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See the [http://london.hackspace.org.uk/events/ calendar] for details of activities at the Hackspace and events primarily aimed at LHS members.
 
See the [http://london.hackspace.org.uk/events/ calendar] for details of activities at the Hackspace and events primarily aimed at LHS members.
  
This page is for other events, elsewhere, that may be of interest. Please add more events.
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This page is for other events, elsewhere, that may be of interest. Feel free to add more events, though the number of people who find out about events from this page is approximately zero.
  
 
==Upcoming==
 
==Upcoming==
  
*Next [[#dc|dc4420]]: 18th of September
 
*Next [[#ps|pubstandards]]: [http://london.pubstandards.com/next middle Thursday] of the month.
 
*Next Geekpub thursday 13th of September
 
  
Check ?dc and ?ps on [[IRC]]
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===In London===
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See [http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/ Ian Visits] for other London events of a intellectual but somewhat less geeky nature.  Also Lanyard, meetup.com etc.
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===In UK===
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* [https://www.extremeelectronics.co.uk/nottingham-gaussfest/ Nottingham Gaussfest] High voltage enthusiasts demonstrate tesla coils and other tech. 4th November 2023.
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* [https://www.retrotechuk.com/ Retrotech UK] 220 stalls of dealers, clubs and private sellers offering vintage items, including radio, televisions, hi-fi and audio, records (LP's, 45's, 78's), gramophones, telephones, communications equipment, spares, early video games, early computing, small appliances, indeed anything techy from the early 20th century right up to the millennium and beyond. Warwickshire
  
SCIENCE LONDON promises demonstrations of quantum physics in the Lamb pub  with LASERS, wednesday evening next week 12th of September.
 
[http://science-london.com/home/?p=605 link]
 
  
The Camden group of Skeptics in the pub, not to be confused with the two other Skeptics in the pub groups in the London area, are
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* [https://www.museumofeverythingelse.com/ Museum of everything else] Ramsgate, Kent. See the giant wall of oscillators and a collection of obsolete oscilloscopes.  
having a big event on the 15th with some interesting sounding talks.
 
  
[http://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/User:Crypt Crypt] and [http://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/User:Samthetechie Sam the techie] are organising [http://www.cryptoparty.org/wiki/London Cryptoparty London].
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* [https://henhamsteamrally.com/ Henham Steam rally] 16th and 17th of September 2023
  
===In London===
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*[https://pintofscience.com/ Pint of Science] 13-15 May 2024
* [http://www.plasashow.com/ PLASA Sound and light show at Earls court] A huge tradeshow, Sun-Wed. Some of the lectures look good if you are interested in audio.
 
Lasers, LEDs and audio equipment. If you have been before, once you have seen one rack-mount amplifier with a blue LCD you have seen them all..
 
* [http://www.rigb.org/eventControl?action=eventsCalendar A few interesting talks coming up at the Royal Institution such as Astrobiology: the search for alien life on the 11th of September]
 
* [http://science-london.com/home/?p=605 Quantum physics in the Lamb pub] Science London promises quantum physics experiments with lasers in the Lamb pub, wednesday evening 12th of spetember.
 
* [http://meetuplondon.hackshackers.com/ hacks/hackers] Hacks & Hackers in the Shooting Star pub, next monthly meet wednesday 26th of September.
 
* [http://events.londonopenhouse.org/ Open House London, chance to get a look in a few interesting places] website still annoying to use, 22&23 sept. Possibly interesting sites include a state of the art plastic bottle recycling facility in Dagenham, Crossness Engines House with the steam engines running, the Canary Wharf Crossrail station, an underground bunker in Neasden, Southwark Integrated Waste Management Facility and some world war relics on the edge of Biggin Hill airport. Too late to apply for the Beefeater Gin distilery tour, Tower 42 or Beckton Sludge Power Generator, maybe next year.
 
