This event can’t be produced without wonderful people who volunteer.
Give a shift – get a shirt and free entry!
You choose what day, times and assignments work best for you.
One of the challenges of putting on a Maker Faire is paying for it as we want to continue offering it free for Makers to show off their projects. This means we have to charge guests to attend.
In order to help, purchase tickets online thru Eventbrite and save $2 per ticket or donate any amount to help us make a better Maker Faire.
Members of the Hudson Family and Potter’s Wife Gallery will offer a free art-making activity.
We’ve also moved from Weekend to Family Pass this year to help offset guest expense.
We’re sure once you attend Maker Faire, you’ll understand the value of make-and-takes, learning opportunities, and fun had by all as Maker Faire really is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth!
The Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire® – Powered by TekVenture is like no other event in that guests participate in experiential learning such as how to weld or solder while learning how Makers of the region and beyond go about turning their ideas into reality.
Alex Elko Shares His 2013 Maker Faire Art Project
Music, food, and workshops will be available to curb those cravings for great entertainment and eating locally produced food.
At this unique event guests get to learn cool things about Makers, their projects and the tools, materials, and processes used to make them. Who knows which idea will change the world.
We hope you’ll find that maybe you’re a Maker too!
We’re currently looking for attraction ideas such as fun art cars, speakers, or quirky things in which the public might be interested.
There will also be projects to build so visit us at the Maker Faire to see what new skills you might learn.
This is a community driven event serving as a fundraiser for TekVenture so if interested in exhibiting, racing, or sponsoring, we’d love to hear from you.
http://slashdot.org/story/13/10/22/1950206/scenes-from-the-fort-wayne-regional-maker-faire-video
Thanks to Slashdot.org for capturing the essence of the 2013 Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire! We had such a great time at the event this year. Thousands of people came from many states to meet our Makers and see their interesting projects. while learning about the tools, processes and materials used for a variety of interesting projects. Guests also got to have fun riding rides, making things, and trying their hand at new skills like soldering and welding. Thanks to all our Makers, guests, volunteers, sponsors, food vendors, entertainers and others who made this such a wonderful event and to Slashdot.org for capturing some of the memories!!!
Stephen Parker of AroundFortWayne.com talks with Mike Elko about Maker Mini Challenges that took place throughtout event weekend.
It’s nearly that time of year again – Maker Faire is this weekend.
Come see Kenny Bergle and his band of merry mates as the Musical Therapy Lab kicks off at 12:30 on Saturday. At 4:00 the Memorial Park 8th Grade Jazz Band will play for your enjoyment.
On Sunday the schedule starts with the beautiful vocals of Hope Arthur at 12:00 then Lance Hoeppner plays original music at 2:00 followed by Mark O’Shaughnessy who ends the day’s live musical performances.
DJ Toxic Pockets will provide musical interludes throughout the weekend.
Come check out these awesome Music Makers and all the other fun activities of Maker Faire Fort Wayne 2013!
The Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire – Powered by TekVenture is just days away. You can check out the Maker Station, see Makers creating, create Make & Takes, learn to solder, and so much more. Buy tickets today at http://www.MakerFaireFortWayne.Eventbrite.com or at the door with cash or credit.
Join us Saturday at 11:00 to see how BMX Pros and Solution Action Sports designed and built a custom ramp for doing gigs on the road. Then just after check out how the pros do it in the first of 3 shows daily. Come to Maker Faire and see BMX demonstrations at 11:00, 2:00 and 5:00 pm each day.
Our friends at the News-Sentinel will be giving away five two-pack tickets to the Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 14-15 in downtown Fort Wayne at Headwaters Park East.
To win a two-pack of tickets to the two-day event, just email The News-Sentinel at contest@news-sentinel.com with a link to a YouTube video featuring one of your favorite inventions, as well your NAME, EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER for contest purposes only.
Maybe it’s radio control cars, or even a Rube Goldberg Machine; they want to see what inspires you!
The contest ends Wednesday. The winner will be contacted by email or phone Thursday. The winners can pick up the tickets at the Fort Wayne Newspapers office, 600 W. Main St., between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. until Friday.
So what is a Swatch-O-Rama? We are working to bring fabric artists, quilters and crafters a special treat this year. Clean out your craft drawers and bring your “junk” to the Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire!* We’ll provide the space. You provide the fabric, threads, yarns, needles, paper, stamps and any items Makers, Crafters or Quilters might consider treasures for use in their projects. Bring to Maker Faire* and Swap away – it’s free!
Maker Faire Fort Wayne* fan favorite Casey Drudge known for his TekVenture Chain Reaction Challenge machines and 3D quilt work will be back this year. Come see Casey’s ode to Rube Goldberg machines and totally unique approach to quilting. He might even swap you a swatch to include in his next art piece.
* Event tickets available for purchase at makerfairefortwayne.eventbrite.com or at the door.
Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire 