I received the following message and YES it is true that discounted advance tickets are on sale. I have purchased mine.
Fred ... Greetings Fellow Makers, Crafters, Hackers, and Backyard Scientists: Without a doubt the most popular question we've received over the past year is "When is the next Maker Faire?" In fact, Maker Faire weekend is just 4 weeks away on May 19th and 20th. The location: The San Mateo County Fairgrounds, just 15 minutes south of San Francisco. If you missed our first Maker Faire last April, the best way to describe this family-friendly weekend is part science fair, part craft fair, part county fair, and part Burning Man. A two-day, family-friendly event celebrating arts, crafts, engineering, science projects, and the do-it-yourself (DIY) mindset, Maker Faire is for creative, resourceful folks who like to tinker and love to make things. We call them Makers. Check it out: http://makerfaire.com Here's a small taste of what we have lined up for you: Survival Research Labs (SRL), Five Foot Russian Submarine, Junkyard Jet, Bazaar Bizarre, Silicon Death Valley, RoboGames' Combat Robots, Power Tool Drag Races, Neverwas Haul, Life-size Mousetrap, Walking Robotic Chariot, Build Your Own Blinkybug, The Electric Giraffe, The Disgusting Spectacle, Tomato-basket Dragons and Whales, Internet Crane Game, The Art of Motion Control, Puppy Mover Monorail, Model Rocket Video Camera, Hydrofoils (homemade, human-powered, ornithopter and wooden), Chris Benton's Kite Aerial Photography, Electric Supercars, Swap-O-Rama-Rama, Roobma Hacking, Winners of the Most Spectacular Failures contest, and acres more... With all the buzz around Maker Faire, we're anticipating a huge turnout (last year we had north of 20,000). But you can avoid the lines and save yourself some bucks by purchasing tickets online: https://store.makezine.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=35 BUT CUTOFF FOR ADVANCE TICKET SALES IS MAY 10. _______________________________________________ basfa mailing list [email protected] http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
