We’re excited to announce that Maker Festival will be attending the Association of Science – Technology Centers (ASTC) Annual Conference, September 21-24 in Toronto. We’ll be partnering with the Ontario Science Centre to present a sampling of Maker Festival programming.…
Continue Reading →We are sad to announce that Maker Festival will not be taking place this July 2019. The Toronto Public Library introduced a new policy this year which would have had a major impact on our Festival. Despite mutual attempts to…
Continue Reading →Heads-up Maker Friends >>> Maker Festival’s 2019 Call for Makers is now open! We need your help filling the Toronto Reference Library with the wonder & contagious spirit of making! Our theory has always been that a Maker is someone…
Continue Reading →Maker Festival is a gathering place for 100+ makers and their projects every year. An event showcasing DIY know-how, hands-on experiences, and the endless possibilities of making! Each year we select a group of makers to GO BIG with our…
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Chris and Lorraine truly exemplify our view of a maker. From the initial spark of The Maker Bean Cafe concept, to the opening of their second location, these partners in life and business strive to create unique, interactive experiences. Whoa!…
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Lose your Maker Festival Map? Can’t remember who made the cool glowing water lamps? Or the name of the group selling folded paper kits? Here is the Maker Festival 2018 Map! Together with our Maker Directory 2018, you’ll be able…
Continue Reading →As part of our on-going series exploring the Maker Festival, we visited the Appel Salon on the SECOND FLOOR of the Reference Library. We stopped at table 267, to chat with Craig of Elmwood Electronics, to check out all their…
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Making is central to cultures around the world & the scope of who can be defined as a maker is enormous. With our new Makers on Film initiative, we included a wide variety of makers, as well as projects, that…
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Maker Festival 2018 presents JUMP START ALLEY, dedicated to showcasing small companies that are making things. We’ve always had Startups at Maker Festival, such as Michael Schwanzer (pictured) of ZEITDice Smart Timelapse Cameras, but this year we want to do…
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HEY YOU! YES YOU! Did you think of applying to Maker Festival, but missed the deadline? Do you have a project that’s only half finished, but you’d love some feedback on it anyway? Are you interested in exhibiting for only…
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We’re super excited to reveal our 2018 Maker Festival design and invite you to “Discover Maker Festival – Wonder In The Making!” Our theory has always been that a Maker is someone – anyone – who uses their mind, hands…
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The Maker Festival Call For Outdoor and Evening Spectacles is now closed. Join our mailing list (see below) to be the first to know when our 2019 Call For Outdoor and Evening Spectacles goes live!
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The Maker Festival Call For Spectacle is now closed. Join our mailing list (see below) to be the first to know when our 2019 Call For Spectacle goes live!
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Are you looking for awesome practical volunteer experience? Want to work on a large scale event as part of a kick-butt volunteer organizing team? Looking to upgrade your skills? Interested in hanging out with fellow capable, caring and creative humans who stick to…
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The Maker Festival Call For Makers is now closed. Join our mailing list (see below) to be the first to know when our 2019 Call For Makers goes live!
Continue Reading →Maker Festival is more than just the two-day Maker Extravaganza at the Toronto Reference Library – we’re dishing up DIY, tech and craft events across the city as part of the ✨Month of Making✨ So far, events include MakerEdTO Conference, Inventorium at the Ontario Science Centre,…
Continue Reading →Q Err, what is the Maker Festival? A Maker Festival is a two day long festival that is free to attend at Toronto Reference Library this July 7 & 8. We bring together over 100 of Toronto’s makers, craftspeople, technologists, and…
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Are you: Maker-in-the-making? Curious about the Maker Movement? Asking what the heck is the Maker Movement anyway? Yes? Well then we have an opportunity with YOUR NAME written all over it! DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY! Subscribe to our mailing list…
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Do you run workshops? Want to show off your creative studio or makerspace? Want to host a panel, speaker series or meet up? Maker Festival’s Call for Events is now open! Be part of the Month of Making by…
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DEADLINE EXTENDED: April 30th, 2017. Do you make things? Robotic creatures? Traditional crafts? Drones? Interactive art? Maker Festival’s Call for Makers 2017 is now open. We’re expecting well over fourteen thousand people to attend the Maker Extravaganza this year on July 8th…
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