The first Maker Faire, staged by Make magazine in San Mateo, California in 2006: part county fair, part science fair, part workshop, where hobbyists showed robots, crafts, rockets and machines side by side. It gave the maker movement its public festival and spawned faires worldwide. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Milestone Year LocationSan Mateo, California, United States 1 Connections
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Wikimedia FoundationHistory section
Dale Dougherty convened the first Maker Faire in 2006 in San Mateo, California, drawing a crowd of 20,000.
Flagship Maker Faires section
The Flagship Maker Faire (Bay Area) was held in San Mateo, California and a second is in New York City.
History section (Maker Media closure)
Maker Media Inc. went out of business in June 2019, and Dale Dougherty rebranded as Make Community.
Associated With: Founding of Make Magazine, History section, on the Faire following the magazine
Dale Dougherty convened the first Maker Faire in 2006 in San Mateo, California, drawing a crowd of 20,000.
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