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Maker Faire is back after a 4-year hiatus. Mare Island, 2 weekends this October

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Woah wouldn’t expect it all the way out there

It's a heckuva lot closer to Berkeley which is a huge hub for free culture.

It’s not as close as East Bay Maker Faire was.

Dale lives in Petaluma; easy commute.

Favorite Dale story: I had a booth at the first Maker Faire. As things were closing down on the last night, I was waiting at the front gate for a taxi back to the hotel. Dale saw me, and with no idea of if I was a presenter or an attendee, and no idea of where I was going, offered to drive me wherever I needed to go. Just pure awesome.

San Mateo has its own set of problems... But you could take Caltrain there

It looks like you can take the ferry from SF to Vallejo, but it's still a distance from the venue.

There's a terminal at Mare Island, and according to the weekend schedule 3 of the 8 daily trips to Vallejo also go to Mare Island, and 3 of the 8 daily trips to San Francisco also go from Mare Island. If it's big enough maybe they can make special arrangements for it. https://sanfranciscobayferry.com/vallejo-ferry-route

Edit: it would be necessary to make arrangements because the weekend trips are for getting from Mare Island to San Francisco, not the other way around. They should be able to adjust their schedule but I don't know if they will.

It's hard to get people to go to Mare Island.

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