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Attend - Maker Faire Newcastle 2009

The workshop programme will be finalised early next week, so please keep watching this spot.

Date: Sat 14 + Sun 15 March
Time: 10am-5pm
Location: Various
Audiences: Adult, Families
What happens when robots have a fight? Where can you find a fire breathing horse? How do you make an electric skateboard? Find out at the UK's first Maker Faire - a 2 day family friendly event for people who like to tinker, make things or just explore the weird and wonderful.

Maker Faire Newcastle will be the finale highlight of Newcastle ScienceFest. Events will take place at Times Square, Centre for Life and Discovery Museum, Sat 14 - Sun 15 March (10am-5pm) and will include:

Robots Featherweight UK
Championships, Centre for Life
£3.95 special offer entry
See many stars of the hit TV show Robot Wars battle it out with their featherweight machines to be crowned UK Champion! Robot Wars double world champions Team Razer will be presenting the show and if you're lucky you may get to see Razer demonstrating its 9 tons of crushing power in the arena!

Times Square Maker Marquee (FREE)
A fun, interactive maze of demonstrations, exhibits and displays where you can meet R2D2 and find out how to hack a toy doll.

Makers in the Other Room (FREE)
Get creative with infra-red graffiti, LED throwies and other illuminated exhibits.

Discovery Museum (FREE)
No trip to Maker Faire would be complete without experiencing Titan - an 8ft tall, fully animatronic and articulated, interactive Robot. See Titan alongside art cars and other hands-on maker activities at the Discovery site.

Maker Workshops - various times and venues
Make your own electronic instruments at one of the unique, hands-on workshops that will accompany Maker Faire. Suitable for adults and children.
Check the boards around Centre for Life for time and venue.

Drop in workshops include:

• LED throwies at Discovery and the Other Rooms
• MadLab Workshops, Life Science Centre
• Rude Mechanicals, Life Science Centre

Special events

Chiptune Marching Band (Workshop & performance), The Other Rooms - FREE
Learn the basics of making a breadboard musical instrument out of electronics components - sensors, transistors, op-amps, resistors and capacitors. Circuits from the tradition of DIY noisemaking. A unique feature of these sound producing circuits will be that they are all powered by alternative energy generators. The group then become a "marching band" parading Times Square producing self-powered electronic sounds! Suitable for 14years plus - limited capacity of 20, first-come first served!

Maker Faire Closing Party, The Other Rooms, Sunday 15 March (time and cost to be announced)
Live electronic music performances from the world's finest Chiptune artists - musicians creating fresh new sounds with old, modified computers and toys - celebrating DIY culture.

How to get there?
www.life.org.uk/info/gettinghere/

Where to stay?
For hotel special offers in the city or to search for accommodation for your visit to the Maker Faire visit www.newcastlegateshead.com/2605/Hotel_Offers.html

NewcastleGateshead
Two exciting destinations that have become one, Newcastle (on the north bank of the River Tyne) and Gateshead (on the south) have become NewcastleGateshead and have undergone a spectacular transformation in the last decade. Linking the two areas is the vibrant Quayside, a cultural hub of art, music, architecture and nightlife. The waterway has seven spectacular bridges, including the famous Tyne Bridge and the new Gateshead Millennium Bridge, acclaimed worldwide for its beauty and innovative 'eyelid' structure, which opens and closes to let ships pass.

The Quayside is also home to two of NewcastleGateshead's landmark buildings: The Sage Gateshead - with fantastic live music - and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, a converted flour mill which now showcases dynamic and diverse international art exhibitions. The cultural venues don't stop there: slightly further into the city is the Theatre Royal, which has been showing performances for more than 180 years and still stages large productions, plus numerous other galleries and museums.

Perhaps the greatest piece of art in the area is Antony Gormley's Angel of the North. Standing proudly at the entrance to NewcastleGateshead, the vast, open-winged sculpture is a welcoming and impressive sight. Recognised as one of the 12 "Icons of England" and with wings wider than the Statue of Liberty is tall, the Angel is truly a sight to behold.

A key part of any city break is shopping, and NewcastleGateshead has an astonishing array of stores. From bric-a-brac to boutique, every taste can be indulged here. The city centre has an impressive number of outlets but at the forefront is the MetroCentre, Europe's largest shopping and leisure complex.

Worn-out shoppers can take a rest in one of the city's relaxing parks, such as Saltwell Park, known as the country's finest Victorian park. Bird-watchers can spot magnificent birds of prey such as red kites swooping over the majestic countryside just outside the city.

For those with a passion for sport, the city has a wealth of venues offering the chance to see live action. St James' Park is the famous home of Newcastle United (in addition to live games, stadium tours are also on offer here), while rugby union side Newcastle Falcons play at Kingston Park and Gateshead International Stadium and Newcastle Racecourse offer the chance to see top-class athletics and horse-racing.

NewcastleGateshead's history dates back around 2000 years, to when the Roman's settled on the north bank of the Tyne and everywhere you look you'll see reminders of the past, from the medieval city walls to the 12th century Castle Keep from which the city takes its name. The Discovery Museum holds a treasure trove of information on life in the area through the ages. The Centre for Life is also a great learning experience for both kids and adults, while young readers can delve into Seven Stories, The Centre for Children's Books.

Visit www.NewcastleGateshead.com for more information on the city's attractions, shopping, history and world-class programme of festivals and events.

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