Event Announcement: SPFM2016 welcomes The Positronic Cats!

We are pleased to announce that The Positronic Cats will be joining us this year!

The Positronc Cats are a progressive folk duo from Pennsylvania. Simple chord progressions paired with powerful vocals and intricate mandolin phrasings are the foundation for songs about love, revenge, and the future. As fans of dark, emotional themes as well as science fiction, their goal is to evoke cinematic scenes in the listener’s mind. They draw inspiration from classic filmmakers like Ingmar Bergman and Stanley Kubrick as well as the music of Tom Waits, Radiohead, and The Decemberists. In the winter of 2014, they began recording a story about a cosmic romance which opens in the belly of the underworld and closes at the rim of the ever expanding universe. The result was their first self release, the EP “Love is Impossible”. Currently, they are headed back into the studio to record the follow up, tentatively titled “Mortal Cathedrals”.

Waylon K. Smith and Jim Taylor (both multi-instrumentalists in their mid-thirties) have been making music together since 2013 and have since found a home within the Steampunk community on the East Coast. In May of 2015, they performed with such acts as Steam Powered Giraffe, This Way to the Egress, Frenchy and the Punk, Feline and Strange, Humanwine, Eli August and the Abandoned Buildings, and Mansara at at The Steampunk World’s Fair in Piscataway, New Jersey. They added to a host of sideshow acts, cosplay actors, and fellow musicians in October of 2015 at the Gilded Festival in Cape May, NJ. In January of 2016, they shared the stage with Aurelio Voltaire and Psyche Corporation at the Brass Ring Academy and Cabaret at The New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, Connecticut. Twice a year, they provide musical support for a Steampunk event in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania at a local brewery located in a Civil War era barn. 2016 is proving to be an exciting year as they continue to book new Steampunk/Sci-fi events in their surrounding region and beyond.


Their songs are broadcast regularly on Krypton Radio (which reaches tens of thousands of listeners and readers each month), WWCF Radio 88.7 FM, and the web show Ambassador Radio (which airs on several college stations such as Kutztown University Radio, 91.1 FM WBUQ, Gettysburg College Radio, WCLH 90.7 FM-Wilkes University, and WVYC York College of PA). You may find the music of The Positronic Cats online at ReverbNation, Bandcamp, Spotify, Shazam, YouTube, CD Baby, and iTunes. They have over a thousand combined followers across social media sites including Facebook, ReverbNation, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and www.ThePositronicCats.com.

For booking inquiries, please contact Waylon K. Smith at ThePositronicCats@Gmail.com.

www.ThePositronicCats.com
www.Facebook.com/ThePositronicCats
www.twitter.com/PositronicCats
https://www.instagram.com/the.positronic.cats
www.reverbnation.com/ThePositronicCats
https://thepositroniccats.bandcamp.com

Event: Cowboy Conjuring Strolling Magic

The magic of Country Conjuring is excited to be performing at the first Steampunk Farmer's Market in New Freedom, PA! Erick Hershey, aka Flim-flam Sam, will amaze and entertain all ages with illusions performed with a Western Steampunk flair. Catch his strolling magic from 11:00-noon, and stop by his vending booth as well

webpage: www.hersheyarts.com
facebook page: www.facebook.com/ErickHersheyMagic

Event: Troupe Mirabella Bellydancing

We are happy to announce that Troupe Mirabella, a bellydance group, will be coming out and preforming!

"Troupe Mirabella is a local bellydance troupe based out of MGM Dance Studios in Shrewsbury. We'll be performing a few routines for you along with a demo. Always wanted to try bellydance? Here's your opportunity!"

Come and see Troupe Mirabella at 1:15PM

Event: Trinket Trade and Curiosity Swap

A new event for the roster! We are hosting a Trinket Trade and Curiosity Swap.

This event is open to anyone, and o participate just bring 5-10 small handmade items to trade with others for their trinkets! Small jewelry items, buttons, stickers, patches, home made soap samples, small crafts, anything you have made that you wish to swap with friends for something new.

The only rules: No selling, and no food items please to be courteous to those with allergies.

