Maker Faire 2013/Afterparty

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2013 MakerFaire Afterparty


DATE:       Saturday, 18-May-2013
TIME:        6pm to 11pm
WHERE:    Noisebridge, 2169 Mission St, 3rd floor (1.5 blocks from 16th St. Mission BART) -- Map & How to Get here
WHO:        strange-o's, plan9 users, dorks, families, nerds, hipsters, punks, hippies, weirdos -- Anyone and Everyone -- all genders -- all ages!
WHAT:      Food!     Art!     Bad Dance Contest!     Drink!     Workshops!     Boardgames!
HOW:       Gently Suggested $10 - 20 Donation!


Add Your Activity to the Afterparty

The mission is to throw a simple party for the Makers, and everyone else, who will be in town for the weekend. The desire is for a family friendly, good-times-encouraged affair with games, food, and fun for weirdos.
        Please add your own activities below, and invite your friends! Be ready to go by 6pm.

Your Activity Name of provider Email of provider
Hair Cuts James sundquistjames AT gmail.com
Your Activity Name Contact e-mail


Volunteer Sign-up

Help with Morning (12pm) Cleaning, Setup and/or Teardown on Saturday, May 18th. Please add yourself to this list if you can commit to helping, and indicate when you are available.

List of Volunteers         

Your Name Pre-Cleaning (2pm), Event Running (6pm), or Teardown (10pm), or whole day (All) E-mail
James Event Running and Teardown sundquistjames aT gmail
Your Name What you can do e-mail


Event Wishlist


  • Bad Dance-Off needs a DJ and horrible song submissions
  • Boardgames
Liars Dice, Cards Against Humanity - James
  • 15min Introduction to Dungeons and Dragons (D&D)or World of Darkness (WOD)
Can someone help track down the people who host games in the space on Sundays?
  • Finger Painting Competition
  • Henna Artist (help fine one)
  • Actual Tattoo Artist (help find one)
  • Hambone Competition (we'll need to form a blue grass-style band
  • Hacker Shuffleboard (we'll need sidewalk chalk and someone to set this up along the wall by the kitchen.
  • Vinyl Sticker Cutting by Donation (who can handle this?)
  • People repping 3D Printers (also a hit at previous events)
  • T-shirt silkscreening (someone please help take point on this)
  • Flyer Creation (James is happy to do this once more event details are known
  • Music and Performance. Let me know if you're available! Recommend Bands, etc.
  • Another fundraising crew for Noisebridge, set up by the door to welcome everyone.
  • The Maker Maker - a photo frame with Idea lightbulb over head. could be as simple as a cardboard box
  • Send Noisebridge Agents to the MakerFaire with "invite cards" to get the word out (would they hand them out to anybody? Or would we want them to target makers/hackers/people with booths?)
  • 3D printing demos
  • wall of LED strips from Heroic Robotics, see Youtube here: http://www.heroicrobotics.com/




Also note, Noisebridge will have a booth/table at the MakerFaire, see page Maker_Faire_2013, Maker Faire