Maker Faire is a convention of do it yourself (DIY) enthusiasts established by Make magazine in 2006. Participants come from a wide variety of interests, such as robotics, 3D printing, computers, arts and crafts, and hacker culture. History In 2005, Dale Dougherty founded Make: magazine as a quarterly publication with Tim O’Reilly. The first Make: magazine was published in 2005 and the first Maker Faire took place in 2006 in San Mateo, Over the next 13 years, this inaugural maker faire expanded to more than 200 licensed Maker Faires in more than 40 countries. Dale Dougherty convened the first Maker Faire in 2006 in San Mateo, Calif., drawing a crowd of 20,000. Maker Media Inc. went out of business in June 2019, and Dale Doherty rebranded as Make Community. Maker Faires in the US Flagship Maker Faires Flagship Maker Faires are held in San Mateo, California and New York City. The last Bay Area Maker Faire was held in 2019. The decision to end the Faire was mostly financial. Attendance had dropped more than 30% in recent years from 145,000 makers in 2015 to 100,000 in 2018. The Maker Faire Bay Area was not held in 2020. This was due to the potential impact of coronavirus as well as the 2019 transition of Maker Media to Make: Community. The New York Maker Faire is also known as the "World Maker Faire". Maker Faire has most recently happened in New York in 2018. However, the New York City Faire was cancelled in 2019 due to financial difficulties. White House Maker Faire On June 18, 2014, President Obama hosted the first-ever (and only thus far) White House Maker Faire. Past US events 2008 Maker Faire 2008 was held on 3–4 May 2008, at the San Mateo County Event Center. Highlights of the Faire included a human-sized Mouse Trap board game, kinetic squid sculpture, 55' wingspan kinetic steel butterfly, bicycle-powered music stage, a solar-powered chariot pulled by an Arnold Schwarzenegger robot, and over 500 other booths from different makers. There were approximately 65,000 people in attendance. Featured guests included Adam Savage, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Lee David Zlotoff, Tony Baxter and Eepybird. An additional 2008 Maker Faire was held on October 18–19, 2008, in Austin, Texas. 2020 Maker Faire XV was held online. Worldwide Maker Faires Maker Faires are also held in Europe, Asia, South America and Africa. Afrigadget, a website dedicated to African Ingenuity,