* [http://www.gllug.org.uk/ Greater London Linux User Group] Next drinkup at The William Blake pub, 20th of September
 
* [http://www.tentlondon.co.uk/ TENT LONDON] Design exhibition, Brick lane, Sept 20-23.
 
* [http://www.cryptoparty.org/wiki/London Cryptoparty London] Advise on how to keep your online activities private. Learn about encrypting your files and email and keeping your browsing private. If you know it already turn up and help others. Venue undecided, talk to Sam the techie with your suggestions and ideas. Saturday 29th September
 
* [http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/detail.php?uid=21461 West Norwood catacombs] Sounds creepy, bring a torch. 29th Sept
 
* [http://thehendrickslectureseries.co.uk/mousetaxidermy.html Mouse taxidermy class] Seriously, a four hour class in taxidermy, mouse provided, not for the squemish, please do not bring your own dead animals. Ticket required, [http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=530719&interface=thelasttuesdaysociety direct link to ticket page]
 
* [http://2.8hourslater.com/ 2.8hours later] A city wide zombie game, run around the streets, dodge the zombies. London sold out but they might still want volunteers to be zombies and marshalls which gets your a ticket for a later event. Tickets available in Manchester, Birmingham and Nottingham.
 
* [http://www.nationalhamfest.org.uk/ National hamfest] Big radio rally in Newark, 28th and 29th of september
 
* [http://science-london.com/home/?p=625 science London talk about teamwork, 10th October]
 
* [http://www.kinetica-artfair.com Kinetica artfare] February 28th – March 3rd 2013
 
  
see [http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/ Ian Visits] for other London events of a intellectual but somewhat less geeky nature.
 
And for a round-up of geek-themed events and nights, check out the latest
 
[http://londonist.com/tags/geeklist geeky listings from the Londonist].
 
  
===In UK===
 
* [http://www.makerfairebrighton.com/ Brighton Mini Maker Faire] 8th of September
 
* [https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups=#!topic/uk-hackspaces/OBCel7MIDj8 Manchester Hackspace spacewarming party] sat/sun 22nd and 23rd of september.
 
* [https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/derby-makers/Qj1vo3lui54 Derby makers and Nottingham hackspace building Heath Robinson Art machines] saturday 22nd.
 
* [http://barcampblackpool.com/ Barcamp Blackpool] 29th September
 
 
===In Europe===
 
===In Europe===
  
*[http://ohm2013.org/site/ OHM] August 2013. The big one in 2013. The next in a series of camps that have been happening every four years since 1989.
 
  
 
===Internationally===
 
===Internationally===
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* http://hardwear.io/
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===Non-geographic / virtual / broadcast===
  
  
===Non-geographic / virtual / broadcast===
 
  
 
==Recurring==
 
==Recurring==
 
===In London===
 
===In London===
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* [http://www.meetup.com/londonlinux/ ] London Linux meetup
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* [http://www.novelty-automation.com/  "Novelty Automation"]:  "The London arcade of home-made coin operated machines built by enthusiasts", WC1R 4AX.
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*[http://www.meetup.com/NW-London-Hackers-and-Makers/ Create Space Open Night], Most tuesdays, Wembley, NW London.
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*[http://southlondonmakerspace.org South London Makerspace] has regular events.
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*[http://hackwimbledon.tumblr.com/ HackWimbledon]
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* [http://www.meetup.com/iotlondon/ Internet of things London] Speakers, people, drinking. Connect everything to the internet. Usually more people want tickets than there is room for.http://fuckupnights.com/london/
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* [http://www.g3oou.co.uk/cprec.html Crystal Palace Radio & Electronics Club] 1st Friday of each month, 8pm.
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* [http://lanyrd.com/profile/mysociety/ mySociety Civic Hack Evening]. Wednesdays 6-9pm at MozillaSpace.
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* [http://www.rougol.jellybaby.net/ RiscOS] User Group.
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* [https://cryptoparty.org/wiki/London CryptoParty]
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* [http://therestartproject.org/events/ RestartParty] Fixing Stuff.
 
