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Steampunk Shenanigans
This Event will take place on:
We hold regular event days throughout the year, see What’s On for details.
Ladies and gentlemen…
…we cordially invite you to join us at the East Anglian Railway Museum for this, our Steampunk fair hosted in conjunction with the League of Essexordinary Gentlemen.
Suitably attired in all your splendour, you may enjoy the delights of tea-duelling, free-style hula-hooping and… emerging from his dungeon especially for this day… the legendary Herr Doktor. Meet the stall holders and browse their wares and you can disappear into the world of Steampunk!
We will also be holding a special Steampunk Market, there will be a range of stalls in our new Exhibition Hall and outside on the events field. If you are a stall holder please see towards the bottom of this page about how you can get involved.
More details about the event will be posted here nearer the event, but you can be sure of a grand time at this spectacular and popular event – don’t miss out!
This is a family friendly event with fun for all the family.
Treat your dad this Father’s day and enjoy unlimited steam and diesel train rides, as well as unlimited rides on our Miniature railway, and access to the museum and it’s exhibits.
Let your kids let off some steam on our train themed playground and also pretend to be a bus driver on our play and picnic bus.
During our Steampunk Shenanigans event, The Museum is open for you to look around the various buildings, trains, displays and exhibits – details of what you can see can be found on our Standard Museum Admission page, with the added attraction of one of our heritage trains running, hauled by one of our home fleet of steam locomotives.
We operate unlimited rides starting at 10:30 – 15:00, the Museum opens at 10:00 right through until 17:00.
Check out our working Restoration Shed, See how the volunteers are getting on with the restoration of Lamport, the magnificent Victorian Goods Shed, period Waiting Rooms & Signal Box as well as the Thompson Centre & Train themed Children’s Playground, our site of over 10 acres is ideal if you would like to bring your own picnic.
Find out more about what can be seen on the Standard Museum Admission page.
Spectacular Steampunk Market
Traders – come along and take part in our Steampunk Market, from the every day to the unusual, as well as speciality food and snacks, everyone is welcome, but we quick as we have a limited number of pitches available.
Outside Pitches – 3m x 3m, please bring along your own marquee, table and equipment – £15
Inside Pitches – within out new Exhibition Hall paved area. 1.8m frontage x 1.6m depth. – £25
Limited number of tables available for hire – £5. These are limited and on a first come, first reserved basis.
Be quick as places are limited. If you are interested in a pitch, please download the booking form below and email it back to marketing@earm.co.uk. Once we have reviewed your submission and corrsponding documents, we will send you a link via PayPal to submit the payment.
Please note that whilst we can accept bookings speciality selling food related items we are unable to take bookings for general catering, such as burger vans etc.
If you have any queries or question about the market, please contact us via email marketing@earm.co.uk and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Please email back any completed forms to the address above.
Event Timetable
Our trains run all day long with no fixed timetable from 10:30 to 15.00, and you can have as many rides as you like, whenever you like.
On Site Catering and Ice Creams
Feeling Hungry?
You can visit Platform Two Cafe, which is run by our external suppliers, Stour Valley Catering – they’re open from 10am – 4pm and serve tasty breakfast, lunch & snack options, as well as coffee, tea & a range of cold beverages.
Platform Two will also have their takeaway outlet open for this event selling food like chips and bacon rolls.
Our friends from Molly Moo’s Ice Creams will be here selling a range of ice creams, lollies and drinks to keep you cool.
Ticketing
Please note, prebooking closes at midnight before the event, tickets are then available on the door at the prices shown above.
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