Purpose:

• To inspire, educate and showcase ways to design and make ‘things’ which highlight how to live, learn, work and play sustainably…. and to do so in an entertaining, engaging way.
• To engage people in the Maker Festival process as a means to build our community and highlight the threads of Samford Commons’ activity – arts, food, energy, environment, community building, education, technology, sustainability, creative design, making things etc

Time and location:

• Date/time – Saturday 4 November 2017 (11am – 4pm, with festivities continuing until late)
• Location – SC and close surrounds

Format:

• The festival will include:
• Stalls showcasing and selling products and showing how they were made – such as local art, music and more
• Workshops engaging people in the design and making of products – such as making drones, children’s toys or robots
• Ignite sessions highlighting knowledge/skill bases
• Culmination events showcasing pre-festival projects such as the Short Film Project
• Personal Passion showcases with people telling their own maker story in short and passionate bursts from Little Stages – like an innovative artist who does things differently
• Food stalls … fresh and cooked
• Entertainment … wandering musicians, actors, humourists, singers, performers