* [http://www.meetup.com/geekpub/ geekpub] Geeks in a pub
 
* [http://www.meetup.com/geekpub/ geekpub] Geeks in a pub
 
* [http://dorkbotlondon.org/ Dorkbot London]: "people doing strange things with electricity"
 
* [http://dorkbotlondon.org/ Dorkbot London]: "people doing strange things with electricity"
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* [http://pubsci.co.uk Science in the pub] Roughly monthly, a talk on something sciency followed by drinking.
 
* [http://hackney.skepticsinthepub.org/ Skeptics in the pub] three different groups of them in London apparently, [http://hackney.skepticsinthepub.org/ Hackney], [http://westminster.skepticsinthepub.org/ Westminster] and [http://london.skepticsinthepub.org/ Camden].
 
* [http://hackney.skepticsinthepub.org/ Skeptics in the pub] three different groups of them in London apparently, [http://hackney.skepticsinthepub.org/ Hackney], [http://westminster.skepticsinthepub.org/ Westminster] and [http://london.skepticsinthepub.org/ Camden].
 
* [http://mathsjam.com/ MathsJam] is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. [http://mathsjam.com/index.php?content=london Mathjam London]
 
* [http://mathsjam.com/ MathsJam] is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. [http://mathsjam.com/index.php?content=london Mathjam London]
 
* http://www.gllug.org.uk Greater London Unix User Group.
 
* http://www.gllug.org.uk Greater London Unix User Group.
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* [http://www.hampsteadscience.ac.uk/rss_prog.htm Hampstead Scientific Society] has talks on a wide variety of subjects
 
* [http://www.theiet.org/local/uk/london/events.cfm IET london] Regular possibly interesting talks.
 
* [http://www.theiet.org/local/uk/london/events.cfm IET london] Regular possibly interesting talks.
* [https://funix.darq.com/ Funix]: Free Unix Command Line Workshops every week in Shoreditch
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* [http://bit.spc.org/ Open Wireless Network] Wednesdays.
* [http://own.spc.org/drupal/node/39 Open Wireless Network] Wednesdays.
 
 
* http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/User+Group+losug/ London Open Solaris User Group
 
* http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/User+Group+losug/ London Open Solaris User Group
 
* http://london2600.org.uk/ Telecomms, security and more...
 
* http://london2600.org.uk/ Telecomms, security and more...
 
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* http://dc4420.org/ Defcon London Meetup. June 19th and July 17th so far.
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* http://dc4420.org/ Defcon London Meetup. Check ?dc on [[IRC]].
 
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* http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/lates
 
* http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/lates
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* http://www.nintendisco.com/ A retro gaming night
 
* http://www.nintendisco.com/ A retro gaming night
 
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* http://www.pubstandards.co.uk/ Where beer and web people collide
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* http://www.pubstandards.co.uk/ Where beer and web people collide. Check ?ps on [[IRC]]
 
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* [http://meetuplondon.hackshackers.com/ hacks/hackers] Hacks & Hackers.
 
* [http://meetuplondon.hackshackers.com/ hacks/hackers] Hacks & Hackers.
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* http://eventhandler.co.uk/ Various geek events.
 
* Tour of Whitechapel bell foundry (Britain's oldest manufacturing company) - needs about 4-6 months notice and a fixed number of people (20)
 
* Tour of Whitechapel bell foundry (Britain's oldest manufacturing company) - needs about 4-6 months notice and a fixed number of people (20)
 
