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But how will they avoid the unfortunate end that Maker Faires faced last time around?

They're working on it - you can get some backstory by watching William Osman 2 channel. They published a show this year https://www.sauceplus.com/channel/ScareTheCoyote/home then funded the rest mostly with tickets. I'm sure there will be a few side-projects helping here.

What was it?

Maker Faire went bankrupt in 2019: https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/maker-faire-now-make-commu...

More on Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_Faire

They're actually back now, but in a less expensive venue in Vallejo: https://bayarea.makerfaire.com/

Next Vallejo event is 26-28 September 2025.

Ah, that's too bad. Thanks, I hadn't heard.

TBH William Osman's been pretty open about this event not being profitable yet, though having the support on the YouTube/Sauceplus side, he hopes that will fill in the funding gap.

Trade shows/conferences without a massive corporate sponsorship backing (e.g. like many trade shows today) are definitely risky, financially.

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