OSFest^✦ @OSFest

HG Fireside Chat
Details:
When: 23 Oct 2024 17:00 SLT
Where: grid.opensimfest.com:8022:OSF_HGWelcome

A fun way to share your events, voice your thoughts, and help others in the HG community! Q&A Session (reverse webinar) hosted by Infinite Metaverse Alliance (IMA) weekly.

Video, audio, and chat may be captured for those who cannot attend.

To learn more about IMA and participate in various projects
https://discord.gg/kACNcnanes

@everyone #OSFest2024 BURN Party!
It's day 17 filled with powerhouse performers counting down to the BURN. What is it? In the style of Burning Man, at the Closing BURN Party we have 8 hours of non-stop performances then gather in the Event and Burn regions for two hours of fun in-world "burns" backed by great music. We "burn it all down" so we are ready to start anew next year. Spread the word!

@everyone #OSFest2024 BURN Party!
It's day 17 filled with powerhouse performers counting down to the BURN. What is it? In the style of Burning Man, at the Closing BURN Party we have 8 hours of non-stop performances then gather in the Event and Burn regions for two hours of fun in-world "burns" backed by great music. We "burn it all down" so we are ready to start anew next year. Spread the word!

@everyone #OSFest2024 BURN Party!
It's day 17 filled with powerhouse performers counting down to the BURN. What is it? In the style of Burning Man, at the Closing BURN Party we have 8 hours of non-stop performances then gather in the Event and Burn regions for two hours of fun in-world "burns" backed by great music. We "burn it all down" so we are ready to start anew next year. Spread the word!

@everyone #OSFest2024 BURN Party!
It's day 17 filled with powerhouse performers counting down to the BURN. What is it? In the style of Burning Man, at the Closing BURN Party we have 8 hours of non-stop performances then gather in the Event and Burn regions for two hours of fun in-world "burns" backed by great music. We "burn it all down" so we are ready to start anew next year. Spread the word!

HG Fireside Chat
Details:
When: 2 Oct 2024 17:00 SLT
Where: grid.opensimfest.com:8022:OSF_HGWelcome

Topic is the upcoming OSFest on Friday so if you have questions be sure to attend. Fashion Show being organized. Stores and exhibits remain available!

HG Fireside Chat
Details:
When: 25 Sep 2024 17:00 SLT
Where: grid.opensimfest.com:8022:OSF_HGWelcome

Topic is the upcoming OSFest so if you have questions be sure to attend. A fun way to share your events, voice your thoughts, and help others in the HG community!

Thanks everyone for a successful load test today! Despite active stress testing, the region server was steady with no crashes. During stress tests, users experienced lag which stabilized once the testing was stopped. For those interested in the stats: 3 hours, 35 unique avatars, max CCU 21, from 10 HG enabled grids. Logs not reviewed yet but the grid appears ready! Some visitors were checking out the exhibits and stores in work during the music portion. Free exhibit and store parcels are available! Simply HG over, find available parcels, touch the parcel sign to get the parcel then start building or bringing in what you want to show and tell! It's your HG "extended friends and family" reunion thanks to sponsors. The volunteers make it all happen each year. Join the fun!

It's not too late to participate in OSFest 2024 where free land is available for exhibits and stores. The festival runs from Oct 4-20, 2024 but we have a load test party on Sept 20, 2024 from 10am to 1 pm. Staff will be on hand as Rogue and Thalion rock the house. Join us!

There's so much happening at OSFest - all over the grid you will find great exhibits, bargains to buy, freebies, info about interesting people and places, as well as music and dancing, of course!
Check the Events here in OSW to see what's coming up, bookmark the OSFest website or simply jump over to HG-Welcome and start exploring right away !
https://www.opensimfest.com/

IT'S TODAY !!!
OSFest has officially opened, with visits to the Exhibits on the many regions of the grid.
Musical events begin 11 am SLT, so you can explore the builds as well as enjoy the party. Come on over to grid.opensimfest.com:8022 and be part of the chemistry of OpenSim!
For more details about this fabulous 15 day extravaganza of creativity, check the Events tab here on OSW and go to our website https://www.opensimfest.com/

OSFest begins in 9 days, but you're still in time to get a place as an exhibitor, merchant or sponsor! Check the website for the simple instructions, jump over to the grid to see the parcels still up for grabs, and be part of the celebration of opensim!
Grid address
hop://grid.opensimfest.com:8022/Welcome/130/129/24
https://www.opensimfest.com/post/osfest-2023-building-fren...