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* http://www.cultureseekers.org/ Walks, history tours and stuff around London
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* http://www.kensevents.co.uk/ London dinners, walks and days out organized by Ken.
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* [http://londonamateurbrewers.wordpress.com/ London amateur brewers meetup]
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* [http://www.iop.org/activity/branches/south_east/lse/calendar/index.html#/?i=1 The institute of Physics] hold a few talks each month, some interesting, usually open to the public.
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* [http://www.talesofadventure.co.uk/?page_id=70 Tales of adventure] Monthlyish London. Explorers and adventurers telling their stories.
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* [http://www.londonmodelengineering.co.uk/ London model engineering show] Loads of great tool stalls from screwdrivers to CNC mills. Jet engine builders association. Model trains are only a small part of it.
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*[http://thewildrumpus.co.uk/ the wild rumpus]  indie videogaming, London events about once a year, check for a September event.
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*[https://twitter.com/lrug London ruby user group] second monday of the month
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*[http://t.co/1gKSwpHL74 list of conferences with open calls for participation]
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*[http://londonwebstandards.org/ London webstandards] monthly
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*[http://www.meetup.com/Raspberry-Pint-London/ Raspberry pint] People who like the raspberry pi mini computer talk to each other, watch of few presentions on whatever projects people bring along and have a few drinks. There are usually  a couple of pi controlled bigtracks with robot arms grafted on the top. Miller pub near London bridge unless it moves again
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*[http://www.quekett.org/about/programme-events Quekett Microscopical Club] Lectures about microscopy and microscopic things at the Royal College of Surgeons, the Natural History Museum, and other locations.
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*[http://fuckupnights.com/london/ fuckupnights] People tell storys of failed businesses and projects. Sells out rapidly
 
===In UK===
 
===In UK===
 
* [http://makerfaireuk.com/ Maker Faire]
 
* [http://makerfaireuk.com/ Maker Faire]
* http://www.rsgb.org/events/ Amateur radio rallies around the country. Usually lots of cheap electronic components and interesting junk.
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* [http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/programme Various things at the Lighthouse in Brighton]
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* RSGB [http://rsgb.org/main/news/rallies/ amateur radio rally] listing. Usually lots of cheap electronic components and interesting junk.
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* British Vintage Wireless Society [https://www.bvws.org.uk/events/diary.php events diary]
 
* [http://www.ddrcbootsale.org/ DDRC Bootsale] One of the biggest and best radio rallies in the UK, anually in May.
 
* [http://www.ddrcbootsale.org/ DDRC Bootsale] One of the biggest and best radio rallies in the UK, anually in May.
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*[https://www.radarmuseum.co.uk/contact/ RAF Radar Museum] Norfolk, open regularly.
  
 
===In Europe===
 
===In Europe===
 
* http://plumbercon.org/ (Vienna)
 
* http://plumbercon.org/ (Vienna)
* http://eth-0.nl/ (Den Oever)
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* http://eth-0.nl/ (The Netherlands)
* http://events.ccc.de/congress/ and CCC Camp (Berlin)
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* http://events.ccc.de/congress/ and CCC Camp (Germany)
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* http://www.demoparty.net/
 
* http://www.fosdem.org/ (Belgium)
 
* http://www.fosdem.org/ (Belgium)
  
 
===Internationally===
 
===Internationally===
 
* http://dorkbot.org/ Various cities globally
 
* http://dorkbot.org/ Various cities globally
* http://www.2600.org/meetings/ Various cities globally (Paris 2600 wanted to do some sort of exchange visit a while back but we were too lazy to do anything).
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* http://www.2600.org/meetings/ Various cities globally
  
 
===Non-geographic / virtual / broadcast===
 
===Non-geographic / virtual / broadcast===
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==Visited / Past Events==
 
