It’s been a while in the making, and now the time has come. Tomorrow morning at 10:00am some of the area’s most creative minds will be gathered to inspire, and entertain you. We’ve put something together that we hope you all will enjoy, and leave you wanting to build, change, and explore on your own. Perhaps we’ll even see some of you presenting next year.

The Norfolk Mini Maker Faire will be open to the public from 10:00am – 5:00pm on October 20th, and registration will be open until 9:00am. Registration is free, and not required, but does enter you in a drawing for prizes from Make, and O’Reilly Media.

Maker Faire Event Location: Norfolk Scope, 201 East Brambleton Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23510

We have maker exhibits both inside, and outside of the building, so be sure you don’t miss anything.

Parking for the event is available at nearby garages, directly across the street from the event as well as the open field directly across from the Scope. Cost varies based on time, etc…

You may also park at the lightrail station at Harbor Park, then take the train (The Tide) to Monticello station. Just one block over from The Scope.

We hav received notice that one of the tunnels to get from Hampton to Norfolk will be closed on Friday evening and over the weekend (leaving Norfolk back to Hampton is fine at any time). For those unfamiliar, this is the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel 64 Southbound. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) lists alternative routes as the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel or the James River Bridge (depending on where you are coming from).

We look forward to seeing you there.

Thank you all for your submissions. We’ve heard from some really awesome groups. At this time we will not be accepting any more applications to appear as a maker for 2012. We have reached capacity! Attendee registration, on the other hand, will be open until early Saturday morning.

Remember, registration is free, and while you don’t have to register to attend, you won’t be included in the door prize drawings if you don’t register.

We look forward to seeing everyone, makers, and attendees alike, this Saturday October 20th.

Hello everyone! It’s been a wild time leading up to what is going to be an absolutely amazing first Norfolk Mini Maker Faire! This is Hampton Road’s first large scale DIY festival, and so far the list of Makers is simply amazing! In running the 757 Labs hackerspace/makerspace, we meet a pretty good cross section of people in Hampton Roads that make things, but it’s no comparison to all of the great people that have contacted us so far interested in demonstrating things they are working on.

We have quite a bit of space, so we can squeeze in more Makers that may have just recently heard about the event.

On the topic of spreading the word, being the first DIY festival of it’s kind in the Hampton Roads area brings us to the challenge of spreading the word. If you could, please tell your friends about the Norfolk Mini Maker Faire! Word has spread far and wide, but we don’t want to leave anyone out!

You can download and print our flyers:
Half page flyer (to be cut in half)

Full page flyer for 8.5″ x 11″

Also, don’t forget to like us on Facebook and Google+ and invite your friends!

Planning to attend? Please register for free tickets to the event! This also qualifies you to win prizes from the awesome Makershed!