Location: Picnic table area at the pavilion.

Time: to be announced.

Event: Saturday Night Social at the Hodle

Saturday September 12, at The Hodle, 6PM till ?

Address: 106 N Front Street, New Freedom, PA

Come and gather, indulge in adult beverages, a full menu of great food, and the good company of friends new and old to close out the day of The Steampunk Farmer's Market! The Hodle is a historic New Freedom location once known as "The Colonial Hotel and Tavern", originally serving as a hotel for the thriving local train industry and was considered "the place to stay". Steampunk garb is welcome! We hope to see you there. 

Information about The Hodle borrowed from their Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/TheHodle

Event : Tea with the Enchanted Teapot

Hello tea lovers!

We are pleased to announce that The Steampunk Farmer's Market will be hosting a High Tea  put on by The Enchanted Teapot!  The tea menu will include 3 tea sandwiches, 3 desserts, a scone with clotted cream, and two varieties of tea. The tea will also feature tea dueling!

This event will take place from 12-1PM, in the New Freedom Community Center. Tickets are $20.00 per person, and must be paid in advance to The Enchanted Teapot. E-mail theenchantedteapot01@gmail.com with any questions or to reserve your spot before they are gone!

Tea will include the following:
Cucumber Sandwiches
Turkey Cream Cheese and Jam Sandwiches
Chicken Salad with Grapes Sandwiches
Fruit Salad
Wheel Mechanism Cookie
Steampunk Themed Gold Mini Cupcake
Scones with Clotted Cream
Earl Grey Tea
Chocolate Strawberry Tea

Steam into History "Steampunk Railroad Fyers" Train Ride

Tickets for the Steam into History "Steampunk Railroad Flyers" train ride are now available!

 Click Here For Steampunk Railroad Flyers Tickets

Located less than half a mile down the street from The Steampunk Farmers Market, the ride departs promptly at 9 A.M. from New Freedom, and will make a roughly 25 minute round trip ride to Railroad Run and back. Tickets are only $4 + $1 ticket/processing fee.

For more information about the train, the station, and location please check out the Steam Into History website: http://steamintohistory.com/

Hope to see you on the train! 

Steam Into History Station

2 West Main Street

New Freedom, PA 17349

The Steampunk Farmers Market 2015 - New Freedom, PA

Welcome!

What is the Steampunk Farmers Market?

The Steampunk Farmers Market is a slightly unusual, and hopefully  unique event gearing up to bring the anachronistic flair and creative ambition of the Steampunk world to New Freedom, PA and the surrounding communities. We aim to support the local communities and small business, support local history by drawing attention to Steam Into History just down the hill from the event, and open the minds of a small town to worlds outside of their own.

The event is being held through the New Freedom Recreation Council, which aims to bring free-to-the-public fun and entertainment to all ages and interested (time)travelers. We are also in association with the New Freedom Farmer's Market, and The Steampunk Farmers Market will run alongside the normal weekly market, thus the origins of our name. So yes, The Steampunk Farmer's Market will be an actual farmers market with fresh produce, baked goods, and a handful of other local vendors!

All through the season, The New Freedom Farmer's Market puts on small side events of various themes and scales. An event may be as simple as local kids get a free table at the market to sell their wares, or local artists being offered a free table for that weekend. There are larger goings on include  organized fundraiser runs, and events with extra vendors and entertainment events such as Yogis Take the Park  and The Steampunk Farmer's Market.   The latter two are some of the more ambitious events, and the Steampunk Farmer's Market is aiming to be one of the largest!

The Steampunk Farmer's Market is a (officially) one day Steampunk themed event, slated to occur on September 12, 2015, starting at 10AM and running basically until the event naturally comes to a close be it 2PM as the paperwork is marked, or later in the afternoon/evening. The hours seem short, we know, but we are using that time frame as a minimum basis and going from there. We are also attempting to un-officially expand the event by way of side events and activities the day before, the evening of the 12th or even the day after if there is enough interest or offers by outside groups to host their own activities with us. For this year though, the vendor hours will only be occurring on Saturday.

We hope to see you there!