A post on the Second Life Blog caught my eye : A Clockwork Spiral – Steampunk Event to Benefit National Kidney Foundation. Intrigued I decided to pop along and take a look around and it’s quite a busy place with people arriving on a regular basis.

This is also a place with some impressive scenery. There are stairs in the train station that lead to lower levels, tunnels, strange and mysterious objects in the middle of the streets and much more.

So what exactly is A Clockwork Spiral? Well for more information it’s best to head to the website. There we one can find the press release :

A Clockwork Spiral is a shopping and music event featuring steampunk, steamgoth, dieselpunk, dieselgoth and dark Victoriana in Second Life to help raise money for the National Kidney Foundation.

It will be held September 15th – October 1st, 2014 on Cursed. (It should be noted that Cursed is an Adult rated sim.) The Spiral opens at NOON on September 15th and closes at MIDNIGHT October 1st. Both times are Pacific Time (SLT).

The Spiral hosts 40 merchants bringing in their interpretations of the theme for the visitors to shop while enjoying the atmosphere and the music of the event. As always, Club Gothika’s Mobile Unit will be present in the event area and will be the heart of the music events.

More information at: https://aclockworkspiral.wordpress.com/

So a noble cause indeed. The event itself is advertised as a music/shopping event. I like music, shopping … anyway!

 

The event has been organised by Axi Kurmin, Lokii Violet, Dolce Blackflag, Sonya Marmurek and Cruel Britannia. This means it’s a sort of Fantasy Faire meets Pixeldolls meets Goths type of team. Yes I know Pixeldolls are long gone but that’s where I recognise a name on this list from.

 

The merchant list page provides a list of merchants and sponsors. The sponsors of the event are :

• 22769 ~ [bauwerk]
• Bliensen + MaiTai
• !Chop Shop!
• *~ by Nacht
• Chaos, Panic, & Disorder
• Fallen Gods Inc.
• Gothika
• House of Rain
• .:{MV}:.
• Roawenwood
• Unrepentant

Heck even I recognise some of those names … ok admittedly I recognise them from Fantasy Faire or knowing the people behind them from forums but still! There are also merchants aplenty there to meet your shopping needs.

 

However what of the music? I’m all geared up for some Sisters Of Mercy but the stream is playing a 1940’s track. In other words, I don’t know what the arrangements are for the music or whether there are any DJ sessions. I know that the organisers have DJ’s amongst their ranks but I don’t know if they have the time to perform.

However I do know that there are Gacha machines at the event, so if Gacha is your thing you may want to pop along. Alternatively you may just want to pop along to the impressively designed sim. However do bear in mind that this is an adult region, although I saw nothing whatsoever that was overtly adult on my visit.

This is an event with a good cause at its heart, it’s worth a visit.

SLURL : http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cursed/78/128/1001/

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