The schedule of events for OSFest is being finalized!
The event begins on Friday September 15.
We will have shopping hours, sales hours, parcel tour hours, Mindfulness Mondays, Wellness Wednesdays, zombie quests, special meeting hours, satellite events, and performances.
There is still time to get involved with OSFest 2023, come visit the grid at
hop://grid.opensimfest.com:8022/Welcome/130/129/24
and check the website for all your FAQs!
https://www.opensimfest.com/

OSFEST GRID IS OPEN!
Welcoming all builders to come get set up. You have questions, we have answers.. please read this useful article on the OSFest Blog
https://www.opensimfest.com/post/the-osfest-grid-is-open

For OSFest 2023 in September as of 7/12/2023, 12 of 68 exhibit parcels and 6 of 40 merchant parcels are reserved, please spread the word around the HG.
Register for your spot on the OpensimFest website
https://www.opensimfest.com/
You can start building on your home grid and transfer the build later when the grid is open.
Like to build? OSFest is looking for a creator to work on a new Welcome Center. Contact Banker Ibor on Discord or on the website for more details
Discord group: https://discord.gg/cxbnMRQB

This year’s theme is Jazz/Blues Era, late 1860's to early 1970's and all the styles and genres that Jazz and Blues have inspired.
Progress report: Website is almost ready, and the grid admin are working hard to get the new grid up and running.
Good luck and happy building! If you have questions about your build, consider joining OSFests's discord channel where you can find help and suggestions
https://discord.gg/8QMqVpr5KW

This year’s theme is Jazz/Blues Era, late 1860's to early 1970's and all the styles and genres that Jazz and Blues have inspired.
Progress report: Website is almost ready, and the grid admin are working hard to get the new grid up and running.
Good luck and happy building! If you have questions about your build, consider joining OSFests's discord channel where you can find help and suggestions
https://discord.gg/8QMqVpr5KW

OSFest is user friendly, for all levels of ability.
Event Organizer Shelenn says: " Some thoughts for those planning on participating as exhibitors or merchants...
Builders and Creators in SL/OS, did you know how you build matters when it comes to accessibility? Did you know some users with visual, cognitive, and motor challenges use a viewer named Radegast? The Radegast viewer has an option to "read" the object name field of every object and its parts to the user. The number of disabled users in Virtual Worlds is a much higher percentage than in the offline global population. When a build is not accessible, it is painfully obvious and unusable for many.
When creating content for SL/OS, please make your builds accessible by:
1) Properly naming all parts (so Radegast does not blabber on meaningless information like primitive, primitive, primitive... or object, object, object...). Not properly naming parts disables others who need them described for them. Review your existing builds. TIP: If you have a linkset with many parts that take a long time to rename, you can right click the linkset to edit, select edit linked parts, then give them all (parts not used by scripts) the same name.
2) Scripting cues as in when building and scripting your scenes, people who cannot hear well need visual cues and people who cannot see well need aural cues. Providing aural cues for visual events and visual cues for aural events in your builds via scripting is practicing accessibility by design and makes them more immersive for everyone!"
Join us at OSFest this September. Want to participare in OSFest this year? Check us out on Discord. https://discord.gg/8QMqVpr5KW

Expenditures for OSFest2023 have begun. These include website with SSL cert and event extensions, server space, ascap license, and more. Thanks if you have offered to sponsor aka help with costs. Information on sponsor levels will be available on the website soon.
As for the grid, we will be doing some things differently based on participant feedback and lessons learned so the parcel layout is being redesigned.
Thanks for your patience!
Volunteers please contact Banker.
Performers, slots are filling fast! Please contact Rosa Alekseev if you have not gotten a slot on the schedule.

The final weekend of OpensimFest's music events kicks off at 9am SLT, that's 18.00 in Central Europe.
The first of three days of DJs singers, musicians and fun.
Come on over to grid.opensimfest.com:8022:Event1

Attention Shoppers!
Interested in better knowing the commercial creators of opensim?
Check out the ongoing Sales and Freebie opportunities at OpensimFest.
You will find the goodies at grid.opensimfest.com:8022:Chlorine

Speaking of the Grid Calendar there is a HUGE Merchant Sales event on right now! You can get there by loading the Grid Calendar in your browser, click the Merchant Sales event then click on your choice of buttons to teleport in! https://grid.opensimfest.com/website/grid/calendar

Did you know you can use our Grid Calendar to see all events and get your TP from the calendar? It's new and unlike any other! Check it out at https://grid.opensimfest.com/website/grid/calendar

Powerhouse performers all three days this weekend for twelve hours each day! Gloebits enabled so be sure to authorize the OSFest 2022 grid!

OpensimFest roars back into life!
The music kicks off again tomorrow, Friday 15 July, starting at 9am Pacific time, 18h in Central Europe.
The picture shows just a few of the great acts that will be gracing our 4 stages in coming days. How many of them can you name?
The full events calendar is here on OSW in the Events section, or check out the OSF calendar
https://grid.opensimfest.com/website/grid/calendar
Join us for 12 hours of back to back fun on Friday, Saturday and Sunday - make it a truly hot long weekend!
grid.opensimfest.com:8022:HG-Welcome then jump to Event1, Event2 ... you get the idea.

Day three, and the fun is just beginning at OSF!
about 200 people visited the region on each of the 2 days, so thank you for your support.
The third day of Music and revelry begins in a few minutes with
Whirli Placebo at 9am Pacific time and
Clan Escotia and band, at 10 am
Read more about it here
https://www.opensimfest.com/post/it-s-almost-time-for-osfe...

We have Holocluck spinning the tunes right now at OpensimFest! come on over and join us
grid.opensimfest.com:8022:HG-Welcome so you can load your hg avie and get the Grid LMs and goodies,
then jump over to Event1