==Visited / Past Events==
* [http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/ Hovershow 2012] April 28-29, Lee-on-the-Solent, outside Portsmouth [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyDp_e_Qa_A video]
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===In London===
* [[#dc|dc4420]]
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* * [http://canarywharf.com/arts-events/exhibitions/winter-lights-festival/ Winter Lights] festival performance weekend. Featuring "Hackspace Cubed" by members of [http://leedshackspace.org.uk/ Leeds Hackspace]. 4-8pm Canary Wharf,  9th-11th January.
* [http://www.londoncentral.bcs.org/events/register.php?today=20120119 Turing's legacy] at the BCS, Southampton Street. 19th of January.
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* South London Makerspace [https://www.facebook.com/events/863084057047874/ Open Evening] 7th January, 19:30, Arch 1129, 41 Norwood Road, SE24 9AJ.
* [http://thewildrumpus.co.uk/ The Wild Rumpus]:feat: [[The Beast]] 2nd of Feb.
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*[http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotlondon-blabber/2014-November/002691.html Dorkbot #86]
* [http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/detail.php?uid=16194 The centenary of Britain's first public automatic telephone exchange]. 8th February @ The Science Museum.
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*[http://logancij.com/ The Logan Symposium] Anti-Secrecy, Surveillance and Censorship Event at the Barbican. December 5-6th.
* [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/eventssummary/event_9-1-2012-13-8-39 plastic electronics] including solar cells. 8th February, Imperial College.
 
* [http://www.mysociety.org/2012/02/09/february-pubmeet/ MySociety.Org] Pub Meet. 22nd February in the Prince Arthur, near Euston Station from 19:30.
 
* [http://dorkbotlondon.org/ Dorkbot]
 
* [http://www.npl.co.uk/openhouse/ NPL Openhouse] 14th March from 14:00. Loose plan [[Other_Events/FieldTrip/NPL2012|here]].
 
  
===In London===
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* [https://londoncryptofestival.eventbrite.co.uk/ London CryptoFestival] @Goldsmiths, Saturday, 30 November, 11-16:00.
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* [https://dorkbotlondon.eventbrite.com/ Dorkbot London #84] 23rd of October at Stream Arts.
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* [https://wiki.openitp.org/events:techno-activism_3rd_mondays:london Techno Activism 3rd Monday] Monday 16th September 19-22:00.
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* [http://makerfaireelephantandcastle.com/ Elephant and Castle Mini Maker Faire] 6th July at LCC.
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* [https://howdo.eventbrite.com/ HowDo Fix-it evening]. Thursday 4th July, 19-22:00, EC1Y.
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* [http://perlman-ucl.eventbrite.co.uk/ Folklore of Network Protocols] talk by Radia Perlman, 15 January 4pm, UCL. [http://www.engineering.ucl.ac.uk/blog/news/folklore-network-protocols-radia-perlman-now-available-online/ video online here]
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* [http://darq.org.uk/ Funix].
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* [http://therestartproject.org/events/ restart parties]
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* [http://limewharf.org/machines-room/ Machinesroom public launch] thursday evening 19th of june , see their twitter, Lime Wharf on Regents Canal, north London.
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* [http://www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/events/detail/festival-of-stuff-public-open-day Institute of making public open day] saturday afternoon 21june
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* [http://sedgemore.com/2014/06/midsummer-madness-2014-london-cyclists-to-greet-the-solstice-dawn/ Summer solstice early morning bike ride through London] Being in a group of 100+ cyclists makes riding in central London much less scary.
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* [http://therestartproject.org/events/ Restart party] wednesday 25th of june at South London Makerspace. People bring broken stufff and get help fixing it. Lots of people came to the last one. Also one in Hackney on the 28th.
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* [http://www.meetup.com/Raspberry-Pint-London/ Raspberry pint], tuesday 24th of June, usually a few people give short talks about their raspberry pi based projects.
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* [http://www.londonarchitecturediary.com/?c=0 Architecture festival] All june, various events
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*[http://www.musictechfest.org/ Music tech fest] 5-7 September 2014 in London, add details when known
  
