Join us at Raspberry Fields 2018!
This summer, the Raspberry Pi Foundation is bringing you an all-new community event taking place in Cambridge, UK!
Raspberry Fields
On the weekend of Saturday 30 June and Sunday 1 July 2018, the Pi Towers team, with lots of help from our community of young people, educators, hobbyists, and tech enthusiasts, will be running Raspberry Fields, our brand-new annual festival of digital making!
It will be a chance for people of all ages and skill levels to have a go at getting creative with tech, and it will be a celebration of all that our digital makers have already learnt and achieved, whether through taking part in Code Clubs, CoderDojos, or Raspberry Jams, or through trying our resources at home.
Dive into digital making
At Raspberry Fields, you will have the chance to inspire your inner inventor! Learn about amazing projects others in the community are working on, such as cool robots and wearable technology; have a go at a variety of hands-on activities, from home automation projects to remote-controlled vehicles and more; see fascinating science- and technology-related talks and musical performances. After your visit, you’ll be excited to go home and get making!
If you’re wondering about bringing along young children or less technologically minded family members or friends, there’ll be plenty for them to enjoy — with lots of festival-themed activities such as face painting, fun performances, free giveaways, and delicious food, Raspberry Fields will have something for everyone!
Get your tickets
This two-day ticketed event will be taking place at Cambridge Junction, the city’s leading arts centre. Tickets are £5 if you are aged 16 or older, and free for everyone under 16. Get your tickets by clicking the button on the Raspberry Fields web page!
Where: Cambridge Junction, Clifton Way, Cambridge, CB1 7GX, UK
When: Saturday 30 June 2018, 10:30 – 18:00 and Sunday 1 July 2018, 10:00 – 17:30
Get involved
We are currently looking for people who’d like to contribute activities, talks, or performances with digital themes to the festival. This could be something like live music, dance, or other show acts; talks; or drop-in 
making activities. In addition, we’re looking for artists who’d like to showcase interactive digital installations, for proud makers who are keen to exhibit their projects, and for vendors who’d like to join in. We particularly encourage young people to showcase projects they’ve created or deliver talks on their digital making journey!
Your contribution to Raspberry Fields should focus on digital making and be fun and engaging for an audience of various ages. However, it doesn’t need to be specific to Raspberry Pi. You might be keen to demonstrate a project you’ve built, do a short Q&A session on what you’ve learnt, or present something more in-depth in the auditorium; maybe you’re one of our approved resellers wanting to showcase in our market area. We’re also looking for digital makers to run drop-in activity sessions, as well as for people who’d like to be marshals with smiling faces who will ensure that everyone has a wonderful time!
If you’d like to take part in Raspberry Fields, let us know via this form, and we’ll be in touch with you soon.
15 comments
Mike Cook
When you click on the firm link you get:-
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Alex Bate
Sorry about that. It should be good to go now.
Alan O’Donohoe
This is going to be another fabulous event, and it’s such a great name too. “Raspberry Fields Forever”. We’ll be holding our 3rd #exabytes18 conference the day before, so I expect there’ll be a delegation heading down from Bradford. :-)
Alan O’Donohoe
It might be worth making it clear in the information above and on the website if attendees wishing to attend *both* days will require separate tickets for Saturday & Sunday.
Alex Bate
Hi Alan. If you go to the ticket page on The Junction’s website, you’ll see separate tickets for the Saturday and Sunday.
Ryan
Will people who apply to take part (e.g exhibiting, helping etc) need to buy tickets?
Raspberry Pi Staff Janina Ander
All volunteers and content providers whose roles we have confirmed will get free entry.
Harry Cartwright
You say you are encouraging young people to showcase their projects, but it says in the form you have to be over 18?
Raspberry Pi Staff Janina Ander
For safeguarding reasons, the form explains: “If you are under 18, please ask your parent/guardian to complete the form on your behalf, and be aware that at the event, you must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.”
Michael dabb
Will there be a market place with stalls selling Pi-related electronics as last year at the Cambridge junction?
Alex Bate
Hi Michael, as you can see from the post above, we’re actively asking for vendors to get in contact if they’d like to join in. At this time, we can’t give a list of who will be there. But yes. Yes, yes, yes.
Alan Mc (Irish Framboise)
A guaranteed earworm from now till early July “Raspberry Fields forever”… Will hope to join you again this year at the gathering to marshall, lend a hand generally however I can be useful, and propose a talk too (have my idea in mind)! #PiPartyOn #RaspberryFieldsForever
Andy
I don’t know whether the event sold out last year but if it did (or could do this time) when will you confirm who has a volunteer space so we can order tickets if we don’t make the cut.
Erica
Will you be offering “Pi Certification” opportunities for educators attending this event?
Joanna
Hello
I have spoken to the team at Cambridge Junction and was hoping to hear a little more about what to expect from the festival. Do you have any photos, testimonials or comments from the team that I can see?
Many thanks,
Joanna