BarnCamp 2013

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BarnCamp is a low-cost rural DIY skillsharing event upon to UK activists, campaigners, people involved in social and community groups, and anybody else with an interest in technology and how to subvert it to put it to good use. All skill levels are invited and we promise that workshops are not too geeky due to our infamous nerd gag that we always have in place.

This year's BarnCamp is based around the theme of "Networks & Collaboration"; so a kind of CollabCamp. The main workshop days take place on the 7th, 8th & 9th June 2013.

To get involved in planning and organising BarnCamp 2013, join our Mailing List and say hello. There's a scratchpad of ideas for the next BarnCamp on this very site, which we'll use to make the final event content.

BarnCamp 2013 low-down

Dates

NOTE: New confirmed dates Fri 7th, Sat 8th and Sun 9th June 2013 (staying on site available between 5th to 10th, production crew from Wednesday 5th)

Venue

Highbury Farm, Redbrook, Lower Wye Valley.

Cost

£35 (maximum target price), concessions available.

Camping

four nights camping included

Food

breakfast, lunch and dinner from Thursday evening to Sunday afternoon included (9 meals).

Booking

you need to book to come as we have to know numbers for food and workshops. Booking will be available online from April.

Access

buses from Chepstow and Monmouth, parking in Redbrook village, and on-site for live-in vehicles, hiking. Mass "bike to BarnCamp" exodus from Chepstow to site planned for Thursday evening.

Excitement Factor

High

Value-for-Money

High

Workshops

Top Notch

Views

marvellous

Previous BarnCamps

There have been four BarnCamps so far, we had a rest in 2012:

BarnCamp 2011 - the fourth edition of our summer outing took place between 9 - 12 June 2011 in the Wye Valley. We built upon the success of the previous year, keeping the tech turned down, but also consolidating some of the new projects that hacktionlabbers are involved in, such as Be The Media and Network23.org. This year incorporated more off-grid technology with a repeat of the Wild Food Walk, a workshop of knot making and tools for open collaboration. Here's some photos from the event.

BarnCamp 2010 - the third edition of our summer outing took place between 11 - 13 June 2010 in the Wye Valley. Retitled BarnCamp we focused on a turning down the tech to make it an event accessible to all with workshops including how to forage for food, how to make a slingshot and the ubiquitous how to encrypt your life.

BarnCamp 2009 took place between 11 - 14 June 2009 in the Wye Valley on the Wales - England border.

BarnCamp 2008 took place between 13 - 15 June 2008, click here to view a slide-show of photos from the weekend. There are more photos posted here and this exciting short video too.