{"id":34803,"date":"2025-11-05T20:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/34803\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T20:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:26:12","slug":"maker-faire-brings-out-orlandos-creatively-techy-side-at-the-fairgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/34803\/","title":{"rendered":"Maker Faire brings out Orlando&#8217;s creatively techy side at the Fairgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"403200\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/arts\/maker-faire-brings-out-orlandos-creatively-techy-side-at-the-fairgrounds\/attachment\/the-week-maker-faire-mfo-2024-wood-turning\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/THE-WEEK-MAKER-FAIRE-mfo-2024-wood-turning-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"THE WEEK MAKER FAIRE mfo-2024-wood-turning\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/THE-WEEK-MAKER-FAIRE-mfo-2024-wood-turning-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/THE-WEEK-MAKER-FAIRE-mfo-2024-wood-turning-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/THE-WEEK-MAKER-FAIRE-mfo-2024-wood-turning.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-403200\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Credit: Courtesy<\/p>\n<p>The Maker Faire takes over the Fairgrounds for a 13th year to spotlight innovation, creativity and DIY discovery. <\/p>\n<p>This nonprofit, community-organized, family-friendly festival brings together more than 200 exhibits showcasing science, art, engineering and tech. From combat robots and cosplay creators to 3D-printed inventions, solar cars and crafts, there\u2019s something for everyone. <\/p>\n<p>Guests can catch the Power Racing Series, explore the Robot Ruckus arena and meet award-winning makers who love to build and tinker. There will even be a variety of foods to fortify your inventive mind.<\/p>\n<p>10 a.m. Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 8-9, Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 W. Colonial Drive, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.makerfaireorlando.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">makerfaireorlando.com<\/a>, $15-$30. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mfo-program.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/collections\/nov-5-11-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nov. 5-11, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Courtesy The Maker Faire takes over the Fairgrounds for a 13th year to spotlight innovation, creativity and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[24232,24233,139,24234,141,140],"class_list":{"0":"post-34803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-central-florida-faigrounds","9":"tag-maker-faire","10":"tag-orlando","11":"tag-orlando-event","12":"tag-orlando-headlines","13":"tag-orlando-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}