- published: 18 Nov 2015
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Maker Faire is an event created by Make magazine to "celebrate arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset".
Flagship Maker Faires are held in San Mateo in California, Detroit and New York. The New York Maker Faire is also known as "World Maker Faire".
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The first Maker Faire was held April 22 – 23, 2006, at the San Mateo County Event Center. It included six exposition and workshop pavilions, a 5-acre (20,000 m2) outdoor midway, over 100 exhibiting makers, hands-on workshops, demonstrations and DIY competitions.
The second Maker Faire was held in Austin, Texas, October 20 - 21, 2007.
Maker Faire 2008 was held on 3 and 4 May at the San Mateo County Event Center. Highlights of the Faire included a human-sized Mouse Trap board game, kinetic squid sculpture, bicycle-powered music stage, a solar-powered chariot pulled by an Arnold Schwarzenegger robot, and over 500 booths from different makers. There were approximately 65,000 people in attendance. Featured guests included Adam Savage, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Lee David Zlotoff, Tony Baxter and Eepybird.