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Immerse yourself in imagination and innovation at Maker Faire Bay Area! Check out the magic at our 15th Edition this past October and get updates on next year's event, coming October 13-15 & 20-22 to Mare Island, CA!

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Each year, over 100 independently organized Maker Faires occur around the world. Some host hundreds of international makers; others showcase a local community. At all, participants come to share, learn, and get inspired.

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Humans have always made things and have been showing & telling their stories, ideas, art, and innovations at Maker Faire globally since it launched in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2006.

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Show & Tell

From the pages of Make: magazine find out more about the best of the global maker movement—the makers, projects, workshops, and performances happening at Maker Faires around the world.

News from Magazine

Meilily’s Top Picks From Maker Faire Shenzhen

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Maker Faire Shenzhen is coming this weekend and we’re super excited. Our very own David Groom is trying his best to get there in time to enjoy it and show us what is happening. Since we’re so far away, we’ve asked Meilily Li – one of the organizers and our good friend at Seeed Studio […]

LiveBlog: Maker Faire Orlando 2023

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Maker Faire Orlando has just begun! Keep checking this page as we’ll be updating it all weekend with pictures from Maker Faire! Newer stuff will be at the top, so if you want to see it from beginning to end, start at the bottom and work your way up! To find more details about things […]

Three Things You Absolutely Have To See At Maker Faire Orlando

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Here are just three huge reasons you must visit the Orlando Maker Faire. They know what they're doing and it shows!

Live: Maker Faire Rome 2023

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Welcome to the Maker Faire Rome live blog! We will be taking pictures of cool things all weekend during this event, and uploading pictures and videos here on this blog post. Refresh this page frequently and we will put new stuff at the top! I you haven’t be following along, you’ll want to scroll down […]

Maker Faire Bay Area Week 2: Bigger And Better

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We have just wrapped up the first weekend of Bay Area Maker Faire and it was so great. There are just too many fantastic stories and experiences for me to unfold here but here are a few pictures to give you a feel. These were taken by our fantastic photographer, Mark Madeo. You should also […]

LiveBlog: Maker Faire Bay Area 2023

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Check this blog all weekend long for pictures and videos happening from the event!

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I want to celebrate makers. I want to flush them out of the communities and bring them together at events like Maker Faire so they can meet each other and see that they aren't alone, that they can learn from each other and, more importantly, begin to do things that they might not think they can do on their own.
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