KansasFest 2023:
July 21-26, 2020 July 24-25, 2020 Date to be announced
KansasFest is the world’s only annual convention dedicated to the Apple II computer that revolutionized the personal computing industry. Held every year in Kansas City, Missouri, KansasFest invites hobbyists, retrocomputing enthusiasts, and diehard aficionados to gather from all corners of the world. Hackers, programmers, users, gamers, and curious observers come from Hawaii, Massachusetts, Florida, England, Australia, Japan, and many other places by plane, train, bicycle, and Vespa.
KansasFest is about a computer and a camaraderie unlike anything else. The Apple II attracts people of a certain mindset and spirit who exhibit a rare creativity, resilience, dedication, history, and nonconformity. The Apple II has lasted for more than 30 years, and the friendships and memories made at KansasFest will last even longer.
To learn more, read our FAQ or Wikipedia page — or better yet, register to experience KansasFest for yourself!
KansasFest 2023 will be held at Rockhurst University, and online, as a shared video conference spread over the week from Tuesday to Saturday. For more details, to register, or to see the schedule, please go to the Kansasfest web site:
https://www.kansasfest.org/schedule/
OZKFest:
The OZKFest events are organized by an informal group of Apple II enthusiasts in Australia. Go to the OZKFest web site for more details.
Between OZKFests, you can join a Downunder Chat that happens on the A2Central IRC server every Friday night, 9-11pm Australian Eastern time.
Server: irc.a2central.com Channel: #a2c.chat
A presentation given by me at OZKFest, 31st of August 2017:
(Click to stream the video. If your browser does not let you view the video directly, right click and download to your computer to view offline.)
KFest Logos:
Over the years, the Big Cheese Cindy Adams, asked me to design several of the KFest logos that were used on the KFest tee-shirts and other KFest material.
These are the logos I designed for the 1999 to 2003 KFests:
