In-Person

📍Art Windsor-Essex (401 Riverside Dr. W, Windsor)👥 In Person Only💲 Free Join us for a fun and family-friendly day at the AWE Night Light Festival’s Light Up Pendant Workshop! The day begins with a low-stimulation hour, designed to provide a welcoming experience for guests who find loud or busy environments overwhelming. Throughout the day, enjoy...

📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210)👥 In Person Only💲 Free On October the 14th, Windows 10 will reach its end-of-life. If you have a computer that cannot upgrade to Windows 11, this is the event for you! Breathe life into your old hardware once again with Linux! Members will be available to help...

📍 ekō (261 Pelissier St, Windsor, ON)👥 In Person Only💲 Free Hackforge is closing out the year in style with snacks, stories, and a little bit of geeky fun! Join us for our End-of-Year Mixer as we celebrate all things open source, local tech, and community collaboration. We’ll be hanging out at ekō, downtown Windsor's...

📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210)💻👥 In Person Only💲 Free When someone is unable to enter data directly into OpenStreetMap, they have the option to offer the information as a "Note." Notes might be business information, details about road surface quality, or pointing out an error in the data. These geo-tagged text strings...

📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210)💻👥 In Person Only💲 Free Step back into the world of classic computing with DOSember! Celebrate the charm of DOS-era gaming and coding through hands-on activities, retro challenges, and pure nostalgia. We’re bringing back the look, feel, and spirit of early PC culture, right down to the text-based...

📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210)💻👥 In Person Only (Invite-Only)💲 Free Complete the 2025 Community Survey and enter to win a seat at Hackforge's Invite-Only TTRPG table!There's an empty spotIn our Adventure PartyYou up to the task? Complete the surveyAnd win the draw to join usLuck be on your side Word on the...

📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210)💻👥In Person Only 💲 Free Using GPUs? For graphics??? In this economy? Shader Playground is a hands-on event where you’ll dive into the world of GPU programming right from your browser. Using Shadertoy, you can experiment with live graphics code, tweak samples, and see your changes instantly. It’s...

📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210)💻👥In Person Only 💲 Free In preparation for the 2026 Global Game Jam, OpenStreetMap Windsor-Essex invites you to an interactive workshop exploring how open geodata can be used in videogames. While it might seem obvious to use the map data for...maps...That isn't the only option! OSM can be...

📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210)💻👥In Person Only 💲 Free Coming in hot on the heels of last month’s Global Game Jam, we’re bringing GGJ games from Hackforgers and putting them in the spotlight. This Throwback Playtest Night is your chance to dive into games Hackforgers created during past Global Game Jams, including...

📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210)💻👥In Person Only 💲 Free low-key event. everyone welcome. 📆 Tuesday, February 24th🕦 6 - 8 PM📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210)🎟️RSVP Below!

📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online Via Zoom💻👥Hybrid💲 Free This month's OSM Windsor-Essex meetup introduces OSMPIE (OpenStreetMap Perfect Intersection Editor) – a specialized tool that makes creating accurate road structures surprisingly straightforward. Join fellow mappers to improve street data right here in our region, making navigation better for everyone who lives,...

📍 Fogolar Furlan (1800 N Service Rd, Windsor)👥 In Person Only 💲 Free Come see Hackforge's booth at Windsor-Essex Family Network's Passions, People & Possibilities Fair! We'll have some Hackforge info and a few Hackforgers on hand. If you've ever wondered about Hackforge, now's your chance to ask your questions in person, in a community-based...