 
===In UK===
 
===In UK===
* [http://www.emfcamp.org/ Electro Magnetic Field]: A [[Project:UK_Hack_Camp|UK Hacker Camp]] friday/saturday/sunday 31st August to the 2nd os september.
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* [http://www.emfcamp.org/ Electro Magnetic Field]: A [[Project:UK_Hack_Camp|UK Hacker Camp]] 31st August to the 2nd September.
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* [http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/ Hovershow 2012] April 28-29, Lee-on-the-Solent, outside Portsmouth [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyDp_e_Qa_A video]
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* [http://makerfairederby.com/ Mini Maker faire] Derby maker fair
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* [http://codemanship.co.uk/parlezuml/blog/?postid=1205 Programming and sausages] probably 18th of Sept
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* [http://2014.hackference.co.uk/ Hackference] 19th of September in [http://www2.b3ta.com/birmingham/ Birmingham]
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* [http://www.steelcon.info/ Steelcon] security conference, booze is cheap in sheffield, the money behind the bar lasts all night.
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===In Europe===
 
===In Europe===
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*[http://ohm2013.org/site/ OHM] July 31st – August 4th 2013. Geestmerambacht, The Netherlands.  The next in a series of camps that have been happening every four years since 1989.
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*[https://twitter.com/MakerFaireParis Makerfaire Paris] 21/22 June
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* [https://twitter.com/icfp_conference The 2nd workshop on Functional Programming in Art, Music, Modeling and Design] 6th of september in Sweden
  
 
===Non-geographic / virtual / broadcast===
 
===Non-geographic / virtual / broadcast===
  
*[http://www.uncollege.org/archives/1441 Free online CS courses] Free online computer science course from Stanford university starting January
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* [http://www.uncollege.org/archives/1441 Free online CS courses] Free online computer science course from Stanford university starting January
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* [http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/the-signal-and-the-noise Nate Silver talking at the RSA is full but you can listen to the live stream.]
  
 
=== Archive ===
 
=== Archive ===
* [https://techtoolsforactivism.org/content/events HactionLab] - @LARC 4-6th May.
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* [[Other_Events/Archive/2012|2012]]
* [http://lanyrd.com/topics/mozilla-london/ Mozilla London office launch] events: 9-16th May.
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* [* [http://science-london.com/home/?p=397 Science London] The science of sound, friday 18th of May. 5 quid including a drink on arrival
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[[Category:Events]]
* [http://makerfairederby.com/ Mini Maker faire] Derby maker fair
 
* [[Other_Events/Archive/upto2012|to 2012]]
 

Latest revision as of 22:50, 15 July 2023

See the calendar for details of activities at the Hackspace and events primarily aimed at LHS members.

This page is for other events, elsewhere, that may be of interest. Feel free to add more events, though the number of people who find out about events from this page is approximately zero.

Upcoming

In London

See Ian Visits for other London events of a intellectual but somewhat less geeky nature. Also Lanyard, meetup.com etc.

In UK

  • Nottingham Gaussfest High voltage enthusiasts demonstrate tesla coils and other tech. 4th November 2023.
  • Retrotech UK 220 stalls of dealers, clubs and private sellers offering vintage items, including radio, televisions, hi-fi and audio, records (LP's, 45's, 78's), gramophones, telephones, communications equipment, spares, early video games, early computing, small appliances, indeed anything techy from the early 20th century right up to the millennium and beyond. Warwickshire



In Europe

Internationally

Non-geographic / virtual / broadcast

Recurring

In London

In UK

In Europe

Internationally

Non-geographic / virtual / broadcast

Visited / Past Events

In London

  • * Winter Lights festival performance weekend. Featuring "Hackspace Cubed" by members of Leeds Hackspace. 4-8pm Canary Wharf, 9th-11th January.
  • South London Makerspace Open Evening 7th January, 19:30, Arch 1129, 41 Norwood Road, SE24 9AJ.
  • Dorkbot #86
  • The Logan Symposium Anti-Secrecy, Surveillance and Censorship Event at the Barbican. December 5-6th.

In UK

In Europe

Non-geographic / virtual / broadcast

Archive