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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. We're developing the list of workshops for this year's BarnCamp on this very wiki, 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 Bristol/Chepstow to site planned for Thursday evening.
Excitement Factor: High
Value-for-Money: High
Workshops: Top Notch. Go here for more info on workshops
Views: marvellous

BarnCamp 2013 Programme

More in-depth details and notes about the current proposed workshops can be found at BarnCamp 2013 ideas scratchpad page.

Wednesday 5th June

Forward crew arrive on site and begin to set site up.

Thursday 6th June

Continue setting site up.
Arrive in the afternoon/evening (see getting to BarnCamp) for evening meal and campfire gathering and plenary. The bar will also be open.
9pm - Evening Plenary
Campfire

Friday 7th June

09.30-10.30 breakfast
10.30-11.00 morning plenary
11.15-13.30 workshops
13.30-14.45 lunch
15.00-19.00 workshops
19.30-21.00 dinner
22.00 evening film screenings and more time around the camp fire.

Saturday 8th June

09.30-10.30 breakfast
10.30-11.00 morning plenary
11.15-13.30 workshops
13.30-14.45 lunch
15.00-19.00 workshops
19.30-21.00 dinner
22.00-late party - open mic, DJs, films, camp fire, shananigans

Sunday 12th June

11-12 breakfast
12-14 workshops
14-15 plenary
15- lunch and goodbyes

Monday 13th June

Infrastructure crew: site take-down and leave (by around lunchtime)

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. Photos, video and audio from BarnCamp 2010.

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.

BarnCamp 2013