Category: Events
VCF West 2026 has put out the call for exhibitors for this years event. According to the message received from them: We have a new exhibit registration system: https://em.vcfed.org/events/vcf-west-2026/exhibitor-signup. DATES: Aug 1st and 2nd at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. For further information about VCF and the 2026 VCF west event, check out the event page at::https://vcfed.org/vcf-west
Get VCF East 2025 Tickets now! Early bird prices end 4/3! Prices are higher at the door! https://events.humanitix.com/vintage-computer-festival-east-2025The show is April 4-6 in Wall, NJ
The Vintage Computer Festival SoCal 2025 is scheduled for February 15 to 16, 2025 from 9AM to 6pm each day of the event. This years event is scheduled to be held at the Hotel Fera Event Center in Orange, CA. Tickets are now available for attendees of the event. VCF SoCal is also still seeking Vendors, Speakers and Sponsors for the event. More information concerning these items are available at the VCF SoCal event page at:https://www.vcfsocal.com
VCF East 2025 Exhibitor Registration is open: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSedyn…/viewform… The show will be April 4-6 in Wall, NJ @ InfoAge Science and History Museums Check the web page for updates over the next few weeks https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/
The 2024 rendition of the FAPPLE2 Fest was held yesterday with 11 people showing up for the annual event in Kawasaki, Japan. The FAPPLE2 Fest is the annual get together of the Japanese Apple II hobbyists, originating from the 1980’s and is held each year at the home of one of the members, Atsushi Ushiroda. This years event included 11 hobbyists and a ton of machines and Apple II series computer related items including those from A.P.P.L.E. With the space…
From the europlus zone blog: Further details on the announcement post, and updates will be posted under the europlus zone’s WOzFest tag.
A group of former NABU employees will be telling stories about their time building the ingenious Canadian made NABU computer from the 80’s. Join the VCF folks for the stream later today. DATE: Saturday, December 16 at 6:30PM EST on VCF’s YouTube channel. This livestream will be a moderated discussion by Jeffrey Brace. Discord discussion: (https://discord.gg/32maJ6gddU) Forum Discussion Stream URL: https://youtube.com/live/QoZTBNz47co Confirmed speakers:
From Jeff Brace at VCF East: We have decided to move VCF East to April 12, 13 & 14. There was a significant number of people that were traveling to see the solar eclipse, which takes place on April 8 in the United States. If we didn’t move the date, then attendance would have been impacted significantly. Those dates are available at InfoAge and are now reserved. More details will be coming soon: The themes this year: Thanks!Jeff Brace VCF…
Get ready to step back in time with the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest, a free and open showcase of vintage computing treasures. Elmhurst, IL – Calling all retro computing enthusiasts, Get in your cars and get out to Elmhurst now!! The Vintage Computer Festival Midwest (VCFMW) is back for its 18th installment and is starting today! The event promises a weekend filled with nostalgia, classic tech, and a touch of vintage charm. Hosted at the Waterford Banquet & Conference Center…
In a posting on the Kansasfest Discord by Andrew Roughan, The dates for the Australian Apple II event, OzKFest have been announced. According to the post, OzKFest – the located-in-Australia version of a Kansasfest-like event that happens less often will be happening this year. Announced dates are 25-29 October and will be focussed on an in-person event with the possibility of remote presenters. Kansasfest Discord Community Announcements Channel Information about the schedule and location chosen for the event, Portland, New…
The 2023 rendition of the Vintage Computer Festival East has been announced. It will be held in Wall, New Jersey in the USA. VCF East will take place in the spring of 2023 – April 14th, 15th, and 16th. Tickets are available now to purchase: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vcf-east-2023-vintage-computer-festival-east-2023-tickets-555834224127 Event Schedule and latest info: https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/vcf-east-schedule/
Vintage Computer Festival Midwest will be held September 10-11, 2000 at Waterford Banquets in Elmhurst, Illinois. The show will open at 9am with Sellam Ismail giving the keynote at 10:00am. As this is the 25th anniversary of the Vintage Computer Festival, his keynote will highlight some of the history of the VCF events. Also highlighting the event will be David Greelish (The Apple Lisa Documentary), Ron McAdams (Collecting Classic Macintosh Computers Is for EVERYONE!), Frank Palazzolo (Demon Debugger), Bill Degnan…
From the VCF SE Folks : It’s (4) days until our annual Vintage Computer Festival Southeast, version 9.0. Marc Tessier will present Tiny Replicas (and some bigger ones too!)! Come see Marc’s 3D printed tiny replicas of micro computers and game consoles along with working replicas of the Enigma machine and Apollo Guidance Computer! Marc will also be speaking on the creation on the Enigma and AGC replicas. VCF SE 9.0 will be July 15-17, 2022 at the Renaissance Atlanta…
Apple has announced their 2021 rendition of their World Wide Developers Conference or WWDC for June 7 to June 11 beginning at 10am PDT on the 7th. For more information, check out the Apple Developers website at: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc21/
Welcome to Spring 2021. In honor of a friend of the program’s birthday and the new beginnings that await us all, A.P.P.L.E. is having a book giveaway. The books have been kindly donated by the birthday boy himself. Since he is in the giving mood and feels it is better to give than receive, he has graciously donated two copies of The WOZPAK Special Edition. You can Register by sending an email here! If you have not seen the…
From the europlus zone blog: Hot on the heels of WOzFest 18 I’m very happy to announce the date for the next WOzFest: WOzFest 19 will be held on Saturday 1 May 2021, starting at midday Sydney time (UTC+10:00). The theme for WOzFest 19 is “Freedom” – a good friend and frequent WOzFest attendee retires the day before, so I thought what better way to celebrate than to get together with Apple ][ enthusiasts?! I’ll leave it to attendees to interpret the theme as they see fit….
From the europlus zone blog: I’m very happy to announce the date for the next WOzFest: WOzFest 18 will be held on Saturday 20 March 2021, starting at midday Sydney time (UTC+11:00). The theme for WOzFest 18 is “Community Service” – I’m asking attendees to bring something to upload to the Internet, to update an online resource, to do some Applesauce imaging on the night, to do some scanning, to interview a luminary via Skype…anything which contributes back to the retrocomputing community (it doesn’t even have to…
From the europlus zone blog: I’m very happy to announce the date for the next WOzFest: WOzFest 17 Oct will be held on Saturday 17 October 2020, starting at midday Sydney time (UTC+11:00). An easy date to remember! And Steve in Brisbane has confirmed QFest 17 will be held at the same time – double the Apple ][ goodness! The theme for WOzFest 17 Oct is, as it was for WOzFest SWEET16, “Community” – having supportive communities is important at the best of times, but especially so at the moment,…
WOzFest SWEET16 will not only be streamed, but is also now an “attendees allowed” event. Additionally, QFest 16 has been announced to be held to coincide with WOzFest SWEET16. Further details on the announcement post, and updates will be posted under the europlus zone’s WOzFest tag.
Apple has announced that the 31st rendidiotn of their World Wide Developer Conference will begin on June 22, 2020. This years event will be held in the digital realm and will begin with first ever Swift Student Challenge. All portions of the WWDC 2020 will occur online, however, further details are a bit spartan at this time. According to Apple’s press release for the event, they will announce the rest of the details on the Apple Developer Website : https://developer.apple.com/wwdc20/
