Build Guilds
The world's largest week of hardware meetups - coming to a city near you.
Join an existing guild or start one in your city - April 13th-26th.
Sign Up to Attend!
Overview
Build guilds are Hack Club 1-day hardware meetups running from April 13th-26th in cities around the world!
Every guild is organized by a local Hack Clubber who picks the date, venue, theme, and activities for their guild. Hack Club funds $8 per signup.
Each guild will look different - some will have workshops, some project demos, some just building and hanging out together! Regardless, it'll be a fun day of celebrating hardware and meeting other Hack Clubbers in your city.
Who?
Anyone from Hack Club can attend - no hardware experience needed. Organizers need an approved Blueprint project.
Where?
Community spaces, makerspaces, schools - organizers pick a safe, hardware-friendly venue in their city.
How?
Sign up below as an organizer or attendee. Enter your city and we'll match you to an existing guild or create a new one. Alternatively, you can select a guild on the map.
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Build Guilds
Don't see your city on the map?
You can still sign up - it helps others in your area find each other. Once enough interest builds up, an organizer will come along.
Information for Organizers!
Who Can Organize a Guild?
Anyone with an approved Blueprint project can organize a guild. There are no extra requirements – you don't have to be really good at coding or have organized events before, just be excited to run a meetup and be able to commit time to making it happen.
What Can You Run at a Guild?
You decide what happens in your guild! Run workshops, show off projects, or any wacky activities you want! provided they are safe and cost-effective. Here's some ideas:
- Project demos!
- Lightning talks
- Design workshops!
- Soldering competitions
- Project debugging sessions
What Do Organizers Do?
- Start your guild! You'll be invited to #build-guilds-organizers, a channel where you meet your fellow orgs!
- Choose a day between April 13th-26th to run your event!
- Find a venue! Make sure you have their permission to run any activities you're planning.
- Get signups! You'll get $8 per signup 18 or under who shows up to your event.
- Figure out logistics like food, activities, & schedule.
- Run your event!
Any other questions?
Join the #build-guilds-organizers channel!
