BrickFest

BrickFest history

}} August 2000  BrickFest 2000 First BrickFest About 60 Attendees August 2001  BrickFest 2001 Brad Justus first attends About 150 Attendees August 2002  BrickFest 2002 About 180 Attendees first BrickFest ISD build August 2003  BrickFest 2003 About 220 Attendees first BrickFest ISD build First Public Expo on Sunday draws over 1000 people February 2004  BrickFestPDX BrickFest PDX, held at the Oregon Convention center Only Brickfest (so far) held outside DC About 200 Attendees Public Expo on Sunday draws over 1200 people August 2004  BrickFest 2004 About 250 Attendees Public Expo at GMU draws over 2000 people August 2005  BrickFest 2005 About 330 Attendees Public Expo at GMU draws over 3000 people Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen attends for the first time Build the Trust competition held August 2006  BrickFest 2006 Held at Sheraton Premiere, in Vienna, VA February/March 2007  BrickFest 2007 Held at Portland, OR 213 attendees Public Expo drew over 2,800 people March 2009  BrickFest 2009 Held at Portland, OR

See also the BrickFest site

BrickFest was a fan run convention, which was orignallyly held yearly in the late northern summer. The first was held in 2000. Until 2006, all BrickFests had been held on the campus of George Mason University in Arlington, VA.

BrickFestPDX was a second event for held in February of that year in Portland, OR (PDX is the airport code for Portland). BrickFest 2007 was held at the Oregon Convention Centre in March/April 2007.

The lead organiser for BrickFest for many years was Christina Hitchcock, but was taken over in 2006 by Joe Meno, and by a committee in subsequent years.

External Links

• Brickfest.com Main site
• lugnet.events.brickfest LUGNET BrickFest discussion group