NoCo Mini Maker Faire, set for Oct. 9-11 in Loveland, needs makers. Know any? Apply here.
If all goes as planned, Northern Colorado’s will graduate to a status after its October event.
Maker Faires, an offshoot of Make magazine and a movement of technologists and crafters to make all sorts of things, often start in a small community. Loveland appears to in Colorado to host a mini faire back in October 2013. faire last year, with earlier this year. Last year, only two cities held Maker Faires, 14 were featured faires and 119 had mini faires.
But NoCo’s event continues to attract the most participants. This fall, 200 makers have already signed up to show off what they’ve made, said Nicole Yost, a spokesperson for the all-volunteer event.
To qualify as a full-on Maker Faire, the event needs 200 exhibitors, 8,000 to 10,000 attendees and a strong institutional partner, which is the city of Loveland.
“The 2015 NoCo Mini Maker Faire should put us there,” Yost said.
The Makers After Dark event for makers 21 and older kicks off this year’s NoCo Mini Maker Faire.
Of course, the more the merrier.
The organization just put out and innovators who want to show off their goods — robots, fabric arts, crafts, tools. The 2-day event (3 days if you count the on the night before) is scheduled for the weekend of October 10 at the in Loveland.
But even if you don’t consider yourself a maker, this is a worthwhile event for the family. Last month’s Denver Mini Maker Faire () at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science was packed with things to do, see and learn. And, I’m told, the Denver show was just a speck compared to the one in Loveland. These events are also impressive because they are .
