Does your corset have strings attached? Are unwanted werewolves chewing on your tailcoat? Splendid gowns and fine garments can turn unwanted heads, but a well pressed collar could change that. Brave volunteers could discover how to protect more than their neck. Take advice from our seasoned hunters on how to apply ingenious creative flair to your wardrobe.
Guided by Shellie Horst, guests Emma Whitehall, Carl F Northwood, and Keith W Dickinson will invite guests to explore the perils of dressing to impress – without dropping a stitch.
12pm: Glunda the Veg Witch
STEAMPUNK AUTHOR K W DICKINSON DELIVERS A HEROIC HOTPOT OF A BOOK LAUNCH
“A witch’s boots told the story of her life. They showed you where she’d been, where she was going, and what kind of a witch she would be when she got there. And, most importantly, they were proof that said witch was not someone to be trifled with.
She was to be listened to, and obeyed, and yes sometimes even feared, because her wisdom was hard earned and her wrath swift and mighty.
They would have to be, for her to have lived in such boots for so many a year. No one trusted a witch in brand new boots, and rightly so as far as Glunda was concerned.”
1pm: Hull Wilberforcian Steampunks
Come and meet Howard Callaway and friends from the Hull Wilberforcian Steampunks to discover all you need to know about the Steampunk scene in Hull and further afield.
This will be an opportunity to find out what makes local Steampunks ‘tick’. There will be ample time to ask questions about how you can become involved.
But be warned; Steampunk is a very addictive scene!
2pm: Writing Your World
Join our brave adventure-authors and explore the derring-do involved in taking steampunk novels (and other forms) to the world, and how not to be eaten alive in the process. Even our audience will have a part in this quest.
Moderated by Shellie Horst, with guests Emma Whitehall, Carl F Northwood, and Keith W Dickinson
12pm: Steampunk 101, Trinity Market
Come and join the Ministry of Steampunk to find out everything you need to know about Steampunk.
Where did it come from? Is it about literature, or costuming? Is there Steampunk music? Do Steampunks have normal lives outside of Steampunk? How do you get involved? Do you have to wear particular items of clothing to be a Steampunk? What’s the only ‘golden rule?’
Find out the answers to all these questions and more in this introduction to Steampunk talk.
1pm: Ethereal Voices, Hull Minster
HumberSFF does Hulloween!
Are you the next Mary Shelley, Cherie Priest, or William Gibson? Join The Extra-Ordinary League of Literary Luminati and share your work! Bring us your paranormal, your gothic, and horror*. Spaceships, dragons, vampires, and werewolves. Bonus points for airships over run by dragons being chased by vampires, in space!
If you would like to listen, just come along. If you would like to read at the Open Mic, please reserve a place to have your ten minutes of fame.
* Must be suitable for under 13s due to daytime audience.
1pm: Tea Duelling, Trinity Market
Do you have nerves of steel? Do you have what it takes to resist eating your dunked biscuit until the very last moment before it collapses in a mess?
If the answer is yes, then you might be in with a chance to be crowned the Hulloween II champion in this most Steampunk of extreme sports.
The winner will automatically be entered into the World (yes, World!!) Championship at The Asylum Steampunk Festival in Lincoln in August 2024 and will also go home with a Ministry of Steampunk medal.
1pm-4pm: Tower Tours, Hull Minster
Tower tours will be running throughout the weekend. Please go to www.hullminster.org/towertours to book your place
1.30pm-2.15pm: Illicit Market, Zebedee’s Yard
Nobody really knows whether the illicit market takes place. If it ever does, it might be going to take place on Sunday at Hulloween. It could possibly take place in Zebedee’s Yard at about 1:30pm before the Grand Parade (nudge nudge).
But you didn’t read that here, did you?
The Illicit Market is an opportunity for (cough) very small traders to (cough) come along for a very short while to (cough) operate beneath the radar of the ‘authorities’ (cough) for a spot of barter and purchase. Unlike the Old Curiosity Swap, money is allowed to change hands at the Illicit Market, or else it would if it ever happened.
Which obviously it doesn’t.
You could find out more about the illicit market on the Ministry of Steampunk website if you were so inclined. But you probably aren’t, because it never happens anyway.
2pm for 2.15pm start: Grand Steampunk Parade, Zebedee’s Yard
Join in with the Ministry of Steampunk and the Hull Wilberforcian Steampunk group as we parade through the city from Zebedee’s Yard to Paragon Square to Trinity Square in fantastic costumes.
We welcome Steampunks and anyone in a costume to join the parade. Saturday’s Hulloween Parade will focus on perhaps the less glamorous side of Hulloween, whereas Sunday’s Grand Steampunk Parade will celebrate steampunk at its finest, so dress to impress.
At the end of the parade there will be medals awarded for the best adult and child costumes.
3pm: Facial Hair Competition, Trinity Market
With none other than Mr Sweeney Todd inviting festival goers to this year’s Immortal Ball it would seem remiss not to celebrate the occasion by holding a Facial Hair Competition.
You don’t need a Y chromosome to enter the competition, but you do need facial hair, even if you have borrowed it for the occasion.
The competition will take place in Trinity Market at the conclusion of the Grand Parade.
3pm: Bibliomancy 101, Zebedee’s Yard entrance
A WANDERING WRITING WORKSHOP WITH SHELLIE HORST
Graverobbing, map hunting, and weapon development… this is not your average quest.
Bring your imagination and join the most creative minds the north could spare to assemble a tale so impeccably gripping, even the walking dead will be unable to resist its pull.
Meet Shellie under the archway entrance to Zebedee’s Yard at 3pm for a walk, ending at Hepworth’s Arcade at 4pm.
