Steampunks can be recognized by the metallic bronze color of their outfits, complete with gears and goggles. Old-fashioned and futuristic at the same time, as if the earth had entered a new industrial revolution after an all-destroying disaster. “I see it as an alternative timeline,” says TU/e student Randor Bongers, member of theater society Doppio and chair of the Lunafest committee on behalf of cultural umbrella organization Scala.

Those who want to visit festival location Luna on Saturday, March 8 may do so in steampunk attire, but it’s certainly not mandatory, Bongers emphasizes. Admission to the festival, which lasts from two in the afternoon until two in the morning, is free. Participation in the workshops is also free, but reservations are advised.

Dungeons & Dragons

The program traditionally includes many cross-pollinations between the diverse cultural societies at TU/e. Writer’s association KL!NK, together with the Japanese association Kinjin, will teach you how to make haikus. The dancers of Footloose and the musicians of Quadrivium will present the ballet performance Coppelia. And theater company Doppio will create an improv performance around Dungeons & Dragons, together with the game fanatics of Knights of the Kitchen Table.

Newcomers to the Lunafest are the Beunhazen. Not your typical cultural association, the club consists of car enthusiasts who enjoy pimping their rides together. Nonetheless, the members perfectly carved out their niche within Scala last year, says Bongers. “They’re very enthusiastic. One of the members is a secretary on the Scala board, and they’re organizing various program elements of Lunafest.”

Mosselman

Scala is counting on about five thousand visitors on March 8. “That’s the number the editions before COVID reached, and now we’re building toward that again,” says Bongers. The festival day will culminate in a performance by alt-rock band STAPLERS and DJ Mosselman at café Hubble.

See below for a photo impression of Lunafest 2024.