Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth—a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement. It’s a place where people show what they are making, and share what they are learning.

Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers. They are of all ages and backgrounds. The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.

The original Maker Faire event was held in San Mateo, CA and in 2012 celebrated its seventh annual show with some 800 makers and 110,000 people in attendance. World Maker Faire New York, the other flagship event, has grown in three years to 500+ makers and 55,000 attendees. Detroit, Kansas City, Newcastle (UK), and Tokyo are the home of “featured” Maker Faires (200+ makers), and community-driven, independently organized Mini Maker Faires are now being produced around the United States and the world—including right here in San Diego.

MAKE is the first magazine devoted entirely to Do-It-Yourself (DIY) technology projects. MAKE unites, inspires, informs, and entertains a growing community of resourceful people who undertake amazing projects in their backyards, basements, and garages. MAKE celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your will. Subscribe here.

Besides the magazine and the faire, MAKE is:

• a vital online stream of news and projects, blog.makezine.com;
• a retail outlet for kits and books, the Maker Shed;
• a steady stream of fun and instruction via our YouTube channel;
• Make: Projects, a library of projects with step-by-step instructions
• a publisher of best-in-category titles via Make: Books,  including introductions to
  electronics, 3D printing, Raspberry Pi, Arduino and more.

Join us for the return of the San Diego North County Mini Maker Faire during the annual Tractor Show at the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum.

Maker Faire is a celebration of the Maker Movement and do-it-yourself culture which is exemplified by the museum. Over 200 antique tractors will be on displayed along with: full size steam engines, steampunk exhibits, robots of all sizes, pixelated art, antique tractor parades, and more! Learn how to solder, and sign up to attend other exciting events over the summer.

The North County Mini Maker Faire is the Northern version of the annual San Diego Maker Faire that occurs in the fall at Balboa Park.