Maker Faire 2009, The World’s Largest DIY Festival

by Scott Beale on May 22, 2009 · 5 comments

Maker Faire 2009

Make and Craft present Maker Faire 2009, the world’s largest DIY festival, which is returns to the San Mateo County Expo Center for its 4th year next weekend, Saturday, May 30th and Sunday, May 31st.

Following on President Obama’s call to “begin again the work of remaking America”, Maker Faire 2009 will be organized around the theme of Re-Make America. Held in the San Francisco Bay Area on May 30-31, Maker Faire celebrates what President Obama called “the risk takers, the doers, and the makers of things.” The fourth annual Maker Faire will showcase individual creativity and grassroots innovation in the largest festival devoted to DIY culture and technology in the country.

Here are my photos from Maker Faire Bay Area 2008.

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1 Andrew Mager May 22, 2009 at 2:11 pm

I wanna go so bad

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2 John Hell May 22, 2009 at 5:50 pm

“Maker Faire celebrates what President Obama called “the risk takers, the doers, and the makers of things.””

I thought Willy Wonka said that.

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3 Vinnie May 22, 2009 at 11:22 pm

I don’t know if anyone remembers the Hobby show at the Oakland auditorium?
It’s about time we had a new one! Rock on!

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4 Justin Simonsen May 23, 2009 at 10:25 am

You will see me there!

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5 Steven Veltema May 24, 2009 at 7:13 am

Just came back from the second day of Make:Tokyo Arduino’s & LEDs, synthesizers and bacteria. The Open Reel Ensemble http://crabfeet.blogspot.com/ always had a crowd and put on a great show. Interesting to see the number of groups using iPhones as remotes for music.

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