck. Finally, it's Zombies' Revenge - ok, really it's capture the flag but if the zombies touch you then you join their ranks. Not so easy....

All rules, prizes, and the very existance of the event are subject to the whimsey of the organizers, likely suffering raging headaches and laryngitis