Maker Faire Austin: May 5–6 at Palmer
The Forrest Four-Cast: April 30, 2018
Maker Faire is a family-friendly gathering of fascinating, curious people who enjoy learning and who love sharing what they can do. From engineers to artists to scientists to crafters, Maker Faire is a venue for these “makers” to show hobbies, experiments, projects.
Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers. They are of all ages and backgrounds. The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.
The fun comes to the Palmer Events Center in Austin on the weekend of Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6. The event runs from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on both of these days.
Tickets for Maker Faire Austin range from $12 (for single day youth) to $42 (for a Ford Patron Weekend Pass). Buy tickets online or purchase at the door.
Or, if you want like to get more involved, volunteers are still needed. You must be 12 years old or older to volunteer. Volunteers 12–17 must have a parent of guardian volunteering for the same shift.
Other Austin events for the week of April 30
April 30: State of Small Business in Austin Breakfast
April 30: Digital Marketing Info Session
April 30: Texas Crypto Meet Up
April 30: Introduction to User Experience Design
April 30: Web Development Immersive Info Session
May 1: Intro to Fundraising in Austin
May 1: Dockless Mobility on Two Wheels
May 1: iPhone Developers Meet Up
May 1: New Worlds Space
May 2: TEDx Ladybird Lake
May 2: Austin Design Sprint Meet Up
May 2: IOT Deep Dive Workshop Meet Up
May 2: Central Texas Urban Innovation
May 2: Austin Online Marketing for Entrepreneurs
May 2: EmacsATX Meet Up
May 2: Galvanize Data Science and Web Development Info Session
May 2: Talk Data With Me
May 3: Longhorn Startup Demo Day
May 3: Austin Tech Happy Hour
May 3: Intro to Digital Marketing
May 3: Discover, Design, Develop Your Brand Identity
May 3: Austin CPG Happy Hour
May 3: Austin Serverless
May 3: Laravel Austin Meet Up
May 4: George Takei at the Long Center
May 5: Free JavaScript Basic Training
May 5: Civic Hack Day
More upcoming Austin events:
May 8: Texas-EU Business Summit 2018
May 8: Austin Forum on Regulating Social Media
May 8: Philanthropitch
May 9: Lunch & Learn: Cryptocurrencies Tax and Security Law Primer
May 10: Video Game Makers Unite
May 10: UT Arts & Entertainment Showcase
May 12: Side Hustle Saturday with Alexis Ohanian
May 14: John Slatin AccessU 2018
May 14: PowerUp Austin! & Networking Reception
May 14: Telemedicine Across Texas
May 16: 2018 WIT Showcase Event
May 17: General Assembly UX Designer Graduate Showcase
May 17: SXSW 2019 Strategies for Success with Hugh Forrest
May 22: Beers and Bar Charts: How We Rely on Data & Facts
May 22: foundingAustin Issue 7 Release Party
May 23: MassChallenge Texas Startup Showcase
May 23: Find Your Event’s Next Big Idea
May 24: Austin A-List 2018
May 29: Michael Pollan Book Reading
June 1–3: ATX Hack for Change
June 1–3: Dreamhack Austin
June 6: Austin Digital Marketing Conference
June 21: Central Texas LGBT-Allies Diversity Summit
June 25: SXSW 2019 PanelPicker Speaking Application Process Begins
August 3–5: RTX Austin 2018
August 22: Snap Judgement LIVE!
If you have a creativity-focused event that you want listed in this space, then please contact hugh at sxsw dot com.
Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW, the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals. He also tries to write at least four paragraphs per day on Medium. These posts often cover tech-related trends; other times they focus on books, pop culture, sports and other current events.
